Thumbs up if you think this is true!!!!!!!!!

[salehlina]

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

[lvstephanie]

Yes and no.... I actually do think that a true education of some marketable skill is very good to have, but I also think at the same time our society has put too much emphasis on getting a "college education". Students may graduate from college with some flimsy degree (eg underwater basket-weaving) but if it doesn't prepare that student for the real world, then they'd probably would have been better off without that degree. Personally if I were an employer for some business, I'd rather hire someone that had a 2-year associates in computer science than a person with a 4-year bachelors in philosophy from a liberal arts program. The person with the associate's degree at least knew enough of what they wanted to do, and so chose the education that was more pertinent with eventual career goals. I also think that too often "getting a good education" is synonymous with "getting a degree and doing well on tests". Education is the process of learning about some interest that the person finds fascinating and what to delve into a deeper understanding. But throughout high school and college, so much pressure was put on doing well on tests that it was common to hear students ask whether a certain section was going to be on the test (meaning if it's not on the test, then I'm not going to bother studying it). I was really disgusted / dismayed when I heard the same thing in grad. school. By the time a person is in a graduate degree program, they should have really determined that this an area that has a lot of interest for them. instead of asking whether something was going to be on a test, I would've expected a question as to what journal that study came out of so that I can read more on the topic.

So actually I feel that education is just like any other tool... It is very important if handled correctly, but could also be about as worthless as using a hammer to turn a screw.

[Gerianne]

There are training programs that do just as well.
Some people can't handle being in school for their education.

[wsptaxijay]

So actually I feel that education is just like any other tool... It is very important if handled correctly, but could also be about as worthless as using a hammer to turn a screw.

   I could not agree more with the previous post " but I also think at the same time our society has put too much emphasis on getting a "college education". "  IMO Actual real life experiences coupled with education is the real weapon. Just because you cannot test well has no bearing on how "smart" you are.

My problem with our education system is the fact that information is skewed to the ideas of what the Board of education feels is important. Not that they are changing information just teaching what they feel is the "correct view".  In k-12, it least here in Florida they literally stop teaching to "study" for the FCAT, because they are so afraid of losing funding. How does this help our kids? I do remember taking the MCAT when I was in school but there was no studying, now at least a month out of the school year is focused on the FCAT.

[bowrunner]

I can't say it any better than the previous posts.  Too much education is skewed and whatever happened to reading, writing and arithmetic?

[fer11944]

Yes and no.... I actually do think that a true education of some marketable skill is very good to have, but I also think at the same time our society has put too much emphasis on getting a "college education". Students may graduate from college with some flimsy degree (eg underwater basket-weaving) but if it doesn't prepare that student for the real world, then they'd probably would have been better off without that degree. Personally if I were an employer for some business, I'd rather hire someone that had a 2-year associates in computer science than a person with a 4-year bachelors in philosophy from a liberal arts program. The person with the associate's degree at least knew enough of what they wanted to do, and so chose the education that was more pertinent with eventual career goals. I also think that too often "getting a good education" is synonymous with "getting a degree and doing well on tests". Education is the process of learning about some interest that the person finds fascinating and what to delve into a deeper understanding. But throughout high school and college, so much pressure was put on doing well on tests that it was common to hear students ask whether a certain section was going to be on the test (meaning if it's not on the test, then I'm not going to bother studying it). I was really disgusted / dismayed when I heard the same thing in grad. school. By the time a person is in a graduate degree program, they should have really determined that this an area that has a lot of interest for them. instead of asking whether something was going to be on a test, I would've expected a question as to what journal that study came out of so that I can read more on the topic.

So actually I feel that education is just like any other tool... It is very important if handled correctly, but could also be about as worthless as using a hammer to turn a screw.

+1

You hit the nail in the head my friend. I recently graduated and have discovered just how useless a "college education" is. Experience is much more important then whether or not you can pass a test or hand in a paper on time.

[LAkathi]

  How true How true 

[mrstina08]

Educationis important but it aint everything.

[jjhoney25]

Educationis important but it aint everything.

YOUR RIGHT ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lannl]

Yes, I agree with you. There is more benefit to being educated than ignorant. Education can only enhance our survival skills.

[swkstudent]

True, but one can become educated from life experience or self knowledge, so forking out thousands to go to college isn't always necessary. Though college is good just too damn expensive and sometimes overrated.

[PMZ908]

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[astrozier1]

  Yes it is and especially for me since I have a lot to learn and I am delusional and most of the time people just laugh at me instead of telling me the truth so If we didn't have internet a lot of people would be able to pull stuff over my eyes.

[falcon9]

Educationis important but it aint everything.

The irony there being unintentionally sublime.

[ckaliszewski]

Someone needs to get that message across to the Republican candidates