They are not Diametrically Opposed

The decline of employment rate of college students, the sharp remarks from society that gradates are just people with high grades and low abilities, the tendency that the employers find it difficult to take on people with the training they are looking for, all these combine to produce a view that it is not necessary to attend university which is just an utter waste of time, energy and money and you are supposed to get a job immediately after leaving school to get more work experience. There is no doubt that work experience plays a great role on finding a job. However, I deem that what is the most important to our future is our ability which depends not only on work experience, social skills but on education background. Both of them are important. They are not in diametrically opposite directions.

There are considerate figures who obtained great achievements without high degree, such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Li Jiacheng—the list is endless, who dropped out of school or whose family could not afford a good education. They stepped into the society where they became stronger and achieved what they wanted when they were young compared with we general people. There is no doubt that society is a big crucible in which we can steel ourselves, build character and accumulate a wealth of experience by going trails and tribulations.

Of course, I have no inclination to appeal you to drop out of school and start working right now. Education is also vital important in lots of aspects. One can tell an obvious difference at a glance between a person with high education and one with low education, from one’s behaviors and manners, as a proverb goes” Being educated, you can act as an educated man.” In addition, university which is a small society in great degree is also a good state where we can meet all kinds of people from different places, where nothing lays ahead of us but exertion, struggle and preference and where success and happiness belong to these who are able to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves. Moreover, “education” here is not just to spend several years in the university, that is, we regard school as a shelter to avoid the fierce competition and pressure from the society, but that what we can actually gain in the school, including professional skills, something you learn from books, and how to get on with people in the small “society”.

In fact, we can enrich you knowledge and attainment by reading books and attending amateur training classes while working, much the way we can accumulate work experience by doing a part-time job while studying. They are not diametrically opposed but both important.