Comments on: Is Education Really That Important? (Part 2) http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Frankhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3439 Frank Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:39:00 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/06/25/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3439 Reads right on the own the business to maximize profits part of it. Right on point regarding passion as IME it sure cures a lot of ills. I do not know a single person who is successful (however defined) that isn't truly passionate about what they do. As sentient creatures we might well be hardwired that way. Reads right on the own the business to maximize profits part of it. Right on point regarding passion as IME it sure cures a lot of ills. I do not know a single person who is successful (however defined) that isn’t truly passionate about what they do. As sentient creatures we might well be hardwired that way.

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3423 Joel Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:30:42 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/06/25/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3423 Frank, the thing is...if you want to become wealthy, the easiest way to do it is to run your own business and control your own income. When you work for someone else, they are profiting off of your skill set. Even today, many entrepreneurs who run some of the most profitable companies have very little formal education. Passion can cover a multitude of shortcomings. Passion cannot be feigned or replicated either. Frank, the thing is…if you want to become wealthy, the easiest way to do it is to run your own business and control your own income. When you work for someone else, they are profiting off of your skill set. Even today, many entrepreneurs who run some of the most profitable companies have very little formal education. Passion can cover a multitude of shortcomings. Passion cannot be feigned or replicated either.

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]]> By: Frankhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3383 Frank Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:23:24 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/06/25/just-how-important-is-education-part-2/#comment-3383 Good read, Joel, thanks. We could easily write an entire series of Blog posts regarding education, goal setting, life plan, etc. Just from my perspective I don't think education is valued as it was in the past. By valued I mean in terms of being a discriminator in the hiring process. Certain degrees from certain institutes of higher learning tended to be given more weight in specific fields. Now, education is simply taken for granted by employers and if a person doesn't have "the paper" then they aren't even considered. There are some very small niche professions that have avoided the education requirement for quite some time and even they are feeling the squeeze. The days of IT Spt showing up at the office for work in blue jeans, tie dyed T-shirt and Jesus Slippers are long gone. Current certifications are a given and the higher education thing is being pushed hard. Good read, Joel, thanks. We could easily write an entire series of Blog posts regarding education, goal setting, life plan, etc. Just from my perspective I don’t think education is valued as it was in the past. By valued I mean in terms of being a discriminator in the hiring process. Certain degrees from certain institutes of higher learning tended to be given more weight in specific fields. Now, education is simply taken for granted by employers and if a person doesn’t have “the paper” then they aren’t even considered.

There are some very small niche professions that have avoided the education requirement for quite some time and even they are feeling the squeeze. The days of IT Spt showing up at the office for work in blue jeans, tie dyed T-shirt and Jesus Slippers are long gone. Current certifications are a given and the higher education thing is being pushed hard.

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