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The following is a response to a comment left on my last post:In my personal opinion education is definitely overvalued. Not in terms of personal growth, but in terms of the job market. I joined Rhodes Music Radio this year, and to be honest I have learned more about journalism by being on radio than I have all year sitting in lectures. Hands-on experience is invaluable in the work place today. Chances are I could apply to a popular radio station 2 years from now and would be more likely to get the job than someone with honours in journalism who does not have the experience I have.
To a degree education is unfair in this country, in part due to what the apartheid regime left behind, but also in part due to the structure of education in the country. In both the United States and Canada primary education is free, only once people start attending university do people have to concern themselves with paying for education. That is the gap between a developing country and a first world country. How can the playing fields ever be level when one person can go to St. Johns and pay R120 000 a year in fees and someone else goes to a school in the township that costs R2000 a year.
Like you said, emphasis is placed on degrees, but only those with some wealth (or those who work really hard to overcome their circumstances to win bursaries or scholarships) are able to get these degrees. Personally I have a problem with any system that limits personal growth simply because the financial backing is not there.
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