From Lose Friends Radio comes this segment called ‘Tertiary education’, narrated as an excerpt from one of Jonar’s books. You can read the transcript below, or listen to the original broadcast by clicking on the green play button: [audio:BTB_20_Tertiary_Education.mp3]
From the Lose Friends series, here is what Jonar Nader has written about: TERTIARY EDUCATION
University is a waste of time for those who go there in the ‘hope’ that they might find a direction. Seeking job-satisfaction by undertaking tertiary education is often a gamble. Gambling life away with idealistic fantasies at institutions that paint rosy pictures is folly. Many students say that they are studying because they want to expand their knowledge. They insist that they are not interested in big-noting themselves with their qualifications. Then I ask them this telling question: ‘If you were not allowed to tell your prospective employer about your academic achievements, would you go through the agony of obtaining a degree?’ This question leaves them speechless. They had convinced themselves that their studies were for their own intellectual benefit. Yet, when asked to keep their academic qualifications a secret, they panic. Deep down, most students labour for years so that they can impress future employers. They rarely listen to the voice of sanity until they leave the academic nest and go in search of ‘advantage’ while waving their degree about the town. It is then that they feel the heavy burden of their misplaced youth. By then, time, money, patience, and dreams have run out. They are far too old to run back to their parents for support, so they either seek welfare, or work part-time for ages. You can meet such people who are permanent part-time workers. They might work as restaurant waiters for three years, yet they cannot bring themselves to admit that this is their full-time employment. They see themselves as executives-in-waiting.
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