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.
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.
Higher education is one of the first points in the description of the requirements for most vacancies. In fact, HR specialists do not often file diplomas of higher education with the personal files of employees. There is a perception that universal higher education is necessary, and life without it will go downhill. But is it really so? The approach to higher education is overgrown with many clichés. Today we will look at the most common reasons for getting a higher education, and what they translate into in reality. To understand if you need to start.
When is higher education needed?
Obtaining a specialty that is impossible to learn on your own. And this is perhaps the only one hundred percent objective reason. Indeed, a number of specialties require higher education. For example, becoming a doctor or a chemical engineer without long specialized training impossible. Higher education provides close control over the acquisition of skills and provides a basis for their development in practice.
Initially, the higher education system was aimed precisely at teaching specific skills, the independent development of which difficult, unreliable or even unethical. Over time, higher education began to cover a wider range of activities and spread to professions that previously did not require higher education.
Increasing the overall level of erudition. Higher education primarily teaches not a specialty, but where to find information and how to process it to learn the specialty on their own. This is one of the key skills for successfully adapting to changing living conditions. Of course, you can learn this without universities, but the institute provides a good opportunity to do this in a short time. If you want to learn how to learn, a college degree can really help. In addition, higher education provides knowledge in general basic academic disciplines - psychology, philosophy, economic theory, sociology, law, conflictology. Basic knowledge of these subjects in life can only help. At least for general development.
Smooth transition from childhood to adulthood. If the two previous reasons apply to people of all ages, then this one applies only to school graduates. Adult life is different from the everyday life of yesterday's schoolboy. For many teenagers, the period of adjustment to a new status can be traumatic. Students can become a kind of psychological buffer for saying goodbye to childhood. The reason for getting a higher education is, of course, subjective and not for everyone. But she is still with a plus sign, because the desire to be a student in order to prolong a carefree youth at least a little more is completely normal.
When it seems to be necessary
Inability to get a good job without higher education. The manipulation “if you don’t study, you become a janitor”, beloved by older generations, of course, firmly settles in the mind and acquires a negative connotation. If such attitudes force you to get a higher education, then it is better to think hard or even work with a psychologist before entering a university. This will help to separate the real desire from the imposed guilt. Success in life depends on the ability to adapt, and not on the propensity for academic success. But we are talking about something else.
Getting a good job without a college degree isn't that hard, it's enough have any skill. Doing repairs in apartments, for example, is a good job. Being a flight attendant on a passenger plane, responsible for the safety of passengers, while seeing the whole world is also good. Neither one nor the other specialty requires higher education. And the list is endless. In addition, for some positions that do not require higher education for employment, they allow you to study at the expense of the employer. This is what the police can do.
The impossibility of being a respected specialist (and person) without a higher education. This reason also requires psychological work. Or, again, real examples that destroy this myth. Midwives, jewelers, architectural restorers - they all do not have a higher education, only a secondary one. But hardly anyone will call their work little respected.
Bad Reasons to Get a Higher Education
Parents said - it is necessary. Listening to their parents is good, and no one argues with that. But a person lives his life independently and only he determines the need for training, the right specialty for himself, etc. Parents, of course, can advise something, but they should make categorical decisions only about themselves.
Everyone gets higher education. Doing something for the company is not the path that will lead to success. Getting an education is a conscious, responsible step that can seriously change your life. And this step should be based on personal goals and desires.
Higher education is a great tool that can make you a professional. But not for every specialty it is necessary. For example, many humanitarian areas can be mastered on their own much faster and much deeper than at a university. A banal example of this is well-known writers, poets who did not receive a higher education, but throughout their lives honed their literary skills and achieved brilliant success. The refusal to receive higher education also did not bypass technical specialists. Many well-known companies can demonstrate self-taught programmers in their staff, who are in no way inferior to their colleagues with a diploma.
Examples can be given endlessly, the essence is the same: higher education is not always the only source for mastering a profession
The decision to pursue higher education should be purely individual. Someone really needs it, it is simply impossible to carry out certain types of activities without higher education. Higher education is a wonderful tool that can unlock outstanding potential. But in modern times, even without a higher education, one can live with dignity, there is no doubt about that. Therefore, higher education is needed or not is not a moot point. This is a question, the solution of which is determined individually in each case. And the decision depends on goals, desires and existing skills and resources.
Do you need a higher education to gain success and material wealth? Today this question can already be classified as rhetorical. The employer requires a diploma of higher education, already from elementary school, teachers and parents talk about the importance of studying at a university. At the same time, everyone knows that a diploma does not at all guarantee employment in a good position, and there are plenty of ways for self-realization and professional growth in the modern world without it. In addition, everyone has a lot of successful and decently earning acquaintances without education. Maybe then it is not worth spending the priceless years of youth and significant funds to obtain the coveted diploma?
Some statistics
An analysis of a survey conducted among Russians suggests that higher education is highly valued today. So, as many as 74% of respondents are sure that it is necessary. At the same time, 24% consider early employment of young people a priority.
