Why education is not needed. I know people with education, they are kind of dumb and stupid

The relevance of education is an eternal topic that does not subside even for a minute. She inspired us to write this review in which we will blame and defend higher education. Talk about its importance and meaninglessness.

After reading all our arguments, you will be able to better understand the topic and decide for yourself whether we need higher education or not. For your convenience, all arguments against the tower will begin with the word attack, arguments for higher education begin with the word protection.

Attack. Higher education is a waste of time.

You will study at a higher educational institution from 4 to 6 years, depending on the choice of the university. In addition, you need to complete the 10th and 11th grade of school, or study 2 years in a technical school instead.

Instead of the time we spend studying, we could work and gain experience that many employers value much more than a college degree.

Protection. Higher education helps to get a job.

The obvious cannot be denied. There are a huge number of vacancies where a higher education is not required, but there are areas where having a specialized education is an advantage. The same is true for highly specialized vacancies.

In most cases, a higher education will not be a decisive factor in hiring you, but will serve as a good addition to your merits. Otherwise, you will need to be ashamed to talk about why you did not receive a higher education.

Attack. What is taught in universities is not applicable and will not help in any way in real life.

This also cannot be argued with. Even if your profession requires specialized knowledge and you received the appropriate education, 95% of the knowledge gained will never be useful to you. As well as the knowledge of high school. You will not solve equations in your life, remember the history of the Russian state or program in Pascal.

Even if 50 years ago this knowledge was relevant, now it is in the age of programs, computers and the Internet. Today programmers don't program in Pascal, they use Python, ruby and c++. Designers do not draw in Paint or use 3D max, illustrator and Photoshop. Online translators will allow us to read Chinese texts without knowing the language and we will understand what is written.

Protection. Communication with peers, connections and acquaintances.

Many of the people facing the choice brush off this item without even thinking. We need a career. And there are some connections. I have friends and I don't need to communicate anymore. And they will be wrong.

When you go to work, most likely you will be next to people of different positions, ages, job responsibilities. You may find it difficult to get along with colleagues. There are jobs where there is no time for communication at all. For example, in the Call center. Your friends will go to college or go to work. There will be few days off and they may never coincide.

Institute is a skill of communication and acquaintance. During education, families are created, children are born. Between colleagues at work there are rarely such common interests that a relationship develops.

Attack. It is difficult to get the necessary specialty, and the left direction will only get in the way.

In our youth, we still do not know who we are comfortable working with. We cannot consciously choose the right specialty because of little life experience. There are jokes about how few people work in their profession. Why does a chef need a logistics education? And what about the customs officer? When applying for a job, such education will not help you in any way.

No, of course they will tell you “You are great”, but at the same time they will think “You are great, but your education is useless for our work.” In some cases, the presence of higher education will negatively affect the device.

Protection. Education teaches us systems thinking.

At school and university, we solve hundreds of problems, prepare presentations, pass exams, write tests. All these skills will be useful to us in the future life.

How is a Philosophy Exam different from an interview? And there and there you have to show yourself and your knowledge in a favorable light. What is the difference between good work and lectures and seminars? The teacher even before the exam knows the level of his students, and forms an attitude towards the student. Your employer should treat you the same way.

Thus, even if we discard the information that we remember, we learn to work and cooperate with teachers.

Attack. College graduates have incredibly high expectations.

Why do employers hate people with higher education? These are their high expectations. People come with no knowledge, no experience, no work history and want to get unrealistically big money. That is, the employer needs to train you to work for his money and at the same time he must pay you a high salary. Interview for a web programmer position:

Our company needed a person who could quickly create websites with non-standard functionality. Salary was discussed at the interview depending on the skills of the candidate.

One of those who came to the interview was a girl, giving after a second-rate university. In her resume, she wrote six months of work experience. At the interview, she admitted that she had just graduated and had not yet worked.

Before I talk about this girl's skills, I'll talk about her financial expectations. She is ready to work for 80,000 rubles. Nothing more, nothing less. Apparently she heard that self-respecting programmers get so much. In fact, only good programmers get that much. If you do not have talent and a high level of training, then even with 5 years of experience, you will not receive more than 50,000-60,000 rubles.

Now let's talk about her knowledge. They don't exist at all. All her knowledge in programming is some kind of thesis on a database-related issue. That is, our company, instead of a professional who immediately makes websites, will get a girl who needs to be trained by someone for about two years so that she can call herself a programmer. At the same time, most likely she will not become a good specialist anyway. Do you think the employer will be happy with such a prospect? And for 80,000 rubles a month? This person does not want to receive less.

