How much are you willing to pay for that diploma from an MIT or a Harvard? They certainly cost plenty and people are willing to go to some extremes to get, but is the price of the knowledge worth it?
As a young man, I assumed the diploma was somehow more valuable if it came from one of those upper echelon schools. I was very disappointed that I didn’t get accepted to those schools and further disappointed when I realized I would not even be able to pay for “sub-par” college.
20 years ago, yes, it the name of the school mattered. 10 years ago, it mattered less. Today, I don’t know how valuable the diploma is. The internet has given us all a rather level playing field.
An older wiser version of myself is someone who values the learning of information. I don’t care where the information comes from, as long as it is going to bring value to my life.
Four years at MIT cost about $250,000 all in. Or, you could engage in more than 2,000 of their courses on their site, for free.
Seth Godin – https://seths.blog/2019/10/how-much-is-that-piece-of-paper-in-the-window/
I can go 250K in debt to get a diploma from MIT, or I could learn the exact same information for free with no diploma. That seems a little silly, don’t you think?
We are conditioned to believe that it’s that diploma on the wall is the thing that matters, instead of the learning that goes into the diploma. Why are colleges still a thing?
I’m not here to debate the value of high education. (I believe going to college is very valuable.)
I wish we could get back to looking to gain knowledge, instead of studying for the test. We are living at a time when just about anything we want to know is available on the internet. Most of it FREE.
Maybe, we can reduce some of the rampant anxiety and depression associated with school by focusing on learning instead of studying for what’s on the test.
For me, right now, the price of knowledge is way too high, considering people are willing to share what they know for free.