Maricela, there were some things I did not agree with as well in the video but what I wanted to point out is that many times we get so focus on education and forget to pay attention to the actual career. I have heard students say they are getting a particular degree because that is what their parents want them to do. Yet, they are not doing what they want to do, many times that could be earning a certificate or an associates that does not require a 4-6 year degree.

Sean, my bachelor degree is in History yet I have worked at the University from a work-study position to now a director and adjunct instructor. Much like you I have learned most of what I know on the job, the M.Ed in Educational Technology was intended to help me move up the latter and it has helped since the job I currently hold requires a masters degree. I do agree professional experience and on the job training sometimes outweighs additional schooling.

Lu, something that the military does and it does it very well in train its soldiers and they do this mainly with hands-on and on the job training. I went to school to be a helicopter mechanic, as a matter of fact I was just telling my wife last night that I failed my first test and was given one more chance or I would be kicked out. The reason I failed it was because it was an open book test and I had never tested in that manner so I was lost. I had always studied or memorize the material and that is how I was successful in school, never had I had an open book test. Once I got the hang of open book test I was an expert at taking test but not an expert mechanic. It took several months of actually working on the helicopters next to people that were already experts that made it possible for me to learn all the ins and outs of my job as a mechanic. To be honest with you, I could have done just as well without the school part.

Daniel, I do agree that we need the education to follow certain careers but I don't think we need all the content that is required to earn a degree. For example, why do I need to take kinesiology to be a history major? Why do I need to take two more histories and two more governments when I have been studying this same subject throughout my k-12 education. It just seems that some of these degrees are made longer just to keep a student in college where they'll be spending more money on tuition and fees.

Daniel, I agree, the more you read, research and practice a field the better you will become, well at least in theory that is the way it's supposed to work. But as you mention to Lu, that you could have learned what you needed to learn in two years and the rest could have been hands-on. Maybe that should be something higher education should be looking at, more of the real world setting instead of so much classroom time.