9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft.

Re:9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft. by jimbokun on Monday July 18, 2011 @05:57PM (#2778465)

"I'm guessing there are many reasons to get an education, but isn't the primary reason to understand the world better than before?"

Surely that's rhetorical?

Do you honestly think most people pursue education primarily to understand the world better, and not to increase their earning potential?

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Re:9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft. by jshen on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:39AM (#2781085)

I think the smart ones realize they increase their earning potential by understanding the world better, but it also does much more than increase your earning potential.

The idea that an education turns one into a producer from a consumer sounds absurd. People without educations produce!

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Re:9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft. by gaius on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @11:00AM (#2781186)

People without college education sure, but they have a different kind of education, which was my original point. Why is college seen as the only way?

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Re:9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft. by jshen on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @01:07PM (#2781841)

by that definition all of life is an education is it not? I don't think college is the only way, but I still don't think an education is about becoming a producer instead of a consumer.

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