What Is The Folly Of Over Education

The Folly of Over-Education In 2012, for the first time ever, the majority of the unemployed in the US had attended college (Shedlock). With more and more parents pushing their children towards college and university education, is obtaining a degree no longer a stepping stone towards employment? It seems now that a higher education won 't necessarily lead to a better life. With the increase in university educated individuals, there are consequences. The job market is flooded, there 's an increase in student debt, and participation in trades is at an all-time low -- it seems that getting a degree will not guarantee a better quality of life. When the Liberal Party of Canada directed an extra one billion dollars to go towards post-secondary students and their educations, their leader at the time, Michael Ignatieff, said, “It 's a billion dollars of new money to make us the best-educated society on the planet” (Wente). But is this really necessary? According to the Conference Board of Canada, Canada is already in the top five countries in the world, in terms …show more content…
C. Cryn Johannsen – Founder and Director of All Education Matters, Journalist, Radio Show Host, and Co-Founder of Matters of Today – is the author of one such article. Johannsen wrote a post on her blog titled, “Suicide Among Student Debtors: Who 's Thought About It?”. The messages that she received were startling – one reader wrote, "I was very actively looking into suicide until I got on anti-depressants. Now I have to take happy pills every day to keep the suicidal urges at a minimum level. You are correct to ask the question. Many of the folks who are incredibly deep in law school debt will end up killing themselves. I think, in the next 1-3 years, we are going to see absolutely massive numbers of law school graduate