Some get education, others a diploma: Rostovites argue
Recently, 161.RU published an article in which Rostov university graduates — a programmer, a journalist, and a lawyer — shared their disappointment with higher education. They believe that university does not help develop professional skills and that curricula are outdated.
Commenters« opinions on this article were divided. Some believe that universities are useless today. Others are confident that they fulfill their main function — to teach students to think and analyze. We have collected comments from 161.RU readers.
«All of this is true (as the graduates say. — Editor»s note), unfortunately. The worst thing is that even doctors are trained the same way.«
«Well, why be surprised? The desire to teach and learn is killed in school — just look at the Unified State Exam. This is not studying, but training. What knowledge?»
«In universities, there is simply an inhuman gap between the salaries of administrative staff (like HR) and teachers — those who teach students. And, judging by salaries, teachers are the least needed by universities.»
«Both in the 90s and now, to put it simply, some people got a higher education, and others got a diploma. These are different things. Earlier, production modernization was happening quickly, much attention was paid to rationalization to increase productivity. Young specialists with higher and secondary technical education found themselves in this. And the state stimulated them by providing apartments and bonuses. They were truly proud of their work results, not how much they could »make a quick buck.«»
«The task of a university is to teach thinking, analyzing tasks, breaking them down, and searching for necessary information — and this is regardless of »modern« technologies. Technologies change every quarter, and the university, despite all its efforts, will not have time to develop training programs.»
«Those who worked in their field are not always suitable for teaching. The two rarely coincide in one person. A university teaches you to think, find needed information, analyze it, and cannot always keep up with life. It is necessary to give a specialist basic skills and lay the foundations of broad thinking, the ability to develop and improve qualifications. Then you have to move your knowledge and skills forward in work yourself. No one will spoon-feed you. That is why some young specialists cannot be allowed to work independently until after three years.»
