Is A University Education Right For You?
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Dobbs Franks
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Published on 01/18/2010
Is the next step after high school necessarily the university? Is a university degree really the answer you are looking for?
With the pressure exerted by society and at times family to get a university education maybe we should seriously look at the alternatives.
This is a discussion about ways to approach life after high school with a career path in mind.
In today's world with so much technology becoming obsolete every day, what is the best way, education-wise, to prepare for the future?
This question is vexing for so many people as they complete their high school education. The old fashioned idea of going to university, getting a degree and then getting a good job for the rest of life is really not working for everyone anymore.
If the world of IT is what is interesting surely gaining what knowledge and technique is necessary to begin a career can happen fairly quickly. It seems to me that it would be much better to learn and grow in the industry than going to the university and finding out four years later that most of the things learned are now obsolete.
Of course there is a world out there for most people which won't involve IT as a career. What is your career dream? Is a university education necessary in order to begin on your career path?
More and more there are people who are finding hands on experience a much better education and preparation for a career than the classroom. Learning as you work and keeping up with the times is often much more easily accomplished in the workplace than in the sacred halls of learning.
Does a PhD really mean a lot to most people? There are many careers that really should begin before reaching the mid 20s which is how long it takes to get to the PhD level.
Yes there are professions in academia which expect and demand at least a PhD. However, usually these are for people who want to spend their entire lives in the education system somewhere. For the others who want to have a life outside this world of academia, the number of years spent in the university are in a way putting their life on hold until they get the degree they are pursuing.
My feeling and attitude is that we all should help our children look for and find their true passion. After discovering that we all need to look seriously and soberly at the ways in which this dream is best obtained.
Some dreams are best served by going into an apprenticeship right after high school and growing up in the chosen career from the lowest position.
Other dreams need specialized training rather than a general degree in a university. For instance, if performing in the arts is the dream, private lessons, professional guidance and lots of hard work from day one will succeed far quicker and better than four plus years in the university with limited one on one guidance and instruction.
From my experience one of the most difficult areas of growing up is that often going to university and leaving home come at the same time and during their late teens. Adjusting to both at the same time all too often means that the university experience becomes an event of getting used to the new society that excludes all the comforts of home. A university education can play second fiddle to the pain of growing up, developing personal discipline, finding a passion, learning to cope with relationships of varying intensities. This can mean that gaining an education in the proper sense of the word comes far later than would be desired.
The premise of all this is to suggest that we should, as parents, genuinely look at the choices out there and help our children make informed and proper decisions rather than taking the obvious and often not carefully considered course of just sending them to the university and hoping for the best.
This question is vexing for so many people as they complete their high school education. The old fashioned idea of going to university, getting a degree and then getting a good job for the rest of life is really not working for everyone anymore.
If the world of IT is what is interesting surely gaining what knowledge and technique is necessary to begin a career can happen fairly quickly. It seems to me that it would be much better to learn and grow in the industry than going to the university and finding out four years later that most of the things learned are now obsolete.
Of course there is a world out there for most people which won't involve IT as a career. What is your career dream? Is a university education necessary in order to begin on your career path?
More and more there are people who are finding hands on experience a much better education and preparation for a career than the classroom. Learning as you work and keeping up with the times is often much more easily accomplished in the workplace than in the sacred halls of learning.
Does a PhD really mean a lot to most people? There are many careers that really should begin before reaching the mid 20s which is how long it takes to get to the PhD level.
Yes there are professions in academia which expect and demand at least a PhD. However, usually these are for people who want to spend their entire lives in the education system somewhere. For the others who want to have a life outside this world of academia, the number of years spent in the university are in a way putting their life on hold until they get the degree they are pursuing.
My feeling and attitude is that we all should help our children look for and find their true passion. After discovering that we all need to look seriously and soberly at the ways in which this dream is best obtained.
Some dreams are best served by going into an apprenticeship right after high school and growing up in the chosen career from the lowest position.
Other dreams need specialized training rather than a general degree in a university. For instance, if performing in the arts is the dream, private lessons, professional guidance and lots of hard work from day one will succeed far quicker and better than four plus years in the university with limited one on one guidance and instruction.
From my experience one of the most difficult areas of growing up is that often going to university and leaving home come at the same time and during their late teens. Adjusting to both at the same time all too often means that the university experience becomes an event of getting used to the new society that excludes all the comforts of home. A university education can play second fiddle to the pain of growing up, developing personal discipline, finding a passion, learning to cope with relationships of varying intensities. This can mean that gaining an education in the proper sense of the word comes far later than would be desired.
The premise of all this is to suggest that we should, as parents, genuinely look at the choices out there and help our children make informed and proper decisions rather than taking the obvious and often not carefully considered course of just sending them to the university and hoping for the best.