choosing personal enlightenment or future financial profit
It's that time of year where the newly graduated begin to question the reason behind their past four years of higher learning.
Some say, they chose wisely. They studied the current and future markets in regards to career placement and picked an area of study that would better their chances at gaining employment. These people learned about their desired career, studied the methods that would enable them to become efficient at their job, and began submitting resumes early in the year, or even sometime the year before. Now, some have recruiters persuing them. Others are able to pick and chose from a select list of desired firms. Some have already been hired to begin work immediately following graduation.
And there are others who choose differently. They choose to continue.They are either moving upward on the ladder of higher education, ready to pursue more degrees that will allow them to tag a MA, PHD, or another prestigious acronym behind their name. These students will probably go on and on, eventually teaching other students that will pass the hallowed halls of their alma mater.
And there are those who have quit, dropped out, stepped back or got rusticated. Or they wandered into an area of study that would not necessarily promise lucrative job offers or steady employment. Yet they are all the more richer for learning something that was previously unavailable to them. They took courses that opened their eyes to the world around them, involving different cultures, different religions, and different governing bodies. They learned a lot, but have yet to figure out how to turn this knowledge into an opportunity to work.
All three groups have people who are glad they did what they did. And others, are looking back and wondering if they did the right thing, after all.
I suppose, only time will tell.