The arguments that “academic qualifications are useless” and “study is useless” have always existed, largely because of the inferiority complex of those with low academic qualifications.

Although many people clamor verbally that "academic qualifications are useless" and "study is useless", in the general public opinion, it is more of "academic qualifications only". Although academic qualifications do not equal ability, to a large extent, there is still a certain relationship between academic qualifications and ability. However, in social practice, there is an extreme trend of thought, which is to only focus on academic qualifications.

The "academic qualification theory" can be said to cover every aspect of our lives. When recruiting, many employers only look at the academic qualifications of applicants. They want a doctorate rather than a master's degree, a master's degree rather than a bachelor's degree. As for a junior college, I'm sorry, they won't be considered at all. Even when single men and women go on a blind date, they should first check what degree they have and what school they graduated from. Is it a general school or a key school, is it "985" or "211", is it Tsinghua, Peking University or studying abroad. If it's not the same academic level, there's no need to keep in touch.

It is precisely because of the "academic-only theory" in society that it has a direct impact on the educational outlook of parents and schools. This is why parents and students pursue the "prestigious school theory" of pursuing famous schools, and the "score-only theory" of schools pursuing high scores. Some people say that in China today, "one test determines one's life." This is actually not wrong at all. So I would like to advise those children who are still in middle school that academic performance is not just a few numbers, it will really determine your life.

Although we oppose the "academic theory only", we have to admit that the probability of students from prestigious schools and highly educated people with outstanding abilities is indeed much higher, and they are more likely to grow into outstanding talents in the future. But this is just a probability. Even if the difference between this probability is 99% and 1%, it cannot represent every individual. After all, every individual exists independently. There are people with high education and low ability, and there are people with low education but who are successful. Although the probability is low, it is also a fact.

Although it is unreasonable to say "only academic qualifications", it is impossible to change. Suppose you are a human resource for a large company and need to recruit an employee. Twenty people submit their resumes, five of them have master's degrees and fifteen have bachelor's degrees. Assuming that they are all fresh graduates with no work experience, would you interview all twenty people, or directly interview the five master's students? As undergraduate enrollment expands, graduate enrollment expands. The current job market is oversupplied and recruiters dominate. A good position will often attract a large number of applicants. Many times, employers impose restrictions on academic qualifications as a last resort.

Everything goes to extremes, and in this reality, many people, especially those who have experienced academic discrimination, begin to hope to change this situation, but they often go too far. They often struggle with some low-educated people. A special successful case, and based on this, we came to the wrong views that "academic qualifications are useless" and "study is useless".

The "2017 Social University Hero List" recently released by Hurun Research Institute shows that among the more than 2,000 entrepreneurs with assets of 2 billion or more on the Hurun Rich List, half are not full-time students. Undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Hurun said: "According to social standards, these people may be the least likely to succeed, but judging from wealth reports, they have succeeded and created very great companies."

Unsurprisingly, this is another It has been interpreted by some people as "the theory that reading is useless". But they failed to see that most of the entrepreneurs without a bachelor's degree on the list were concentrated in the manufacturing and real estate industries. This has a lot to do with China's social transformation of reform and opening up in recent decades. However, with the development of the times, the improvement of the overall education level of society, and the increasingly standardized market economy, this opportunity and space for wealth creation has long since disappeared.

There is another similarity among these entrepreneurs, that is, many of them have taken EMBA or short-term courses to make up for their previous interrupted learning. They understand the importance of reading and learning better. They also pay more attention to their children's education. However, everyone only saw what a certain richest man said, "Tsinghua University and Peking University are not as bold as Tsinghua University." Little did he know that his son was sent abroad by him since he was a child. He attended primary school at Swiss Cottage in Singapore, secondary school at Winchester College (Winchester Public School, a British boarding school for aristocratic boys) in the United Kingdom, and later went to University College London (UK). University College London, the third oldest university in the UK).

Although it is not advisable to say "only academic qualifications". But it would be even more tragic if we fixate on "half of the rich don't have a high degree of education" and draw the wrong conclusion that "study is useless."