Jason Smith Rails Against The 'Long Running Myth' Of The Necessary Four-Year College Degree

[@judy4989]

She's exactly right ❤

[@halverde6373]

I was IQ tested in high school as they considered me bright in 1982, my senior year. Off the books. 148. Doesn't take a genius to realize college is a scam. I scored 2000 on my SAT. Never went as I had a tradesman job before it was legal and in 1983 I made $ 38,000 dollars my first year working full time. That was good money back then for a 18-19 year old.

[@JC-ok4yx]

I have a master's degree and have been working at colleges for 10 years. They're mostly unnecessary at this point.

[@sellsformoola]

I have a masters degree as well. But I actually got it after I had already run three business during my lifetime. Started college at 52 did years and retired. I did not learn anything that I did not already have knowledge of while running my companies. It was just a goal. What I do it again, no!

[@ziztergabriellahawaii4877]

*I'M 69 AND I'VE WITNESSED THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 3 GENERATIONS RUINED, BY THE PROPAGANDA OF, A PERSON ISN'T GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE WITHOUT AT LEAST 4 OR MORE YEARS OF COLLEGE, (RACKING UP SO MUCH STUDENT LOAN DEBT, THEY'LL NEVER GET IT PAID OFF IN FULL BEFORE THEY DIE), MY LATE HUSBAND WAS 60 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK, BROUGHT ON BY TOO MANY YEARS, WORKING OVERTIME TO PAY OFF HIS STUDENT LOAN, ALONG WITH SUPPORTING HIS HOUSEHOLD. HE STILL OWED THOUSANDS ON HIS STUDENT LOAN WHEN HE DIED.* 🤬🤬🤬‼️‼️‼️

[@Joejobr]

That is what I told my 3 boys. Mom is old and doesn't understand. All 3 went to college and only one needed it. Plus the cost of all the classes they require you take to graduate. Classes that have nothing to do with there job choice.

[@jeremyjohnson457]

3:44 I agree with this guy and current committee. This day, in age, a four year degree does not mean anything.

[@xFR34KEEx]

education ≠ intelligence

[@McFraneth]

No, but the one year masters after opens a ton of doors.

[@jeremyjohnson457]

@McFraneth then why can't I find a job three years later? answer me that

[@-Robin-1]

@@jeremyjohnson457 -maybe you’re not trying? I dropped out at 16. Trade schools required that you’re capable of passing a G.E.D. level 10.5 grade for full day training. I scored 13.6 . I 1st took machine shop and excelled at a rapid rate, then switched to auto-body and paint 1st in class to graduate at 18. That’s 2 skills and a high school diploma by 18. I’ve traveled the country and found work always in one day. The college degree unfortunately is only beneficial for commanding a higher wage and does little or nothing to improve ability or productivity; many times the grad is worse for your business.

[@-Robin-1]

Hunger is a great teaching tool for ‘Sales’. You will learn to understand what the customer/employer wants; and how to deliver.

[@carmaela2689]

Until companies go off of someone's work experience when it comes to hiring, rather than hiring degrees, to look better on the books, we're not going to change anything.

[@rogerhinsdale2677]

I'm a retired Sr. Engineer who had a BSEE and worked for Instant Bowel Movement for 30 years. I feel that my 4+ years of "higher" education was largely a waste of time and money, just to get the job. There is so little of my college degree education that I used in those 30 years, that I have to question needing a degree just to apply for a particular position. Does having a BS or MS or PhD make a teacher a better teacher. How about a four year nursing degree vs a two year Associate degree, but with 1-2 years of nursing experience. On their first day of work which nurse would you rather have to start your IV? Work experience is everything.

[@Rexodus014]

Excellent discussion . . . long overdue. Kudos to ALL of you for seeing and asserting the need for change where necessary for a worthy education. 😊👍

[@carmaela2689]

I have witnessed first hand, how little kids fresh out of college really know. They cannot perform real world hands on skill. They have inflated egos, which quickly get deflated when they realize they don't have what it takes, but a whole lot of debt, from a school that made them ill-prepared. College is not worth the debt, for most people. It just isn't.

[@randywise5241]

I did well laying bricks and stone for a living. Made has much has a friend that got a business degree. You get out of life what you put into it. Crap in crap out. Hard work can give hard rewards.

[@jeremyjohnson457]

I have the training but I couldn't get the degree because of the limitations of my thought processes and I tried to appeal to the College of my choice and said there is nothing they can help me with. People in my position can't get the degree that most companies require. There should be a law against companies that say they are an equal opportunity employer but that don't even give a person a chance to prove their skills even though they have the training.

[@TheListOf]

"Because of my thought processes"??? What are you trying to say???

[@jeremyjohnson457]

@@TheListOf I thought it would sound better than saying learning disabilities

[@TheListOf]

@@jeremyjohnson457 If you have learning disabilities then you should qualify for DISABILITY Insurance and let Social Security secure a job for you to supplement your disability payments.

[@TheListOf]

Go to a 2 year technical college and come out smelling like a rose for the rest of your life.

[@travisquinney1739]

I have a New Degree option "Integrity Class 101"😂

[@Jester-Riddle]

Is it really necessary for College Degrees to take 4 years ... ? In the UK and many other countries only 3 years are required, yet the educational outcomes are equivalent. Cutting a year off the degree period would save a massive amount of unnecessary loan expenses/college costs, plus permit graduates to start working a year earlier boosting the workforce, etc ...

