http://guidoworld.com/blog/the-great-american-education-hoax-part-2/ A safe place to think and feel. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://guidoworld.com/blog/the-great-american-education-hoax-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7922 Ellen Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:11 +0000 http://guidoworld.com/?p=1267#comment-7922 Interesting and kinda disturbing...especially as I live in a culture that places the value of education on a pedestal.Problem is, i have been wondering about the prospects of being overqualified or even qualified in no particular field...See here on the islands when you are a child, your teachers tell you, dream big! You can do whatever you want! You can reach for the stars...unfortunately they DON'T tell you what jobs are offered or rather needed for the country so here now, we have college graduates(who mind you, are in DEBT!)running around in fields that aren't particularly needed and does not contribute towards making a better society...i could go on and on with this...I do not think the powers-that-be even want people to gain knowledge...like u said, the gap between the poor and rich is getting even wider...to bad though...money doesn't bring happiness, neither does education...it just helps u to survive!This article was very enlightening! Interesting and kinda disturbing…especially as I live in a culture that places the value of education on a pedestal.Problem is, i have been wondering about the prospects of being overqualified or even qualified in no particular field…See here on the islands when you are a child, your teachers tell you, dream big! You can do whatever you want! You can reach for the stars…unfortunately they DON’T tell you what jobs are offered or rather needed for the country so here now, we have college graduates(who mind you, are in DEBT!)running around in fields that aren’t particularly needed and does not contribute towards making a better society…i could go on and on with this…I do not think the powers-that-be even want people to gain knowledge…like u said, the gap between the poor and rich is getting even wider…to bad though…money doesn’t bring happiness, neither does education…it just helps u to survive!This article was very enlightening!

]]> http://guidoworld.com/blog/the-great-american-education-hoax-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7914 MaryBeth Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:44:56 +0000 http://guidoworld.com/?p=1267#comment-7914 Kudo to the post and interesting comment, i also bookmarked your RSS feeds for more updates. Kudo to the post and interesting comment, i also bookmarked your RSS feeds for more updates.

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