About 67% of Russians are ready to seriously invest in the education of their children and grandchildren. Moreover, only 57% of older people agree to save for the sake of the future offspring.
Young people, on the contrary, are more determined - as many as 80% are firmly convinced of the benefits of education.
Interestingly, in the eyes of the majority of respondents, higher education is not only an opportunity for material well-being, but also a path to self-improvement. This suggests that our population considers the spiritual growth and development of a person to be important.
Why against
Among those same 26% of people who are skeptical about higher education, many cite the following arguments.
- Price
It’s good if the graduate gets on the budget and does not pay for education, otherwise the family will face serious costs.
- Time
Why do you need a higher education, if you can immediately go to work. Any young person wants to start earning and gain independence from their parents as early as possible, and not wait 4-5 years, sprinkling over textbooks.
- The irrationality of education
Higher education involves the study of many unnecessary and uninteresting subjects that will never be useful in the future.
- Number of universities
In our time, the number of so-called commercial institutions has increased. Low passing scores correspond to the quality of education. The qualification of teachers in such institutions also leaves much to be desired.
- Lack of practical skills of graduates
Unlike technical schools and colleges that provide working specialties, the university provides only theoretical knowledge in the field of the profession.
- No guarantees
No one can say with complete certainty that having received a long-awaited diploma, he will be able to get a prestigious job in his specialty.
At first glance, it is difficult to disagree with many statements, because the university really does not give any working specialty, does not teach how to make money or build your own business. But why, then, do so many students sit in pairs, hand over term papers, tests, laboratory and theses? Maybe in fact the race for higher education takes away an extra 4-5 years of youth, after which you have to go to a lower position and get a penny, instead of going to work right away and becoming rich and successful.
Of course - for
Naturally, among those who have not graduated from universities there are many people who have taken place in every sense, so it makes no sense to argue that having a higher education is absolutely necessary. However, there are many good reasons to still enroll in a university.
- Development of intuition
A university is not needed for the student to keep formulas, constants and theorems in his head. It should teach you to think, understand and not be afraid of completely new tasks and extreme situations. A person with a higher education receives certain skills and a map of such human knowledge that allows him to intuitively make the right decision. This is the true value of higher education, and not in the presence of encyclopedic erudition.
- Always in good shape
The young graduate has a flexible and powerful brain that is able to learn quickly. This session clearly proves it! But education is also very useful for older people. Mastering new information, a person makes the brain work and does not allow it to grow old. In fact, educated and well-read people do not lose their mental clarity and have an excellent memory.
- Connections
The time of study is a great opportunity to acquire useful contacts, which are indispensable in our time.
- Change of career path
Everything happens in life. Often, even if there is a decent job, it will not work without a specialized higher education.
- "Educated" in priority
Any manager, when hiring an employee, prepares for the fact that he will have to be trained and retrained, introduced into the realities of a particular enterprise. And it does not matter whether it is a red diploma student or just an intelligent person. However, the "crust" will still be a big plus in favor of the applicant.
- "Play while you're young"
Student years are the most vivid impressions and memories. They will stay for life. This is the time when young people not only learn independence, but also fall in love, walk, have fun, create strong friendships. Missing all this is simply pointless!
Many, getting an education, do not stop there and continue to develop and improve themselves throughout their lives. Such people often become successful. The main thing here is that education should become a means, not an end in itself. If a person does not want to study, why force him? Maybe someone likes the work of a welder, then he wants to go to a vocational school, where he will be taught the trade and given a decent and well-paid job. And for those who dream of acting, it is better to listen to your heart and boldly comprehend the basics of art. Otherwise, he is unlikely to become a good specialist in another field. How often you can meet those who have studied for 5 years at the institute for a specialty that is not interesting for themselves, but does not want to work, and cannot!
Being a dropout is also not the best option. Such a person cannot be trusted. What employer would want to have an employee who isn't used to getting things done.
Therefore, most often the most successful students are those who:
- choose a profession for themselves at the call of the heart, and not at the parental insistence;
- receive education purposefully, consciously, clearly presenting themselves in their professional activities;
- do not deviate from the intended goals and improve education even when employed.
Who Needs Your Graduate Diploma
Often in our time, job advertisements contain a requirement for the mandatory presence of higher education.
It is understandable when it comes to professionals such as doctors, teachers, engineers, lawyers, etc. But why would an employer need a sales assistant with an education, or a secretary, or even a security guard? 
Often he wants to be sure that he hires a person who at least knows how to communicate with people and keep himself within the bounds of decency. And he hardly needs the crust itself.
It's easy to check on the phone. It is enough to call the ad and ask if you need a diploma of higher education. Most likely, you will be told that it is desirable, but not necessary.
Psychology will explain everything here. By asking the right question, you will show yourself as a competent and intelligent person who sincerely does not understand how a higher education can be useful in the performance of work duties.
But why, then, such requirements are presented to applicants? Most often, this is necessary in order to scare away an undesirable contingent who wants to get a vacant position.
Employer's opinion
To make it easier to understand the motives of the employer, it is enough to listen to the opinion of one of them.
