Monday, February 12, 2007
Our Standards Have Risen
Wink: The solution to the problem changes the problem - Peer's Law
Read a column last week about university tuition being too expensive for the average person. Also there were remarks by a politician and a cartoon in one of the papers saying students lifestyle might have a lot to do with it. The cartoon showed such things as a laptop computer, cell phone and designer clothes.
At first my mind agreed, having heard about numerous parties that go on, and other things that get media attention right away.
But I wonder if the reason might be that society has raised the standards too high? I believe it has been made mandatory to have a computer now days to complete most of the courses. Homework has to be submitted in computer format. Even in high school they have made computers almost a must. To get a job now days you often have to submit applications on line before you ever get an interview. So you better know how to use it before that stage.
Nearly every kid on the block has a cell phone. Not just university students, but small children. More than likely bought by the parents or guardian, because they want to keep tabs and know where they are, using the safety aspect as the main reason. And I agree, cell phones are almost a must have.
Peer pressure dictates that you have to have these items to be part of the group, along with the designer clothes. It is fine to say they don't have to do that, but would you?
Think about it, our standards have got to that point. These are the every day things that most people must have. Take a look at yourself, how has the standard of your 'must haves' changed over the last few years.
University students are the same, the standards have gone way up, its a tough world to get started in today.
Course the real question, is university really necessary? Or do we have too many professional students?
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Read a column last week about university tuition being too expensive for the average person. Also there were remarks by a politician and a cartoon in one of the papers saying students lifestyle might have a lot to do with it. The cartoon showed such things as a laptop computer, cell phone and designer clothes.
At first my mind agreed, having heard about numerous parties that go on, and other things that get media attention right away.
But I wonder if the reason might be that society has raised the standards too high? I believe it has been made mandatory to have a computer now days to complete most of the courses. Homework has to be submitted in computer format. Even in high school they have made computers almost a must. To get a job now days you often have to submit applications on line before you ever get an interview. So you better know how to use it before that stage.
Nearly every kid on the block has a cell phone. Not just university students, but small children. More than likely bought by the parents or guardian, because they want to keep tabs and know where they are, using the safety aspect as the main reason. And I agree, cell phones are almost a must have.
Peer pressure dictates that you have to have these items to be part of the group, along with the designer clothes. It is fine to say they don't have to do that, but would you?
Think about it, our standards have got to that point. These are the every day things that most people must have. Take a look at yourself, how has the standard of your 'must haves' changed over the last few years.
University students are the same, the standards have gone way up, its a tough world to get started in today.
Course the real question, is university really necessary? Or do we have too many professional students?
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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