What is your own reason for going to school or why do you think people go to school?

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@iice bt someone can still learn and get knowledge even without going to school, do you agree with me?

iice:

Yes. Just that sometimes, one needs to be guided or forced.
Besides not many people can learn on their own, and not many people are willing/patient to teach another besides those who work in education.

Alright. Taken!

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OP,
It depends on which category of school you're referring to. In many countries, Nigeria included, basic schooling of between nine and twelve years are compulsory for every citizen. In some cases, those years are offered free, so it behoves on the people to take advantage. School at that level is very important, because we need to get literate, and be armed with the basic knowledge we need to function in the modern world.

Beyond those years, school these days is beginning to pan out as an expensive hobby, or an exercise in certificate purchase. The number of people who are able to find true fulfilment from education beyond the first nine to twelve years is dwindling by the day.

All across the world, the story's the same. Millions of college graduates with no job, no skill, and no clear future, while there is a growing blue-collar hole. It's getting very worrying. In my view, it is even a conundrum of sorts. No matter if a hundred million jobs are created every year, there simply would not be enough suitable jobs for college graduates. And for the employed, the opportunities for career advancement are getting more limited by the day. Its a new reality that we are all facing.

AjanleKoko:

OP,
It depends on which category of school you're referring to. In many countries, Nigeria included, basic schooling of between nine and twelve years are compulsory for every citizen. In some cases, those years are offered free, so it behoves on the people to take advantage. School at that level is very important, because we need to get literate, and be armed with the basic knowledge we need to function in the modern world.

Beyond those years, school these days is beginning to pan out as an expensive hobby, or an exercise in certificate purchase. The number of people who are able to find true fulfilment from education beyond the first nine to twelve years is dwindling by the day.

All across the world, the story's the same. Millions of college graduates with no job, no skill, and no clear future, while there is a growing blue-collar hole. It's getting very worrying. In my view, it is even a conundrum of sorts. No matter if a hundred million jobs are created every year, there simply would not be enough suitable jobs for college graduates. And for the employed, the opportunities for career advancement are getting more limited by the day. Its a new reality that we are all facing.

It seems that way too many people are going to university at the tertiary level. theer is an underlying requirement in most societies that students should move over to the university level when very few of them are academically qualified to do so. Just way too many academiclaly incapable students getting degrees just because that is "whats expected fo them."

is this a trick question or what because it doesnt look like a sensible one

AjanleKoko:

OP,
It depends on which category of school you're referring to. In many countries, Nigeria included, basic schooling of between nine and twelve years are compulsory for every citizen. In some cases, those years are offered free, so it behoves on the people to take advantage. School at that level is very important, because we need to get literate, and be armed with the basic knowledge we need to function in the modern world.

Beyond those years, school these days is beginning to pan out as an expensive hobby, or an exercise in certificate purchase. The number of people who are able to find true fulfilment from education beyond the first nine to twelve years is dwindling by the day.

All across the world, the story's the same. Millions of college graduates with no job, no skill, and no clear future, while there is a growing blue-collar hole. It's getting very worrying. In my view, it is even a conundrum of sorts. No matter if a hundred million jobs are created every year, there simply would not be enough suitable jobs for college graduates. And for the employed, the opportunities for career advancement are getting more limited by the day. Its a new reality that we are all facing.

So what are you trying to point out Sir?the story's the same. Millions of college graduates with no job, no skill, and no clear future, while there is a growing blue-collar hole. It's getting very worrying. In my view, it is even a conundrum of sorts. No matter if a hundred million jobs are created every year, there simply would not be enough suitable jobs for college graduates. And for the employed, the opportunities for career advancement are getting more limited by the day. Its a new reality that we are all facing.
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So what are you trying to point out Sir?

Darwine:

So what are you trying to point out Sir?

Nothing in particular. Just making an observation. In any case, I am pro-education, just that people need to think hard before making post-secondary education choices.
Young people also need to be more aware of what is happening around them. It's difficult to build castles in the air, only to come out and face a rude shock.
Don't go to school for going's sake, make sure you're taking something valuable away.