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Originally Posted by StaxBundlez
To answer OPs question in short, yes and no.
I think most people understand that university does not guarantee you a job. Most employers look for a degree because they look for certain qualities in an individual.
How well you can learn?
Are you willing to learn?
I think 1/3rd are people who are “forced” to be there. 1/3rd are people who want to be there. 1/3rd have no idea why they’re there.
As for education itself, I think that changing the education paradigm wouldn’t hurt. With the way technology is advancing why wouldn’t you give something like education an overhaul?
RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - YouTube
There are already a lot of people who are taking huge strides to change how kids are being educated. You ever hear of Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy?
Salman Khan talk at TED 2011 (from ted.com) - YouTube |
thanks, you put it more succintly than i did. actually showing up to most lectures imo is pointless, but alot of courses aren't offered via distance ed
LA/SS degrees as a whole need to incorporate better teaching techniques and are stuck in a time warp.
most classes still require a textbook, which is stupid as fuck considering how fast the information in one becomes outdated. and although writing papers in stuff is vital to learning, courses should require more "hands on" projects that require creativity. for example, entrepeneurial classes require you to actually market and sell a product.
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Originally Posted by zetazeta
Totally agree with you on this point. I just finished my 4 years in a bachelor of business admin andthe most important thing I've learned was to think critically. Don't get me wrong, the 'hard knowledge' I've learned through finance, accounting and MIS courses were invaluable, but it all pales in comparison to critical thinking.
One of my biggest takeaways through 4 years of SFU and several work terms(internships/coops) is how to approach a problem. I've learned a great deal in understanding the full implications of a problem before attempting to solve it.
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interesting, i went to the same school and gradded with the same degree (but with a concentration in operations management + finance). but the work experience was 1000% more useful to me than going to class, and i felt the qualitative classes didnt teach me much of anything...like for example, business communication...etc
most people missed the point of this thread. the value of university and higher learning is theoretically priceless, however the execution is sorely lacking. material taught in class is often outdated or worse, and most degrees have dozens of filler courses which are prereqs.
basically social science degrees market themselves as a science when they fail both measures of scientific validity
1) empiricism
2) reproducibility