Do you think there is too much emphasis on education to get a reasonably good paying job?

It depends on what you mean by "education". If one's goal in life is simply to get a job then, depending on the society in which one lives, it is necessary to go through formal educational programs. First, the world keeps changing, and people need to not only to learn the textbook stuff but also to learn newer technology and the communication skills necessary to work with people from other cultures. Without these things it becomes more challenging to compete in the job market. There's always going to be somebody who's younger, better looking, better at playing workplace politics, and wanting the same employment opportunities that you do. Your education and experience are what give you that competitive edge. It really depends on what you want to do. If, for instance, you want to be a doctor, there's no way to get there without going to medical school.

On the other hand, many people are finding that getting a job and calling somebody else "boss" is not what they want for a future. These are more likely to be the types of people who are highly creative. They either have exceptional artistic abilities or have good ideas for building a successful business. Some of the most successful people in life fall into this category. Many are college dropouts who figured out early that college was not for them, and some never bothered to go to college at all because they knew exactly what they wanted to do and knew how they they would do it since they were kids. For these kinds of people, working 9 to 5 for somebody else will never do. These people educate and equip themselves with all that they need to know to become successful. And many of them have said that they never would have learned what they know by attending any college.

The world we live in today is totally different...so, no, there is not enough emphasis in education to get good jobs. The real question is, does our system of education have what it takes to even educate to the level necessary to keep up...

Most of the people that DO succeed in life don't have degree of something. Most of them dropped universities even high school. My opinion is that trying to get a job depending only on your diploma is for people who don't know what to do with their life and don't have a goal to pursue. Anyway there are many bright and talented people that graduate from universities and also follow their goals and dream. However with the internet and innovation advances happening each and every day, I think the idea of having a degree and getting "secure job" is old and ... dangerous.


You can't rely to secure yourself on anything but your own skills - Henry Ford quotation with which i totally agree.


However having a job could be good as long as you are learning new things and skills that you will use in the future for achieving a definite aim of yours.

It depends on your definition of reasonably good paying job. There is a lot in the media about the richest 1%, which leaves 99% of us on the short end of the stick. There seems to be a slippery slope when it comes to the US standard of living. While most of us enjoy the same creature comforts, shelter, big screen TVs, cars, etc.: the cost to maintain that life style is ever increasing while the wages for non-professional workers are being whittled away. Even the skilled trades which once provided secure high paying jobs are being pressured by lower wages and benefits. Every thing is not rosy for college grads either. Although the wages of college grads are somewhat higher there are many college graduates working below a comfortable living wage. Listening to the politicians and looking at the cost of living it seems a family must have $100, 000 yearly income to live the classic US middle class life. Many college grads do not achieve those incomes. In 10 years the price tag for a middle class life style will most likely be $200,000 while fewer and fewer of us make that kind of money. Without education, even if it is learn what is going on in the country and the world, we are doomed to an ever decreasing standard of living. It is the lack of understanding and reluctance to change that is enabling the elimination of the middle class. As much as higher education has expanded to enable more and more people to gain college degrees, the emphasis on maintaining good jobs in the US is missing. Theoretically the more education one has the more prepared they should be to figure out what is going on an adapting to it. - Darwin's law of the survival of the fittest. I highly recommend obtaining as much as education as possible. The PracticaL Mentor

No, there is not enough emphasis (and resources) to encourage people to further their education. I agree with the first answer. This is a totally different world, different economy, which had jobs that require more education and/or training. I think there is more to be said for getting a higher education than just the benefits of opening up a career to you, I think that everyone can benefit from a liberal arts education, to help them develop a broader world-view. Especially here in the US, we are so locked into our society and have become so ethnocentric; in our country, with such expansive diversity, we need to educate ourselves on other cultures because our understanding and cooperation is what will move the human race forward.

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