Kong Yi is already a character in Lu Xun's works. He is poor and still wears a long gown that symbolizes a scholar, rotten and numb. Recently, everyone calls themselves "contemporary Kong Yiji", education has become a burden on the mind, and when looking for a job, it is not enough to be high or low.
1. What is the social perception of the relationship between education and occupation?
Education is not equal to ability, and diploma is not equal to level.
Regardless of whether your "long gown" has been taken off or not, what the society needs now is not a "paper diploma". Educational qualifications can only prove that you have successfully graduated from school, but it does not mean that you will definitely be able to meet the needs of today's society!
According to the general level of thinking of most of us, for an ordinary family, reading seems to be the most effective and easiest way to change a person's destiny. You will feel that a person studying hard in a poor window, putting in so much time and energy, in exchange for a paper diploma, stepping into the society, earns the same wages as ordinary migrant workers on construction sites, even not as high as those of others. The situation will inevitably make those college students who have just stepped into the society feel unbalanced and incomprehensible.
In fact, there is no high or low occupation in itself. Even today, I don’t think it’s shameful for a college student to deliver food after graduating.
Even if they do the same thing, I personally feel that there is still a difference between people who have read books and those who have not. In addition, academic qualifications really do not mean that a person has extraordinary abilities. Educational qualifications only guarantee the minimum quality level of this person. Moreover, the current colleges and universities, on the one hand, basically emphasize theory and despise practical experience. On the other hand, the talents cultivated by colleges and universities are also homogeneous, similar to a processing factory, which outputs standardized products. But society is a very complex structure, and many situations need to be flexibly dealt with. This is a bit like many people who read books by rote, and have not managed to integrate knowledge and then apply it.
2. What advantages does my degree bring me?
Education is still our ticket
As for what advantages does education bring us? Not to mention other advantages, to this day, education is still the first threshold for us to find a job. Of course, this depends on what industry and job you are in? For our Internet industry, you can look at the employment needs released by those recruitment platforms. Many large companies clearly state that 985 and 211 are given priority, and some companies even directly write that non-985 and 211 do not submit resumes.
So academic qualifications are still very important, just like you have a working background in a big BAT factory, if you have a good endorsement, then you have another choice. The meaning of reading, perhaps this is it, can give you more choices.
3. Does the academic qualifications bring limitations to oneself in study, life and work?
The so-called limitations have always affected those who are not high enough or low enough.
Of course, there is also this aspect, such as the programmer's so-called 35 hurdle, this hurdle is like a curse, lingering in my ears from time to time. It brings me more anxiety. Instead of worrying about my future, it is better to plan ahead and think about what preparations I can make now.
Maybe everyone's judgment on academic qualifications is black and white, either outstanding or out. The real limitations are also aimed at those flat and marginalized people. If you graduated from an ordinary undergraduate degree, then this degree is really not a so-called degree.
From my personal experience, I did not graduate from any prestigious school, nor am I a social animal in a big factory. But I clearly have a correct understanding and positioning of myself. It is even said that one day, I may not be able to continue working in the Internet industry, so I will take off my long gown and engage in those so-called jobs that are inconsistent with my identity. I don't think this thing has any restrictions on me. As long as I can make money, it doesn't make much difference what kind of job I do.
Accept your own ordinary, born ordinary.
4. What is the deep-seated reason for the phenomenon of "Kong Yiji's long gown"?
The explosion of "Kong Yiji Literature" appears to be due to the fact that young people can't take off their "long gowns" because of their face. In fact, the root cause is the imbalance in society. At this time, we need to be highly vigilant against the resurgence of "the theory that reading is useless"!
Nowadays, many young people are re-examining the meaning of reading, and a considerable number of college students have begun to think that "reading is useless".
Why is it that "reading is useless" will be staged again in a country that is developing rapidly and urgently needs talents?
The answer is: "Social imbalances and inequities."
The reason why young people can’t take off their “long gowns” is that when the society sells “long gowns” in large quantities, it has instilled too much thought that long gowns represent “decentness”, and even branded the “short gowns” as the bottom of society. Label.
In the process of selling "long gowns" in society, universities are factories that manufacture "long gowns", and its expansion of enrollment has led to the proliferation of "Kong Yiji". Moreover, the university is a standardized production workshop, and the result is that Kong Yiji, who wears the same clothes and is highly "homogeneous", is mass-produced.
China is a large manufacturing country with a complete range of categories. What the society really needs are industrial workers, not theoretical talents, but the "Kong Yiji" produced by universities are purely theoretical. This imbalance of "supply and demand" in society is just It will make some people have the idea that "reading is useless".
In addition, the rapid development of science and technology has lowered the "threshold" of jobs in all walks of life. Some people who have experienced social beatings early on have developed through the Internet and become Internet anchors to easily earn a lot of money. It's easy, and you can easily earn tens of millions overnight.
What is the essence of human nature? It is "hate you have, laugh at you without, think you are poor, and fear you are rich". Internet anchors can easily earn millions a month by twisting their waists, swinging their hips, and chatting. This phenomenon will inevitably make young people with high education but unable to find suitable jobs feel a lot of imbalance in their hearts.
How can a family and a young man try their best to buy a "long gown" that can be taken off just by taking it off? From a psychological level, it is impossible to fully accept it in a short time!
5. Finally, let’s talk about whether reading is useful or not.
There is only one eternal answer to this question: useful, and the lower the bottom, the more useful!
From ancient times to the present, reading has been the most effective shortcut for people at the bottom of society to cross classes and pursue an ideal life. It is the "stepping stone" and "passport" for people at the bottom to accumulate contacts, obtain resources and information, and integrate into the circle.
As the saying goes: "If you work hard, you may succeed, if you don't work hard, you will definitely not succeed"! In the same way, for a person at the bottom of society, a person with "no money, no power, no background", if you get a diploma from studying, you may enter the door of another class; You can only "look at the gate and sigh" , feeling the great style of the gate, or standing guard for the gate.
When you start to rethink the meaning of reading again in your mind, when you doubt the "meaning of reading" in your heart, in fact, deep down in your heart, you have already begun to persuade yourself to deny reading. When you have a negative attitude towards one thing, you will not put in 100% effort for it, and the final failure is inevitable.
The impact of reading on people is to "moisten things silently". When you are rooted in the soil of knowledge for a long time, it will not only nourish our minds, but also grow our bodies, but the transformation of our hearts.
People who have read books and those who have not, even if they do the same job, will have different results. The saying "knowledge is power" can be passed down because it has never been empty words.
Reading is to let us learn to measure the breadth of the world with thinking and the depth of society with cognition.
As a person at the bottom of society, when you were born, your class has already determined your life circle. This relatively fixed "life circle" allows you to come into contact with educated, capable, and highly cognitive people. Human beings are extremely limited, how can we, who are doomed to be humble, change our fate against the sky? Where can I get helpful guidance and advice?
The answer is: reading. It's the easiest way to do it, and one that's affordable to each of us.
When you learn to stand on the shoulders of giants to look at everything and look at problems from multiple dimensions, your world will only have a flat road; become more colorful.