I would advise this girl to gain experience in a job that will pay 20,000-30,000 rubles. And after 2-3 years of successful work and a bunch of completed projects, try out for such a highly paid position. Otherwise, she will not succeed, even if she is very talented.

Protection. There are positions where higher education is required.

There are many high paying places where having a college degree is mandatory. Yes, usually they add to this the presence of work experience, skills, personal attractiveness. If the employer is so tough on the choice of a candidate, then most likely there is a big competition for a place. But the presence of higher education in this case is mandatory.

Attack. There are few such positions and there is always an alternative.

Such vacancies do exist, but they are few. You will not be left without a job without a higher education. In addition, there are many jobs where you will receive depending on sales, plan execution, number of projects and other indicators. In this case, having a higher education will not help you in any way. Only your ability and diligence will help you get more than the rest.

In addition, I would like to point out an international study. We analyzed all the world's billionaires in the hope of finding out whether their success somehow depends on the presence or absence of higher education. As a result, we received an unequivocal answer. Their condition does not depend on education in any way. Relatively speaking, half of the billionaires have higher education, and half do not.

Protection. Even initially useless skills can come in handy.

The skills that we learn at first glance may seem useless, but in fact they are in demand in life. Here is a personal opinion

It is not always possible for us to evaluate what skills will be useful to us in life. I always thought that my life would be connected with the exact sciences. Other items were not given to me and I got dirty with them from under the stick.

I have been working as a programmer and Internet marketer for more than 3 years. What knowledge was most useful to me at work? English language, Russian language and literature.

Programming languages are in many ways similar to foreign languages. All syntax is written in English. A lot of important documentation is available exclusively in English and the translator does little to help in understanding the text.

In my work, I often have to accept, edit or write texts myself. My gigantic problems in punctuation and spelling, a relatively small vocabulary and expressions hinder my development.

These works are more related to school skills, but you can also learn a lot at the institute that you will use. For example, experience in conducting laboratory work in physics helps to better test new solutions.

Attack. The money spent on higher education is a whole capital.

How much money do we spend on higher education? Let's calculate together, and then decide whether it will ever pay off.

The first case when education is paid. We look at the average university. Prepare 100-120 thousand rubles a year. Plus, during the training, the payment will increase by 10 percent. Inflation spurs prices up, and according to the contract, 10% is an acceptable value. We need to study for an average of 5 years. 600,000 rubles as it never happened.

Even if we do not pay tuition, we could work these 5 years, gain experience and earn income. In large cities without education, you will start with 20 thousand rubles and after 5-6 years, if you are ready to work, improve your working skills and become a specialist in your field, then you can count on 40-50 thousand rubles a month. On average, 30 thousand rubles - 360 thousand per year, 1,860,000 rubles. Yes, you could be a millionaire! And if you also pay for education, you lose 2,460,000 rubles. Sorry, but this is the cost of an apartment in the Moscow suburbs.

Yes, you can say that you can work and study, but it is very difficult and will negatively affect either your education or your work. In any case, you will not count a tidy sum. In addition, from my life experience I can say that a candidate with a higher education, but without experience, will not receive more than 25-28 thousand rubles, while a specialist with five years of work experience can receive 50 thousand.

That is, you not only lose money, but also turn out to be a less paid employee. The situation may change only after a year of work since you received your higher education. But by now you have already lost the apartment.

Conclusion

Our task was to be objective during the dispute. We tried to put aside the interests of both sides. How far we have succeeded is up to you.

Everyone must decide for himself whether he needs education. Make a decision based on your life situation, aspirations, connections, interests. Our task was only to provide food for thought. We wish you to make the right choice and not be disappointed in it later.

The high level of development of science and technology, the increased volumes of information do not allow an ordinary person, not a genius, to become a highly qualified specialist in several fields of knowledge. For most people, it becomes possible to obtain only the amount of knowledge that is necessary to study a particular subject, a particular profession. Those. the vast majority of graduates have only one, but this is quite enough for them to realize themselves in life.

Only having the knowledge that can be obtained at a university can you say that you know the theory of your professional activity well enough to be considered a highly qualified specialist. Only special knowledge in the subject that has become your profession makes you a highly qualified professional, or scientist.

Higher education gives a person not only the necessary amount of special knowledge in a particular science, technology, literature, art, but also other equally important skills. While studying at a university, you get additional knowledge in related fields, without which no truly literate and educated person can do today. In universities, students of all specialties study, and culture, the basics of law, foreign and economics.

