At present, education is regarded as a crucial issue in our country. With the improvement of the overall educational level of the population, parents are paying more attention to their children's education. However, how to effectively educate students and cultivate a better next generation is a headache for many parents. Some parents believe that their children can only be promoted through continuous learning, so they invest money in their children and dedicate themselves to the path to higher education.
When some families adopt this approach and achieve results, other parents follow suit, gradually leading to increased competition in education, increasing pressure on students, and even the depreciation of academic qualifications has become a real problem that cannot be ignored.
In the past, a college diploma used to be a bragging rights, but nowadays college students are almost everywhere. In order to remain competitive, students can only continue to pursue higher level qualifications, which may require graduate school entrance examinations or even doctoral studies, gradually forming a vicious circle.
A professor from Fudan University once emphasized: "China does not have to produce too many PhDs and masters. Ge Jianxiong, a senior professor at Fudan University, expressed his views on the current state of education in an interview, saying that even developed countries do not need to train too many college students.
In particular, highly educated talents, such as master's and doctoral degrees, do not need to emerge in large numbers. If everyone climbs to the master's and doctoral levels, the job market in the future is likely to become even more severe.
In addition, the conditions of each family are different, and the students they produce are also unique. Not everyone is suitable for further study, so why not find a development path that suits you?
In addition, he gave some insights on the enthusiasm of today's young people to enter the civil service and career establishment. He believes that this requires active guidance to prevent the appearance of deformities, which may not be conducive to the long-term development of students.
The professor's remarks sparked different points of view, and the comment section was filled with heated discussions. Some netizens agreed with the professor's view, believing that a reasonable allocation of resources can ensure that everyone can give full play to their strengths in the appropriate field, so that everyone can perform their duties and display their abilities.
In addition, they pointed out that nation-building requires diverse talents, and that there should be no overemphasis on highly educated talents, otherwise it will have a negative impact on technological innovation.
Regarding the phenomenon of young people in my country taking graduate school and studying for a doctorate, some netizens believe that this behavior is ostensibly in pursuit of progress, but in fact it may only be out of consideration to improve their competitiveness and increase employment opportunities. They questioned this practice of simply pursuing academic qualifications, arguing that even if they obtained academic qualifications, they did not necessarily mean that they would become top scholars, and doctoral students were not necessarily intellectuals, and they expressed doubts about the significance of this involution phenomenon.
Another group of people held a different view, refuting the professor's remarks, saying that he was too light, after all, what is wrong with students pursuing academic qualifications, knowledge and progress?They emphasized that the development of the country needs the guidance of highly educated talents, and a strong country must have a strong talent team, and knowledge plays an indispensable role in improving the quality of the team. They questioned whether if there were not enough highly educated people, would it mean that society was going backwards
As for whether China needs PhDs and masters, they believe that it is a decision of the market. In the current competitive market, improving academic qualifications is a normal behavior for students in this competitive environment.
Therefore, some people think that the professor's remarks are untenable, and even criticize him for "standing and talking without back pain" and lacking practical feelings.
The decision to go to graduate school and upgrade academic qualifications still depends on the student's personal choice. Everyone may have different opinions on this issue, and the professor's remarks may cause some people to disagree, but there is no need to be overly critical, and we should look at it rationally.
Many college students may think that studying is to make a better living, but in the current social environment, it is difficult to make ends meet without a good academic background. Not going to graduate school may lead to many positions not even giving you the opportunity to interview, and students are forced to take the graduate school entrance examination because of the situation.
The current state of education is characterized by a vicious cycle of students generally striving to improve their academic qualifications and rising corporate recruitment standards. Therefore, some students may not be willing to go to graduate school, but in some special majors, not going to graduate school may mean that they will not be able to find employment opportunities, which is a reality determined by society.
For students to take the postgraduate entrance examination and improve their academic qualifications, they really need to consider their personal interests and majors. Overall, it is definitely more beneficial for individuals to improve their academic qualifications.
Final summary: Learning is for personal development, and the benefits of improving academic qualifications are mainly returned to the individual. Once you choose to improve your qualifications, you should make full use of the opportunity to avoid wasting your qualifications, and you still need to continue to study in depth after entering graduate and postdoctoral studies.
There are concerns that as the number of PhDs and graduate students increases, the depreciation of academic qualifications will become prominent, similar to the current situation of university students. But to be clear, this is only the case for a few. Although we feel that the number of university students is huge, in fact, the total number of college students in the country is less than 300 million, accounting for only about 10% of the total population of the country. As a result, people with higher education are still in the minority, not to mention the proportion of master's and doctoral degrees.
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