Over the years, I have been writing about misconceptions regarding the schooling process. The purpose of these posts is to explain why I disagree with various comments that I have heard people make about schooling. These are meant as personal thoughts rather than conclusive proof, and I will admit that I'm not always the best at explaining my thoughts. Regardless, I have decided that I should be willing to share these posts when I encounter someone online who makes an argument that I have already discussed.
We keep hearing about a shortage of so-called skill workers. The argument is that we need more college graduates to fill jobs that require college. Technically speaking, there are no jobs that need a college degree.
As I have said numerous times before, there is nothing that can be learned in school that can't be learned elsewhere. Businesses that require any form of schooling are guilty of discrimination. More specifically, they are discriminating against those who pursue educations outside the confines of a restrictive schooling environment.
Why do they do this? It's actually quite simple. It's far easier to take the schools' word for an individual's proficiency at a task than establishing proficiency themselves. With higher lever jobs, they can also use the schools to reduce the number of applications they have to look through.
There are other factors. Among them is that the schools turn individuals into interchangeable pieces. Businesses create positions that are designed to match what the schools produce. They know that they can find someone who will fit a narrow job description. If something happens and they have to replace a worker, someone else can always be found to fit the exact same role.
There are things that can be done to open up employment opportunities to independent learners. For example, we could improve how internal promotions work. Ideally, businesses should maintain paths to the top that do not require conformity to a flawed and mind-numbing schooling environment.
Businesses may require college for their most desirable openings, but college is not a true necessity for any of them. In fact, a heavy reliance on schooling has many drawbacks. Look at how business leaders with textbook business knowledge have displaced visionaries. There are reasons that the rate of progress has drastically declined over the years.
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