But, most importantly, during training, a person acquires the skills to work in the information field. At the university, he learns to work with literature, organize the search for the sources of knowledge necessary for work, process them, analyze and draw conclusions from what he has learned. Modern computer technologies and the possibilities of the Internet have only expanded the space of knowledge that is available to students and graduates of universities.

We can say that higher education is a different qualitative level of perception of information that distinguishes a university graduate from a graduate. This is a step from which a thinking person can continue his further education in the chosen professional field and related fields of knowledge that will be useful to him for further growth and self-improvement.

Higher education is not uncommon today, almost every student after the end of the 11th grade goes to study at a higher educational institution. Someone does it consciously, wanting to get a certain profession, and someone goes to a university without thinking about how much it is necessary and important for him.

New knowledge

A higher educational institution is, first of all, a source of new knowledge that cannot be obtained at school. Of course, any knowledge can be drawn from books that meet your needs, but no books can replace communication and interaction with a teacher who is able to clarify incomprehensible points and convey the experience gained by him over many years of work. In addition, the first courses of almost all faculties are general education and include such subjects as philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, etc. The development of intelligence has not bothered anyone yet, especially since erudition is still at a high price today.

Work in the specialty

If you have decided what you want to do for at least a significant part of your life, then the best way to find a suitable job sooner or later is to go to university. Some professions do not require higher education, but you won’t be able to get a job as a teacher, doctor or engineer without an appropriate diploma. It makes sense to get a higher education even if you do not go to work in your specialty. Looking to the future, you can see situations in which a diploma will come in handy and provide you with a job, and therefore a livelihood. Therefore, if there is time and opportunity, it is better to enter a university, choosing the specialty as much as possible according to your own knowledge and interests.

Prestige

As a rule, most applicants do not go to study at the faculty that they are really interested in, but try to do anywhere, just to be able to pass the entrance exams. If the passing score allows you to study at the expense of public funds, then this is considered great luck, and the specialty does not matter anymore. Why do most young people who have just left school make such an irresponsible choice of future activities? The fact is that the possession of a diploma is of the greatest importance in modern society. If you look at job advertisements, you will notice an amazing thing: a higher education is required for a bus driver, a salesman, a window cleaner, and even an ordinary janitor. Today, there is an opinion that a good worker must be educated, and a person without a higher education is not worth a good job or a decent salary. Unfortunately, it is precisely the prestige attached to obtaining a diploma that still causes the appearance of thousands of people who want to enter higher educational institutions, although most of the students do not have the desire to study.

For many, it seems like a standard life situation when a child, after graduating from school, enters a university, receives a diploma and goes to work. In this case, those who failed begin to feel like failures or people who are a class below the students. But it is worth understanding why higher education is needed and what are the ways to get it.

Desirable Diploma

The people of Soviet hardening have a very deep stereotype regarding education. Many people think that if their child does not receive a diploma, then his whole life will go downhill. But is it?

This opinion was formed due to the fact that during the existence of the Soviet Union there was an excess of low-profile jobs, where workers received low wages. To tell the whole truth, it must be mentioned that people with higher education have also never been spoiled with high salaries. But this category already referred itself to the class of the intelligentsia, which gave an imaginary superiority.

Today the situation has changed significantly. The question of higher education stands completely different. It relies on the benefit of knowledge that can be acquired during training. Mechanized and automated technology is gradually replacing the working class in factories and factories, thereby increasing unemployment and the number of “dying” professions. This state of affairs has significantly raised the status of workers in the intellectual sphere.

In addition, teaching methods have also changed. Many private universities have appeared, where they try to teach not only the theory, but also the practice of the specialty being studied. For this reason, the cost of education has increased, and the level of prestige of many state educational institutions has also decreased.

This trend makes people with little material wealth think about whether their children need higher education? Many entrepreneurs have emerged who provide the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills not through state-approved training programs, but through seminars, webinars and other apprenticeship systems.

Ways to get an education

If we talk about standard methods and forms of training, we can distinguish the following:

Stationary;

correspondence;

Remote.

Stationary implies daily attendance at lectures and seminars provided for by the curriculum. It seems to be the most effective (in terms of obtaining and mastering knowledge). This form of education can be carried out both on a paid and on a budgetary basis.

It provides for the passage of training programs twice a year and is well suited for combining work and study. Of course, the knowledge gained in one month may not bring a significant educational result, but in combination with practice, they can be very useful. Do people who do not work in their specialty need such a uniform? Many jobs simply require a degree.

Distance learning allows you not to appear at the university at all. The student receives advice, assignments and recommendations by e-mail. Getting higher education through the Internet, the student saves his time and money. The cost of this form of education is relatively low, but the effectiveness is also not significant.