Elena, who is the head of a department of one of the large firms in Moscow, had to recruit personnel more than once: “There are such professional areas in which you cannot do without higher education in any case - doctors, engineers, teachers ... Trade does not require a “tower”, but when selecting employees for my department, I give preference to certified candidates. Why? As an employer, I need, first of all, competent, able to communicate and think people. Without education, I am ready to hire only a person with “burning eyes” and experience.”
Employers are confident that a person who has graduated from a university is able to work, has a broad outlook and is able to analyze information.
What kind of education to have - everyone decides for himself. And although it is not an absolute necessity or a guarantee of success in life, but with it, both the career path and the life path can become much easier.
A person hears about how important education in a higher educational institution is from an early age. Many parents from the first grade begin to prepare their child for the fact that he will have to go to university in order to succeed, make a dizzying career and gain material well-being.
Is higher education really necessary? This issue is of concern to so many today, so we simply cannot afford to bypass it. In this article we will try to find comprehensive answers to it.
What omniscient statistics say about higher education
In order to thoroughly understand the problem, we first turn to statistics, which, as you know, know everything and everyone. If you look at the results of sociological surveys that are very fashionable today, you can get the following information, which will be very useful for us:
- among respondents who are under 30 years of age or older, 80 percent support the need for higher education. It is probably not worth arguing that this is a rather high result, which speaks volumes. Conclusions suggest themselves;
- 67 percent of respondents are ready to bear even large expenses to give higher education to their children or grandchildren. However, among the elderly, the result is much lower - only 57 percent who are willing to make significant savings in order to educate their young relatives;
- in general, 74 percent of respondents are in favor of higher education, which is also quite a lot.
So, the results of statistics show that higher education is a necessity in our time.
But is it really so? Why are a sufficiently large number of people opposed to university education? You will learn about this below.
Arguments against higher education
What arguments are given by those people who treat the need for higher education with a certain amount of skepticism? Let's take a look at the main arguments:
- studying at an institute or university is just a waste of time. One of the most common arguments. Opponents of higher education believe that immediately after graduation, you can safely go to work and gain experience that is valued much more than a diploma;
- the low quality of education provided by the vast majority of for-profit educational institutions created only to make money. One cannot but agree with this point of view, since today there are really a lot of various commercial academies and universities;
- too high cost of education. Usually universities have restrictions on the number of budget places, and not everyone can take them. Therefore, most families have to save on everything in order to ensure that their offspring receive a diploma, successfully pass the exam and sessions;
- imperfect education system, providing the student with huge amounts of information that will never be useful to him in real life.
Another frequently encountered argument is the lack of any real practical skills for a university graduate, which is why he cannot find good employment options in his specialty. However, the majority cope with this problem, managing to combine study with work, gaining the necessary experience.
Reading these arguments, many agreed that the university or institute is indeed a waste of time. But in order to decide whether you need a higher education, you must also listen to all the arguments in favor of obtaining it.
Why higher education is required for success
Arguing in favor of the need for higher education, we will not say that without a diploma you will not be able to get a well-paid job, since this theory is easily refuted by numerous success stories. Therefore, we will focus only on the following advantages of studying at a university:
- for 4-6 years of study, the future graduate develops an excellent intuition that allows him to easily cope with the solution of the most non-trivial tasks. After all, higher education is more needed not in order to pore over formulas or analyze any literary works. In the process of learning, a person learns to think and make the right decisions in any situation;
- decision flexibility. The brain of a person who spent the best years in a university is much faster rebuilt for any sudden changes. This quality will be necessary for specialists working in almost any field - a programmer, doctor, engineer, and so on. It is especially necessary for starting a business, since your business requires constant flexibility and adaptation to various conditions;
- making the right connections. Entering a university after school is a transition to a new stage of socialization, which makes it possible to make a lot of new acquaintances. As practice shows, many of them become extremely useful for a young specialist in the future;
- priority in the job search process. It is simply impossible not to mention this, since any employer, not knowing the applicants for a particular position, will definitely choose one of them who will have a diploma. Despite the fact that its owner will still have to be practically taught anew, taking into account the specifics of the activities of a particular company, this document will be a clear argument in favor of its owner;
- a powerful impetus for a successful career. The lack of a diploma is almost always the need to work all your life in the same place, not hoping for promotion through the ranks. With higher education, this problem disappears by itself.
Finally, student years are a lot of pleasant and vivid memories, without which life can seem very boring.
So do you need a high school diploma?
One can endlessly talk about the fact that higher education is necessary only for those who are going to build their careers in those areas in which it is impossible to do without a diploma. For example, it is simply necessary for a doctor, a lawyer, a person applying for the position of a top manager in a large company. But why then do hundreds of job advertisements for security guards or sales assistants, couriers or even movers contain a mandatory requirement for a diploma?
The thing is that almost any employer representing a self-respecting company knows that people with higher education at least know how to behave in society and keep within the generally accepted boundaries of decency. In addition, an applicant for a position with a diploma can think outside the box, which is also important for the employer.
