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¿Qué tiene que ver conmigo? por Teófila Gottfried

Lo que leemos en la Biblia tiene que ver con todos los seres humanos, sean cristianos o judíos, ateos o agnósticos, budistas, musulmanes o adherentes a alguna de las filosofías o nuevas religiones que surgen en el mundo. ¿Por qué? Ver mayor información sobre este interesante libro.

Scripture of The Day - St. John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Escritura del día - San Juan 14,6

Jesús le dijo: Yo soy el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene al Padre, sino por mí.

Bibelstelle des Tages - Johannes 14,6

Jesus spricht zu ihm: Ich bin der Weg und die Wahrheit und das Leben; niemand kommt zum Vater, denn durch mich!

Who Needs A College Education or a College Degree To Succeed?

I'd like to start by saying that in this article I don't knock the idea of getting a college education. I have a college degree and graduated with excellent grades, making the Dean's list 3 times during my studies. I also encouraged my mother to return to school to get her degree in social work. However, college isn't for everyone and can even be stifling to their success depending on what they want to do in life. Also, the trend to place more emphasis on a college degree than on the attainment of life experience and common sense is causing deterioration in society.

Obviously, if you desire to be a doctor or lawyer you can't escape many long years of study at a university. However, the desire to practice such professions is only in a small percentage of people. They must attend college to have success in those fields. But, there are other professions that simply don't require a college degree to work in and that are often practiced best by self-taught people. Competency and skill to work in some professions can be proven through certifications and demonstration of skill.

During my college days, I remember one of my professors commenting on the differences he'd seen between self-taught computer programmers and those who had gone to college. He spoke of the many highly paid, self-taught programmers who worked for companies or for themselves. He was not the only one of my instructors to freely admit that even after completing our college training, we would be no match for many programmers who trained themselves. His words could not have been more accurate. I learned more during my practicum than I did in all of my other classes combined. Why? Because it was real hands-on life experience which will forever be the best teacher.

Shortly before graduation, we were encouraged to include the actual code behind the applications we had to program as a demonstration of our skill. Heavy emphasis was placed on our electronic portfolio and the programming we had done in experiential learning which had went live on the Internet. Employers were not that interested in what grade we had received in web scripting, but rather in our ability to actually make applications work. It's very possible to have "earned" an A in Java class during web development training and not be able to code Java Server Pages. What's on paper just doesn't always reflect what has been learned. I'm not saying that employers don't consider grades because some do. My mom worked in the placement office of a University where she worked closely with graduating students and recruiters. Employers did inquire about the grades of accounting students on a regular basis.

It all depends on what you want to do. A field where certifications carry a lot of weight can be advantageous. Earning a degree, but failing to pass exams for certification can still prevent success. What are some of these fields? The world wide web consortium on standards for the Internet offers certification in various scripting languages and the mark-up language of (X)HTML. Accounting can be studied by correspondence as long as the student can acquire certification to become a CPA. He can then even consider working for himself. Those who've mastered the UNIX operating system and can prove it can usually find employment or freelance work anytime anywhere. There are certifications for Linux administration and networking.

I know a number of "back-yard" auto mechanics who are self-sufficient working from their home garage. They've never attended college a day in their life. This is a profession that doesn't even require certification unless you want to be employed. Word of mouth makes or breaks your reputation. High prices are paid for professional translations between languages. A college degree is not necessary to succeed as a translator as learning to speak a foreign language naturally isn't taught in a class room. The American Translators Association offers exams for certification between specific language pairs and areas of concentration. Many are earning a good living doing translations. Some grew up bilingual, others were self-taught. No, not everyone needs a college degree to succeed. In fact, pursuing one just might interfere with success.

I found the following quote so very true:

"Schools teach children to obey. They espouse the things we—the ruling generation—want kids to know. No wonder most schools are pressure cookers where bored teachers meet bored children.... Modern education is a wasted investment. It doesn't deliver what we need the most: creative answers to the challenges of our times... It isn't a surprise that many of the people who've had the greatest influence on our times were—from the perspective of education-failures."
— Jurriaan Kamp, Ode magazine editor

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