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Society hasn’t done a particularly good job of establishing the value proposition of school. Very, very few of the US’s cultural icons embody the value of educa
by im_down_w_otp 3y ago
Society hasn’t done a particularly good job of establishing the value proposition of school. Very, very few of the US’s cultural icons embody the value of education. The American workplace doesn’t obviously, overtly value education outside of in-group signaling from “elite” institutions, and the American workplace isn’t representative of what it means to achieve success in American culture.
If you look around you and see nothing but carnival barkers being elevated through the ranks of society, then why would you value doing anything other than learning to do that?
- hotpotamus 3y agoI remember the first time a co-worker told me that his kid wanted to be a youtube creator for a grown-up profession. I wasn't surprised in the slightest, but it was odd since that was never a thought when I was a child.
- im_down_w_otp 3y agoAdults too. People’s hard earned money being funneled into self-styled “gurus”. That’s them spending their money on “education”, and it’s not to become a physicist or anthropologist.