The Economist publishes the article “Why tuition fees haven't held back poor students” that: in 2010, the policy of raising the tuition fee
cap brought up the demonstration against and the protest was in line with the
critics claiming it merely hindered the access of education for the poor
students. They, however, went wrong; it turned out the otherwise: in 2014 the
young form poor families went to colleges more than ever before because of the
generous term, the study-first-pay-later program.
I used to contemplate about the significance of degree and
diploma and it seems perplexing to me. In the past, maybe about 20-30 years
ago, a bachelor degree graduation considered a privilege, requiring either
money or intelligence, or both to accomplish it. When the time went by, it
became more accessible thereby diminishing in value. Then, master degree comes.
MBA, for example, has been mentioned more than ever yet. Not so long will the
same pattern be repeated and I confidently presume that the next is PhD. My
question is what about after that. I come up with two possible situations:
first, the degree will be no more in concern for judging working performance,
instead, pure experience is regarded. And, the second is the novel higher level
of degree will be coined-to keep up with the growth of demand. By any ways, it
implies a lot of hard work awaiting and requiring in order to survive in the
future society.
The problem of increasing societal requirements asserts me a
hardship of human being’s life. A lot of philosophical questions follow- and
answers quite contradict to one another after an attempt to answer. It might be
because of my view not broader enough to comprehend them well.
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As a business owner, I place an important on the ability to work more than which degree you have. People who are aiming for degree only without considering their own capability in work will not succeed in real life.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is an problem of the middle class expansion. We can afford the college more than our previous generation, while the college tend to supply more than before. But our generation need to graduate higher education and get the salary less than Gen X. Somebody might pay back all the tuition at the time they get retirement. Life is harder.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I think the key success does not just rely on your degree but your simply potentials and skills. The degree you need is just the environment to perform and hatch your performance. It just indicate some but not all you have. We need it just for start, but all long way you need to do it by your own like Na said.
Perhaps there are better reasons to study than to get a job?
ReplyDeleteEven when I was a bright young uni. student, there were mature age people in most of my classes, from physics to computer science, from Latin to mathematical logic (really, there was a lovely woman at least as old as the professor doing Gödel with me). I'm pretty sure that most of them were not working hard at mastering those subjects because they thought that they would help them get a new job at age 60.
So, what is the good answer to Toon's title question "Why study?"
Or might there be several good answers?
I agree with you on the side that getting a job is not the only reason to study. I think I'm a good example of that. I am now studying English not because I want to get a better job than now, but I want to expand my knowledge. The problem right now in Thailand is that people kept on studying without a real purpose in mind. Some go on studying because they do not know what to do with their lives. And that doesn't help them once they are out of university when they are facing the harsh reality of the world.
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