Do you really think that school and college education is worth the money?

It is true that Education is essential for everyone. But what we (father/mother) always not try to understand, sometimes difficult to understand is the talent within your child. All children can't be good in maths or physics (like Newton or so), some are just good in sports, some just can emerge into a successful businessman without any regular studies also. So, what the parents should do is to try to understand which is the best track for your child, in which way he/she takes interest or can excel. We need objective (target based) education not some subjective bookish study. Schools or a teacher is not responsible for pass or fail. It is the first responsibility of parents to give the student on his best performing path and also monitor his progress.

I definitely believe that the money spent on college is worth it. These kids need to be able to have that extra leverage these days in order to get by when it's time for them to start thinking of a career. My oldest daughter didn't even graduate from high school and now at the age of 40 is only 2 classes away from getting her masters degree in Criminal Justice and kicking herself for not having done it when she was younger and didn't have the responsibility of kids that she now has. The practical aspects of life I think is something that kids should get from their parents and not from the schools. So parent's do have their job cut out fot them there don't they?

Education is properly pursued is always worth whether one has spent $100 or 10000 uSD. The issue is off late education has become a business proposal. YOu will be shocked to know the parents bring a chair from home, put it in open field near the school and sleep on chair to get an admissin form for their kid (nursery school) to be admitted next March. You know that school charges $2000 for admitting the child to the school, this apart, monthly fees has to be paid. Probably this may not be the case even in USA. SEcondly, in the name of liberalisation, government isnot spending much on education, then the private schools are having hey day.

Cost of tuition keeps rising which is making it more difficult for many to attend college these days. That is one of the reasons I stopped attending graduate school was because of the cost. Not everyone is the same, but everyone does deserve a chance. Education can help in the workforce, but so does experience and determination these days.

i am a student in a college,i think the education is not worth the money . when i go to find a job, i find there are so many things that i haven't learn from the school.i have learned so little.^^

What is important is giving of opportunities to your children. Yes they may fail that is a risk. But it would be a sadder state, for a child to grow up and say I was never given the chance. Not all students have the same abilities, true, but difference is what can make human race great if it takes the chance. I would pay the money to discover where my childs abilities are. She may be a doctor..or a plummer .. or a teacher ..or at the age she decides what she wants to try I would help her to find where she wants to go and pay for it. I would hope that my child has different abilities and talents than her peers. How boring it would be if we only rewarded people with the same talents or abilities.

It is true not all kids have the same talent, that's why there are different courses to take to get different degrees and pursue your interests. I think that college is extremely important, regardless of it's a prestigious university or a two year tech school. In this day and age a college degree is almost a necessity for survival. If my child fails, that's fine, I look at failure as an opportunity to open a door to success. No one would know what they are good at if they never failed. As far as training of the personal aspects of life, most of that should be done by the parents, as well as learning as they go in college. I know when my sister went away to college she had to learn the responsibility of getting up to go to class, doing her laundry, etc. Even though I went to school closer to home I still had to get to classes, make it to work, etc...Not all of college is a party, there is responsibility involved.

I believe that from school we only learn 10% of everything we need to learn. We live in a financial world. Therefore, financial education is the most important kind of education. So for me spending a lot of money on "expensive" schools is not worth it.

It depends on how you use it. You can go to the top school but if you are not going to work hard and take advantage of everything that's offered then no matter what it's not going to matter. What I majored in is practically worthless but that's my fault because I picked it. I never worked in the field I majored in. I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up (still don't) I just picked my major because of that and it was the second most popular major at my school. Looking back now I definitely would have majored in something different. But just having a degree I guess was still beneficial. Despite that I absolutely loved college and I am glad for the experiences I had, and the people I met. I met people from all over the world. I wouldn't trade my experience for anything so for me yes it was worth it.

I don't think so, we spend too much money on education. some country isn't need to pay for it. I love knowledge! but combine money and education. That's so sad for meT_T