Is there such a thing as over educated?

Question

Like I see a lot of educated people with little use of what God gave them between their ears. Have you seen these people? And then there are the people who are like "education solves everything". Its like they are part of the education propaganda section or something.

Answer 1

I think you mean over programed maybe, education is one thing, but some times people can be so into learning every thing there is to know, which is to say everything that another person or people has come up with to explain certain things which have been excepted and become to be known as the rule, that they forget to think for themselves.

Answer 2

Nothing solves everything, but with more education typically people's income, productivity and actually their health increase. On the other hand, there is a point at which someone becomes valuable enough to society that more education (or at least, more degrees) do not serve them. A lot of people stop before they reach that point, though.

Meanwhile, does education substitute for common sense or experience? Not necessarily! I have met several accomplished authors and self-made millionaires who just had high-school, and many egotistical learned people who were totally off-base.

Answer 3

You are absolutely right that there are idiots among the educated as well as the uneducated! I know lots who fit into both groups. And they give us in each group a bad name!!! But I believe it boils down to there's as many ways to look at people's degrees as there are opinions, and sometimes we analyze things too much. We must decide what job we want to do and if it requires a college degree, we must get one. When we begin our education in first grade, we begin the socialization process of learning how to cope with ALL kinds of people. As we age, hopefully we learn to control our behavior around all the undesirables, and even learn how to like some of them. Then by the time we graduate, we should be socialized enough to determine who we want to hang out with and be able to get along with all people, regardless of their abilities. So I believe it boils down to, "to be successful in a career, we must cope with all kinds," and if we can't do that, we probably aren't going to stay employed at any job for long. Common sense comes into play a lot more than book sense, so if we use our common sense, we can cope with anybody. I know education doesn't solve everything, as there's no such "medicine" for our society's woes, but if we are determined to get a degree, and want an education, maybe we will be the one who turns people's opinions around about all college grads being educated idiots.

Answer 4

Yes... there is such a thing as over-educated. Like, when you're unemployed and you need a job to pay the bills and you go to Wal-Mart, because after 2 months of unemployment you've become desperate. And at your job interview they say, "you seem overqualified for this position, can you see yourself being bored in this field?" And you have to reply, "I need to put a roof over my head, and I have bills to pay, please do not discriminate against me based on my formal education." I think you may have confused "over-educated" with "over-politically-correct." (The latter of the two is much more offensive in my book).

Answer 5

No, I don't think so. Even Steven Hawkins believes in A GOD. i WAS WATCHING A SHOW ON TELEVISION. i DON'T WATCH TOO MUCH TV. SOMEONE SAID Something THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. WHY ARE ATHEISTS SO OBSESSED WITH GOD? It beat a George Carlin joke. But it is so true. Sorry about the typing . Broke a couple fingers the other day. I did like that line and had never really thought about it that way.

Answer 6

No. Education gives each one of us knowledge about a speciality. It's the way certain types of people put education into practice, that should be questioned.

Answer 7

i can tell you there are people very over educated

the thing is, don't get me wrong

there's a guy from latin america, you call it, mexico, ecuador, argentina, any...

is a guy, very very educated, has various degrees in, say like, engineneering, he has 2 or 3 master degrees, in land and abroad, certified, comes to US, outside the US gains like a 10g at the most, here in the US at least 40g with not so much credentials

here comes the sucker, the same job, too much experience, whith a pay of 20g, better than his home town, he's in...

the US graduate is simply nothing...

Answer 8

"Ignorance is bliss, but intelligence is power."

My brain wasn't "given" to me by any higher diety, such as God. The sperm that impregnated my Mother's egg developed into fetal tissue, and through that tissue and incubation, I became Human. Nobody reached down and rubbed my Mother's stomach making her pregnant - it was the work of a sperm and an egg, vital tools in creating a child.

-Sigh-

Answer 9

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean... it's like there's these high level executives who stress education and then there's low paid workers who are more relaxed and don't give a ****. But this generation will change all that. Everyone will be more equal because we're more relaxed and nobody gives a ****. It'll be great :)

Answer 10

No.
It is a tool and a pleasure to learn.
Education can help solve a problem but it does not solve them.