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But then, this relates to the crisis in our public schools K-12. I just finished reading Freakonomics and was appalled to find out about teachers who fill in the bubbles on their students' standardized tests to come out looking like better teachers. No Child Left Behind is dreadful, and is not the way to help students truly learn. Pushing all students to pass the exact same test, pushing teachers to teach to the test, does nothing but limit the accelerated learners and steamroll the slower ones. Alternative education can do wonderful things for slower learners (and I don't mean "special ed" - I mean slower learners) as well as faster learners: not everyone has the same learning capabilities (or styles.) |
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I'm not sure this is true. Students have to take a bunch of classes within their major, but other than that the classes are academic, not practical. Unless talking about history or renaissance literature is a skill, A graduate with a BA is really only trained for one thing.
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At my high school students had the option of going to a trade school for half the day. There were computer certification programs, beautician programs, fire fighter programs, etc. It was a really cool thing for kids that didn't want to go to college. There were even programs aimed at preparing students for certain majors. You could go half a day to an engineering program, score a low level job working with engineers (they had job placement) that would work around your school schedule.
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As this story is anecdotal, I'd like to see what stats there are on the subject - back when I got a degree there where studies that showed a correlation between level of education and earnings - I wonder how that's changes over time, i.e. how much have the value of a BA been devalued.
If I think to my own anecdotal experience, I work with plenty of people who have gotten their degrees later in life, and have been quite successful in that endeavor. If anything, it seems they have an advantage over their classmate who are there becasue that's what their friends were doing after high school, in that they are more focused and see more value in what they are doing. I know a while back our system of continuing education was unique in the world where front loading education placed you into your place in life almost permanently. The fact that we can return and learn something completely different is something, I think we should appreciate even if some who want it can't archive it. On the other hand, I almost think that the real problem here is that higher education has become too vocational - but I'm a philosophy major so I never really though my degree would ever land me that Philosopher King position that Plato lobbied for oh so many years ago. for my my education was a goal in itself, not a means to a higher paid job.
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And yes, I really do need my staff to have some critical thinking skills. And a degree - a "real" degree - would have one indicator. So would relevant experience. But because the powers that be have decided that any BA/BS will do, it's basically a useless evaluator for me.
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I have an AA, going after my BA. The pres of my company thinks education is everything and implemented a no degree no hire policy. I slid in just under, and because I was working on my degree. I'll have 2.5 years at my current job when I graduate. And you can guess what I won't be getting when I graduate. |
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I felt like the biggest thing that I gained out of my college education (besides being able to live in San Luis Obispo for three years) was an education on how to learn. It broadened my knowledge base in areas that while not directly in my area of what would become my career, I was also enlightened to other subjects that I previously had no interest in or knowledge of. Some (Geology) bored me to tears. I learned more in a 100 level Philosophy course than I did in many of my 300 and 400 level major courses (but that was because I happened to have a GREAT professor for that class that really inspired me). I gained a lot of valuable tools in extra-curricular activities that definitely helped me in my career. Finally, I made great contacts with visiting professionals and by going to trade shows and conferences. Quote:
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