▶ Your Answer :
Personally I do not agree that the financial success is the ultimate goal of getting an education.
If it were true, and if peopole pursue higher education solely for financial success, this country of South Korea should have been full of millionaires because about 90 percent of teenagers enrol in high schools and more than 70 percent of koreans have bachelor degrees. Unfortunately, the reality is the opposite in most of the educated. The answer about the philosophical question of educatinal goal will vary depending on what you desire and where you place the value of priority.
There are some people who are longing for becoming an artist, designer, or poet. They primarilly put their value on aesthetic development and want to be educated based on it ; moreover, they pursue working beyond material affluence after completing their studying. Regardless of their income, they want to continue to satisfy their desires for the value on aesthetics, not money.
In addition, there are other people who want to become a politician or leader. Their primary reasons to get an education is not to succeed financially, but to generally achieve broad approval from the rest of society. Instead of learning how to make money, they choose to study on politics or leadership.
Their subsequent wealth may be a result derived from the fantastic coincidence of their ideal and reality , not because they went after an education to succeed financially.
In short, neither educational institutions nor average people will think tha the primary reason to provide education or get an education is to succeed financially. There are merely more opportunities that the educated people can earn money in the social structure. |