Proof that education is a failure.

[The Sage of Main Street]

I don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Doing better doesn't imply perfection.

Diploma Dumbos Are Taught Predatory Logic, Seizing on Any Connection As Conclusive Proof

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

That's a good question.

Uncle Kotex Is Trying to Drain Your Brain of Blood

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

How stupid are you?

Drain, drain, go away
Come again some other day

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Educated doesn't mean intelligent. Intelligence is something you are born with. Education, especially today, mostly means trained, usually trained in one narrow field of work. In some ways, it take more to succeed with only a high school diploma than an advanced degree because too often, degrees opened doors after which it was just largely /assumed/ you were qualified regardless of the work you did (because the degree SAYS you are qualified) whereas people with mere diplomas have to PROVE they are qualified, often constantly.

Generic Graduates

Diploma Dumbo job-thieves merely know "how to do" a job, just like the average American boy knows how to play baseball, but he can't even make his high-school team.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Too much of our educational system revolves around creating compliant children who do not question.

Checklist Curriculum

"Will this be on the thread's exam? I don't care if it's true, relevant, or useful. I just want to cram for tests, get the grade, and forget it all soon afterwards."

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Why isn't the world perfect? Really?

That one's easy. Because ..."people"

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Why is there such a negative perception of education in this thread? I learned things at my undergrad university that I was able to immediately put to use ONCE I obtained a job (computer programming).

My master's degree has not resulted in me getting a job in the field of cybersecurity but it HAS equipped me with knowledge that was very much needed to improve my own life & cybersecurity (becoming more cybersecure) as well as the lives of many of my clients (becoming more cybersecure).

If things go according to plan, my master's will also help me obtain/once obtained in my next area of pursuit.

I don't see how gaining knowledge can ever be a "bad" thing UNLESS a person is told that if they go to school, pursue a particular course of study then they are "guaranteed" a GOOD job in that field. I found that for some people, particularly speaking of myself, that path is not a straight line.