normh wrote:
TRTrex wrote:
They were not arguing that, but you knew that, and just felt like trying to prove a non-exist point.
Sorry, that is just what they were arguing; even if they did not understand it at the time.
To be more explicit, whether they understood what they were arguing, they were arguing that an alledged better education made them more successful in life without first defining what success was. Here in in this article about and from China, just like the US, we see that the value of an education is not what it is made out to be. The educated in China are refusing a job that pays three times what the going rate for what that person is educated for.
Actually, the article says that the job pays 3 times the starting wage (initially). Starting wage is not a good indication of future wage. Also, a job with a higher starting wage but little advancement opportunities that provides no experience in your chosen field is not really a good choice. Just ask the former factory workers in the US who don't have a job.
Also, China is not the US. In the US, those with college degrees have a lower unemployment rate. Focusing only on "people in their early 20's" distorts the figures even further.
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