Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by version_five on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @07:54AM
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Your observation about gaps in knowledge is true for all trades, and is at least conceptually what separates trades or job skills training university education.
A good university program teaches very few hard skills, but you learn to reason about your field essentially from first principles. On the other hand, to do a mechanical job, you really need just the job skills, and the connection to cause and effect is almost irrelevant.
This is typically why university education is held up as a better key to long term career prospects, because of the adaptability rather than rote memorization.
Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by swiley on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:40AM
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University is supposed to teach you fundamental ideas that help you think about the world not hard skills. That’s why it’s called a university and not a boot camp.
A good university program teaches very few hard skills, but you learn to reason about your field essentially from first principles. On the other hand, to do a mechanical job, you really need just the job skills, and the connection to cause and effect is almost irrelevant.
This is typically why university education is held up as a better key to long term career prospects, because of the adaptability rather than rote memorization.
In real life I realize it's a lot more messy.