We Don’t Need No Education Contest Entries
So here’s a few submissions for the contest so far:
Kelly from taxgirl.com posted:
While it’s true that many jobs require a college education - or beyond (like law) - increasingly, you can find a decent job without a college education. This is especially common in the tech industry where some knowledge in java or html can take you a lot further than biology.
Let me be clear: I believe in education. I am thankful to have been the first person in my family to graduate from college. I am especially proud to be the only person in my family - extended or otherwise - to graduate from law school. But education in the United States is expensive. Very expensive.
Pam in Colorado from pamsponderings has this to say:
In my opinion higher education is not synonomous with college, although that has been the accepted definition for many years and the vision for the majority of our society. There was a time in our history that a college path made sense with the economy and work force, but times have greatly changed and opportunity does not fit the same mold.
I have a college degree. I did learn some useful things in college, but my overall education there was predominately based on the opinion and agenda of the individual teacher/professor than on the actual practical knowledge for the area I was being “educated” for. The true nature and knowledge that I have today, in regard to the area I studied, came when I entered the field, not from the information I acquired in the classroom - with the exception of an approach taught by one of my college professors. She was the only one who did not teach from the accepted institutional approach. She helped me think beyond the accepted norm. Her approach was controversial then, and I think would still be in most schools today - because they put techniques to question and most people do not want to question or be questioned.
These are only snippets - be sure to check out their articles to read the rest! Thanks for the submissions!
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1 opinion for We Don’t Need No Education Contest Entries
Kristen King
Apr 10, 2008 at 6:47 pm
These bloggers make excellent points. I think there’s a really unfortunate misconception in the US that if you don’t go to college, you’ll never make anything of yourself. That’s just stupid. There are so many meaningful jobs out there that don’t require so-called higher education, and there is nothing wrong with that. Some of the smartest people I know are folks who didn’t go any further than high school in their education. I think I’m going to have to blog about this at Biz Chicks Rule.
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