[@taroman7100]

The noble degree became a ticket and not much more.

[@DAVID-io9nj]

Most freshman classes are intended to "catch" up the lesser performers to a good high school grad level. And supposedly to insure a well rounded education.

[@doubanjiang]

What happens to all the truckers when self-driving 18-wheelers become the norm?

[@evelynsiegrist8311]

Never gonna happen!

[@tinalschmidt-banks3415]

I see so many people with degrees and they are working fast food.

[@tadstilwell6127]

Long overdue!

[@marydiaz2763]

Listen to a junior high school teacher say lots of his students where reading second grade level. Sad and colleges are just induction factories. Not for the good. I just hate teacher anymore. Can't trust them to teach them the right things either. No way my kids were going to school now a days. No way

[@taroman7100]

The raising of tuition when they can is outrageous. I can understand the amount of time and expense for a medical degree but that's a totally separate world.

[@beckinfidelis3916]

They should bring back technical high schools. Also home Economics to teach kids how to at least cook basic food, how to balance a budget, how to sew a little bit and make repairs to clothing? And Shop class to teach people how to build a few things and make minor repairs around their place at least.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Totally agree with you on this!

[@TT-kg3li]

Too little too late…

[@edwardcumpstey9061]

Incoming anecdotal evidence for why "just learn a trade" is "superior."

[@TheListOf]

It IS superior.

[@edwardcumpstey9061]

@@TheListOf Why do most people with college degrees still earn more, on average, than those who do not hold a degree? It's an answer that stumps many, I can assure you.

[@TheListOf]

@@edwardcumpstey9061 Most 4 year college degrees are CRAP and not worth the paper they're printed on. Most students never use the degrees they earn as they choose something stupid like SOCIOLOGY or GENDER STUDIES. All you need is a 2 year associate degree at a technical college where you actually learn to do something that makes good money and has room for advancement. Did YOU go to a 4 year college or no?

[@TheListOf]

News flash! This video is about the irrelevance of 4 year college degrees, not NO college at all. Do you have a reading comprehension deficit???

[@BrendaDunn-o1w]

Rather than try to diminish education change the education to better serve the public. The importance of keeping learning alive and value life long learning.

[@nonakotler3634]

Education as an Antidote for Hunger Recently, the UN, and several related organizations, marked two significant dates: the World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. International organizations for the poor and hungry have existed at least since the end of World War II, but neither poverty nor hunger have been eradicated. If anything, they have increased. What, then, are we doing wrong, and can we change the dismal reality? The problem is not lack of food; there is plenty of it. In fact, much of the food that is produced gets thrown away and pollutes the water and the ground rather than feeding hungry mouths. So people are hungry not for lack of food, but because there is no interest in helping people get it. The prevailing attitude is one of narcissism. We care only for ourselves and suspect everyone else’s intentions toward us. If we have any surplus funds, we use them to build walls and fences, not to help others. This is how we behave around the world as individuals and as nations. To quiet our conscience, we create organizations to tend to the poor and hungry. We fund them generously and appoint functionaries and bureaucrats to deal with the problem. But if our hearts were with the poor, we would not leave them in the hands of bureaucrats, just as we would not leave our children in the hands of social workers to see to their upbringing. We would see that the people we care about get what they need. Because we do not care, we appoint uncaring people who present plans for dealing with the spreading poverty and hunger, and announce special days to bring the problem to public awareness. They do not do a thing about the actual problems, but simply justify their bloated salaries through professionally designed presentations and verbose speeches that glorify their (nonexistent) achievements. If they truly wanted to solve the problem, which funds their lavish lifestyle, there would be many ways to do so. However, the surest way to lift people from poverty is education. First, there are technologies that can increase the yield of fields by multiple times through sophisticated irrigation systems, controlled environments, and other means. Farmers need to be taught how to use these technologies, and should be given the means to acquire them. This step alone would lift countless people out of hunger and poverty. Next, I think that organizations for eradication of poverty and hunger should use their budgets to buy lands where they will both grow crops for food that will be dedicated for the poor, and use some of the land to teach local farmers more efficient agriculture. Additionally, these centers for agriculture and education should be used in order to provide general education. It is well known that educated people have more opportunities in life, are generally better off, and can provide for themselves and their families better than uneducated people. Therefore, as a means to eradicate poverty and hunger, these centers should also provide general knowledge and education. Also, education should not be only about avoiding poverty. Poverty is not a personal matter, but a social one. Therefore, people who study at these education centers should also learn about solidarity, mutual responsibility, interdependence in today’s world, and other topics that will help them establish themselves as positive elements in a connected world. In this way, we can create an agrarian transformation that will become a social and cultural transformation that can free people not only from the grip of poverty and hunger, but integrate them in the global society of the 21st century as confident and positive individuals. In turn, these people will help others rise from poverty, and the process will gain momentum.

[@TheListOf]

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[@evelynsiegrist8311]

Drove truck for 43years! RETIRED 17years ago! Last year I worked made 79k!

[@cristiancharles3583]

Yes, I do🇺🇸

[@Joke-r5w]

Rally's

[@vickycamacho8695]

Ms sedlar. Very weak speech.

[@howardebert2380]

Amen

[@howardebert2380]

On that what I meant to say I meant to say Amen