2021-10-14 on the contempt chain of academic degrees.

There are many comments that Master Tang, even a top university like Peking University and a 985 prestigious school like Sun Yat-sen University, is actually a painter who drives a motorcycle and feels that "life is not worth it", plus the position of clerk in a street office in Shenzhen, attracting hundreds of doctors to compete for employment; I can't help but sigh how wide the scope of academic devaluation is now.

The current academic contempt chain is generally:

Top prestigious schools (no more than 20, such as the resumption of diplomatic relations between Qing and North China)-> double-class, 985-> 211->; Two books-> three books-> junior college-> technical secondary school

People studying abroad only recognize rattan schools and a limited number of well-known universities, while others despise the middle and low end of the chain.

At the beginning:

-The chain of academic contempt does exist in reality, especially in China. This is an unavoidable fact, and it cannot be erased by a few red-headed documents issued by official institutions. From the recruitment of civil servants in the system, to the recruitment of state-owned enterprises in central enterprises, and then to the recruitment of large factories, we can really feel the existence of the academic contempt chain.

-academic degree contempt chain is the result of social knowledge. Everyone thinks so. Over the years, a kind of thinking inertia has been formed, which is difficult to change fundamentally in the short term. There is no way to correct the contempt chain of academic degrees now.

-before new industries are opened up, under the existing workplace structure (within the system->; Central enterprises, state-owned enterprises-> big factories-> the internal friction of various bureaucratic systems in the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises and institutions is fierce, and the academic contempt chain will only be more serious, and there is basically no solution. Only when you reach a point close to extreme involution can you be extremely successful.

What is the essence of academic qualifications?

Stratification.

From the social point of view, education is essentially a means, which can quickly divide people into three categories. It can quickly label people and rub them together according to their academic qualifications. Simple and rude, but quick and convenient to operate.

For individuals, education is more of an identity tag. In China, a society that loves to compare with others, it is easy for people to distinguish between high and low (self-righteous) by labeling their academic qualifications and occupations.

Of course, many people also understand that academic qualifications are far from real talents and real market value. No one will pay for a label except the iron rice bowl within the system. However, since everyone recognizes this kind of high and low, and recognizes that the academic qualifications can be divided into three or six grades, in fact, the recognized academic qualifications themselves are contempt chains, and of course they will also bear the pressure and unhappiness brought by the academic discrimination chain.

As I mentioned in other articles, education is better than nothing, and early acceptance is better than late acceptance-but we need to control the cost of time and money and not spend all our good time on an identity tag.

The significance of academic qualifications to individuals:

(1) Self-motivation with the help of identity tags. It's a little self-brainwashing, but it's okay. As long as you can keep improving, brainwashing is brainwashing. Don't get too involved I really think that if you have a degree and a high salary, you should get it easily. This is wrong. The situation of the above two masters of Peking University and Sun Yat-sen University accurately reflects the cruelty of reality.

(2) Since I went to college, it is precisely these that I need to learn and develop from college:

-Good habit

-Ability to think independently

-Deep and multidimensional thinking framework

-Self-study ability

-Perseverance, frustration and excitement.

The spirit of tolerance and cooperation

Those certificates (labels you can show off) have really become by-products. You should know the proportion of this relationship, which is lighter or heavier.

If you don't have a high degree, how do you handle yourself?

It's nothing. Don't lose heart, practice yourself according to the above sub-goals (good habits/independent thinking ability/deep multi-dimensional thinking framework/self-study ability/persistent and frustrated personality/tolerance and cooperation spirit), and practice for life, with the focus on "calendar"-record your learning and practice process in detail, make your own products, and speak with your own experiences and products in an open and mobile market.

Regarding self-cultivation, there are good examples in China traditional culture: Wang Yangming's "Unity of Knowledge and Practice" and Zeng Guofan's deeds, which are worth learning from.

How to jump out of the chain of academic contempt?

What should people who have two or three books, junior college or technical secondary school, have no family, no background, no resources, or even been labeled as "double first-class" but are in a bad situation do?

-down-to-earth, step by step, so that they have a complete and detailed learning and research process, take their own products, and gain a firm foothold in the market; Instead of scaring people with labels

-most people are not suitable for starting a business. Don't be confused by those passionate stories about starting a business. It is more important than anything to gain a foothold first and then develop in Xu Tu. Throw away the unrealistic and stupid ideas of "counterattack" and "overtaking in corners".

-Carry out their duties and move forward in the direction they have chosen for a long time.

It's been difficult these years. Don't quit your job easily until you find a way out and a new home.

-take the world as the stage, broaden your horizons and expand the pattern. If the opportunities abroad are better than those at home, then immigration is also a realistic and effective choice.

-Improve your academic qualifications under the premise of controllable time and financial resources. We don't need to violate social knowledge-even if this knowledge is obviously biased, there is no need to openly challenge it-but don't invest your most precious years for an identity tag.

This is the strategy that people at the bottom of the academic contempt chain should have.

Finally, please note that the next few years will be difficult for everyone. The more you are at the low end of the contempt chain, the more you will be looked down upon. But don't be afraid. There is a candle hidden in your heart, let the faint light guide you. This is hope and the light of hope. Don't let the faint hope and the light of hope in your heart go out.

Kevin. Stewart

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