Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Monday, 21 February 2011

What Is Education Now?



Needless to say, the world has changed and education is not what it used to be. Ten years ago education was highly sought after while twenty years ago education was a privilege and was valued in every walk of life. The farther back you look the more valuable any degree in any area of study is. Now what is it? What is a degree really? A Masters is still impressive and a being a doctor is still being a doctor. But really, what about just a degree? Let alone throwing the word 'minor' around that really means nothing, your faculty wont even recognize a minor, you just put it on your resume and call it quits.

Get a degree in what? Psychology? Kinesiology? History? Math? (well math is still impressive) English?!? The fact is you set a goal for yourself because you want a career in the end. Right? But people change.. you study your subject for two years maybe three and then what? You decided you don't like it anymore and switch to another subject to start fresh and waste more money?