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Right. Some people are afraid of discovering that they cannot compete in "real life". Those fears are mostly unfounded. In many cases this stems from over-deman
by papito 7y ago
Right. Some people are afraid of discovering that they cannot compete in "real life". Those fears are mostly unfounded. In many cases this stems from over-demanding parents, making children question their worth. "Can I really be as successful as my parents if I enter the workforce? Or will I find out that I am not capable?".
And so they hide out in academia to see when they are ready to take that risk. After a certain point, they just stay there.
- kevinventullo 7y agoYou cannot possibly be suggesting that academia is a path one takes to avoid competition.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoNot OP: Seems a reasonable hypothesis with the proviso of "avoiding commercial competition". Competing academically is different to competing commercially/financially and it seems reasonable that those who've mastered working in academia might struggle to adapt to corporate or other non-academic roles?
- papito 7y agoIf one is already in academia and is fairly successful, why not? I am not saying that's why ALL people stay in academia. Some really love it for what it is, but I have seen it first-hand. One sibling working her ass off to prove that she can be as successful as her parents, under tremendous stress, and the other one never leaving school to not even deal with that.