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Claire wrote:
I think a four year college degree is worth what a high school degree was worth fifty years ago. It's gonna be necessary in another twenty years when robots take over all the low skill jobs. Like, it sucks, but that's how it is. A hundred years ago a fourth grade education was enough. It's not anymore. Robots are gonna take over those jobs. As humanity acquires more knowledge, we're simply gonna have to be learning for longer.

too much technology ));

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Rowan wrote:

Claire wrote:
In twenty years fast food restaurants will all have only one or two employees and everything else will be done by machines.

ill start my own fast food restaurant with real people
for the real people experience

Well then you fast food restaurant will be the only one I go to! To be honest I think robots are a bad idea for the work with people. People need affection, need real people to help them in real life. Humans need humans. Robots online? Robots behind the scene? Alright, I can understand that. But I do not like the idea of robots taking over everything which involve communication.

Same, I don't hope it's ever going to happen.

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living in a society where so many have higher education influences youths someway? do you think it leads to challenges for youths in the society today as individuals?

I live in the Netherlands, we are an 'intelligent' society, our education system is among the top of the world. However, we have a relatively flat hierarchy, meaning that people, regardless of their social status, are generally happy with where they are. This is an important factor, because even though there is a huge focus on education, children do not feel as pressured to perform as, say, in America. We have a great 'fall-back' system as you can call it, and proper economic support. If a child does not achieve the level or job they want, and do not make enough money, they do not have to worry about money issues as much as Americans. The welfare benefit, money you get when you can't work or don't earn enough, is enough to support a person. You do not need to worry about starving. You can retake high school, uni etc. all at your own pace.

However, in contrast to what people might think, it has not at all encouraged people to be lazy. How high-achieving the child is largely depends on their cultural and social background, their academic desires are influenced by their close social circle (friends, acquaintances) and their parents.

In conclusion, I think the Dutch system is close to perfect. We want children to achieve their potential, but we do not pressure them with the threat of starvation (America), neither do we let them become lazy.

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