This is a major pet-peeve of mine!
There are certain jobs where a degree is an absolute requirement - Doctor, Lawyer, Bean Counter, etc - but a cost/benefit analysis may look entirely different for the majority of jobs/careers...
College isn’t a smart move for some/many kids!
There are certain jobs where a degree is an absolute requirement - Doctor, Lawyer, Bean Counter, etc - but a cost/benefit analysis may look entirely different for the majority of jobs/careers...
College isn’t a smart move for some/many kids!
We live in a world that’s accelerating in literally every way EXCEPT the amount of time it takes educate our kids...
Why?
Do most kids really get a competitive (workforce) advantage from a bachelors degree?
It used to - today it’s often seen as ‘checking off a box’.
Why?
Do most kids really get a competitive (workforce) advantage from a bachelors degree?
It used to - today it’s often seen as ‘checking off a box’.
So... what then?
** A masters degree - duh!!! **
The TOTAL COST of father’s bachelors degree (State School) was (roughly) the same as his 1st year salary as a teacher.
Included room & board.
The same school costs $82.5k if you finish in 4 yrs - starting salary less than 1/2.
** A masters degree - duh!!! **
The TOTAL COST of father’s bachelors degree (State School) was (roughly) the same as his 1st year salary as a teacher.
Included room & board.
The same school costs $82.5k if you finish in 4 yrs - starting salary less than 1/2.
A majority of students don’t finish in 4 years these days - tack on another $10k room & board.
In any regard, if you set *everything else to the side for a moment* those figures clearly demonstrate a huge loss of ‘value proposition’.
Now tack on a masters for competitive advant
In any regard, if you set *everything else to the side for a moment* those figures clearly demonstrate a huge loss of ‘value proposition’.
Now tack on a masters for competitive advant
“But it’s the EDUCATION that is important...!!!!!” (they say).
So riddle me this: If academic achievement is such a great predictor of success, then why can’t the elitist ‘bow-ties’ in academia figure out how to do it faster/better/cheaper, just like the rest of the world does?
So riddle me this: If academic achievement is such a great predictor of success, then why can’t the elitist ‘bow-ties’ in academia figure out how to do it faster/better/cheaper, just like the rest of the world does?
Can anyone think of another industry that survives by making things slower and more expensive?
Worse yet, as it has gotten slower & more expensive... there is a higher expectation that YOU PURCHASE IT!
Explain the logic in that, please.
Worse yet, as it has gotten slower & more expensive... there is a higher expectation that YOU PURCHASE IT!
Explain the logic in that, please.
In reality, the education truly is important - it’s the institutions that suck!
If I had a kid in HS I’d spend more time determining IF a bachelors degree truly is in their best interest than WHICH degree is in their best interest.
PS: Welders earn pretty good $$ in my town! 🤷🏼♂️
If I had a kid in HS I’d spend more time determining IF a bachelors degree truly is in their best interest than WHICH degree is in their best interest.
PS: Welders earn pretty good $$ in my town! 🤷🏼♂️