Each person must decide for himself whether higher education is necessary for him. In life, the best result is brought by actions that are performed with one's own inner guidance. So education can be of high quality only when a person wants to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

I would like to comment on the situation as a teacher (on the other side of the barricades, so to speak). I communicate quite a lot with my students and many tell me why they entered and why. Often forced by parents, grandparents. Often a person does not know what to do after school, why not go to a university? Often girls believe that education is such a kind of dowry, it’s more interesting to talk with an educated wife. Many go, because "now there is nowhere without a tower." And only a small part comes to receive education with adequate expectations and with an understanding of the process.

In my opinion, in order to answer the question whether it is worth it or not, it is necessary to consider several trends and facts.

1. In general, all people do not need higher education. There are a huge number of jobs and specialties where a person needs a specialized secondary education or just a secondary (graduated school). For example, to work as a waiter, receptionist, secretary, courier, barista, it is enough to finish school and undergo training at the place of work. If you are satisfied with this kind (by the way, they often pay for it higher than for the work of specialists with higher education), then higher education will simply be a waste of 4-6 years of time (for which you will earn money at work and maybe get a couple of raises ). Many students want to get practical work skills and algorithms (do it once, do it twice, here's the result for you), they want a specific craft, on the income from which you can live. This is a good request, but it is essentially a request for specialized secondary education. And this is not necessarily about electricians, plumbers and car mechanics. There are also hairdressers, manicurists, system administrators, jewelers and many, many others. These are good, necessary and paid professions. You can make a career in them and see the result of your work. Again, if that's how you like it, then higher education will again be a waste of time and lost profits.

2. Unfortunately, people's attitudes towards higher and secondary specialized education are not the same. Higher education in our country is still perceived with respect and honor. And they often talk about secondary special with disdain (for example, “fu, some kind of poultry farmer”, “this is for stupid ones”, “why couldn’t you even enter a poor university”?). I think this is completely wrong. This phenomenon has its roots in Soviet times, when specialists with higher education worked in more comfortable conditions, received much higher salaries and moved up the career ladder. About 20% of people had higher education, and getting a diploma was a powerful bid for social success. The memory of those times is still alive in the minds of our parents, grandparents. The situation, however, has completely changed since the mid-1980s (30 years have passed, but the stereotypes have remained). The demand for specialists with higher education is not as great as the supply (thousands of university graduates are not in demand). And, on the contrary, the professions of a make-up artist, administrator or call-center operator are much more in demand, they are paid more and higher education is essentially not needed there. Why waste 4-6 years?

3. Higher education now performs the functions that used to be performed by secondary education. Previously, the school did not hesitate to leave children who did not master the school curriculum well enough for the second year. Rating "one" was in use and the deuce had to be earned. No higher demands were made, just the requirements were met more consistently and clearly. By the end of school, a person had not only a basic set of knowledge, but also a number of social skills sufficient to start adulthood. Now a high school graduate is rarely ready for something. A certificate is given to everyone, repeaters are pulled up to grade 11 (even if they don’t really know the program of the 7th grade). But in the end, these people need to be sent somewhere so that they are still "ripe", gain communication skills, understand how, what and where. And now they are sent for another 4 years to the university, to learn the mind of the mind. This is not about a full-fledged higher education, it's about socialization and entry into culture. + Of course, now there is objectively more information and the social structure is more complicated, people grow up later than before (a global trend).

4. The quality of higher education leaves much to be desired (this applies to both ordinary and top universities). There are many reasons. This is the mass exodus of teachers in the 90s. And lack of funding, insufficiently high salaries. And excessive bureaucracy, endless checks. And as I wrote above, the level of preparation of applicants is not always sufficient (and often it’s not about knowledge, but about the ability to plan one’s time, communicate politely with teachers, independently complete tasks without super-detailed instructions, the ability to motivate oneself, etc. ).

5. Ultimately, for many, higher education is a way to get some kind of magic crust. Its magic lies in the fact that parents and relatives will leave him behind. The magic is that the employer will not show off (and the employer requires a higher education both where it is necessary and where it is not necessary).

So is it worth it or not?

If you just want to earn money in peace, the content of the work activity itself is not so important for you, your relatives put pressure on you, and you want to "be no worse than everyone else", then it's NOT worth it. You will lose several years of your life, not seeing the point in your actions. You won't get the professional experience and money you could get if you went straight to work.

If it is important for you to engage in a specific job or field of activity that requires in-depth training. If you want to engage in teaching and/or scientific activities. If you want to get deep knowledge not only about how to do a specific job, but to understand how society and the world work. If you are set on self-development in the intellectual sphere. Then IT WORTH.