Thursday, August 30, 2012
Are We Prepared For The Real World?
For my first blog I took the initiative to remind us (seniors) how college has not prepared us to enter the workforce, sarcastically speaking of course. The article I chose was written by the Gallup poll on the percent of American's who believe emerging adults are ready for the workforce, the article is titled appropriately, Many in U.S. Doubt That Students Are Prepared for Work. In this article, you will find that only about half of adults think that college graduates are actually ready for the real world. And I have to admit, I am rather sensitive to this claim. If I graduated today, I would have no real idea on how to do anything in the real world, and I do not think the classes I am taking this semester and next will prepare me much further. The question is for me, Who is to blame? Is it the schools, professors, parents, students, society? A combination of all? I must admit, I have not really thought about how "prepared" I am for work until this school year so I guess the fault is partially mine (or students like me). But if the student graduates from college, he or she obviously has fulfilled the institution's set requirements, and thus should be prepared for "work" or the "real world". And I imagine the people who were polled have some experience with new college graduates entering their work place and would not blatantly lie on a poll that they believe they were unqualified. So, what can the schools do to change this? At Wabash, I believe we solve this issue by pressing the idea of some sort of other schooling after undergrad, be it law school, med-school, business school or what have you. Is a Bachelor's degree not enough anymore?
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