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 tree-lights rated 5 months ago - From the page: "Here's the reality: Everyone in every occupation starts as an apprentice. Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacin... more
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- tree-lights rated 5 months agoeducation, university, society
- From the page: "Here's the reality: Everyone in every occupation starts as an apprentice. Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacing it with evidence of competence -- treating post-secondary education as apprenticeships for everyone -- is one way to help us to recognize that common bond."
A decent article with a brilliant idea. Instead of requiring a "degree," have everyone pass a certification test. It's a good idea, however, I would not eschew the idea of taking classes outside your "major."
These classes are required because they do round out a person. Just like a lot of people complain, why have an engineer who cannot communicate? He might be a genius, but if no one knows what he is talking about, nothing will get done.
- REILLYSE rated 11 months agobusiness
- As a recent Big Ten university college grad who cant find anything better than a phone job paying jack shit for a wage, I sometimes wish i had skipped college and just started working, because I guarantee my job opportunities would be immensely larger. From what I have observed it is all about job experience, and a B.A. (unless its Ivy League) doesn't mean shit.
- lstlkn rated 11 months agobusiness, college
- I agree with a lot of this. Too many people confuse the goal of an institution for the institution itself. I believe that by defining a goal and letting people decide for themselves how to reach it, you show respect for the wide range of methods by which people learn.
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