The Sunday, October 23rd New York Times' Sunday Review Section includes an article tiled "Will Dropouts Save America" which addresses the unconventionality related to entrepreneurialism and job creation in the United States. After reading the article (see link below) summarize it and state your opinion in the blog. Be ready to discuss it in class.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/will-dropouts-save-america.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
In this article it states that in some cases you don't have to finish college to start up a business. To me this is true. It also states that only if you want to be a doctor or nurse you should go to school to study in that field. I also believe that this is true. Many people feel that if you go to college all four years that you would become successful in what ever you do. However; if you look at the economy today plenty of people can not start up a business and keep it up because their lack of customer service. Going to college can not show you how to have good customer service, experience does. Going to school can give you the knowledge on certain areas and departments on and in a business. I do agree with the article when it says if you see your business going down go back to school. I don't see no problem in that at all.
ReplyDeleteThe main concept the author is putting forth is that the part of the reason our economy is in shambles is that our education system is out dated. Explaining how College education today is too focused of teaching “Classroom skills” that may give a student an advantage in the formal job market, but in the informal job market, street-smart skills such as sales and networking are overlooked by most colleges. In addition, Colleges also have a tendency to reward students choosing the “safe route” or traditional jobs most often killing student’s entrepreneurial creativity by dismissing entrepreneurial venture failures as a bad thing to have on your resume when they should reward the how proactive and creative you have been. The article then calls for employers to be lenient and take a chance on those who may lack A degree but have experience. Government should be proactive as well and reward entrepreneurship with tax cuts for small businesses.
ReplyDeleteTo me this article strikes a nerve, Mainly because I feel its true. When a student graduates he is then faced with uncertainty. Our job market is limited to low retail sales positions and the good job openings in today’s economy are very few and require several years of experience; Making it very hard for a recent graduate to be even considered for the job. If colleges had a more hands on approach and taught more through practice than method then perhaps things would be different. In terms of government incentive I think this would also be a good idea since startups need employees and would in turn make some more job openings with potential for growth.
As it has been Stated in the passage plenty remarkable individuals such as , Steve Jobs (apple co-founded), Bill Gater, Paul Allen (microsoft producers), Where all college drop outs, who are now highly recognize by their outstanding creation, in which according to my point of view, I do totally believe that several individuals can make certain significant changes that can improve and make great impact towards their futures to become successful. To me gaining knowledge is more likely a double standard because school education is our introduction to knowledge, is where we began to learn how to read and write, also interacting out of classroom is very beneficial, retaining social relations and experience can be very productive, therefore, so we their is enough capability of corresponding both book smart and street smart compounds many creations and ideas can be developed. However, I do definitely agree , that in order to become a doctor, nurse, engineer, etc, is very important to focus on school work and practices, but when it comes to such majors like business administration , for instance practical knowledge can be fundamental. According to chapter 2 in the text book “The Human struggle for knowledge, understanding and wisdom, it has been proven , that humans are nature seekers of knowledge with their in-born curiosity and remarkable mental powers, with their unifying sense , it helps them to create perception in which is made up of several sensations projected into space and images that are linked from past experiences , us humans can also unify memory information and imagination, that brings into consciousness and concrete individual things.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I agree with the idea in the article I agree only to a certain amount. Many have said that college might be a scam to suck the money out of young people. The truth is that regardless of how you see it unless if you’re going to travel across the world college is necessary. Even the people in the article attended college hence why they are drop outs. The probability of becoming successful on just high school education alone is extremely slim. The way high schools are run in this country it produces nothing but close minded individuals with no personalities. Drones that know only to follow and do what they are told is what comes out of high schools. I’m not saying that college is the only way or salvation but college does indeed produce open minded people. In regards to not having a guarantee job, what makes anyone think that they will have a guarantee successful first idea or business. The better option is to go to college and become an open minded well rounded individual while keeping some streets smarts on deck.
By Jesus Tamayo
i think that this artice is only telling half the truth which really worries me. while its true that bill gates and the late steve jobs didn't need to finish college to become succsessful,they took a lot of risks and most likely had to go back and learn some college level skills in order to survive in the dog eat dog world of business. in reality, if someone wants to promote their invention, they have to spend money to patent it, and find some way to make it, and finally, be lucky enough to find an invester to mass produce it. not to mention that you are going into a totally unpredictable enviornment where someone can almost copy your business, sell it for cheaper, and put you out of business. the person who wrote this article is clearly misinformed about what it really takes to be a successful person in a business or anything major. there are many people like him who only tell half the story like in the case of our seventh president, andrew jackson. jackson is glorified as a person that stood up and said that people with poor backgrounds can also lead, but almost every history book fails to say that he also took matters into his own hands and studied law books day and night so that he can be just as informed about the political world of his day as the next rich kid from a hot shot college. and im sure that if jackson was alive today, his story would have took a much different route since college has become much more accessable to people who grew up like him. plus, i think a lot of people would choose to have a law or doctor's degree handy just in case they don't have the luck, genious, and connections it takes to really survive as the next bill gates or steve jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this article because college is a bit overrated and it's not the way to success for several people. We are always sought out to be lawyers and doctors and have a full education at whatever cost, even if it means acquiring a life-long debt. By the time you leave college and have your career, you will be working to pay off the debt that got you the career in the first place leaving you in a constant financial struggle. Like the article says, we need more creators and innovators because they are the ones pave the new paths for new generations to come.
ReplyDelete"...correlation does not equal causation. Assuming that college was responsible for their success gives higher education more credit than it deserves." Instead of working in an office Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm, people need to learn how to step out of the "social-standard" box. Unfortunately, in today's world it's more about who you know than what you know. This scares some people because they don't know how to get by without a degree but the fact remains the same: college does not guarantee you success and not going to collge does not guarantee you failure.
Anthony Hay
ReplyDeleteThe Department of Education says that 50 percent of high school graduates do not end up going to college and the other half that does, 24 percent end up dropping out after their first year.
Plenty of people do not go to college because of the fact they can't afford it. They feel that they have well enough paying job already. Also they aren't sure what they want to do with their lives, or their parents didn't go to college and is able to support the family. As a result the teenager believes that he/she won't need college. I believe we don’t need college to survive in some cases; college ruins people’s lives because of the loans they have to pay back so they actually put themselves in financial struggle. I do agree with the article, and that to truly become successful you have an innovative mind to start up there business. Then continue and start to expand and create new jobs, but in today’s economy puts a damper on those who have ideas to start their own companies.