People often assume that highly educated people must be better human beings, possessing not only erudition but also higher EQ, more wisdom and skills in life. This stereotype turns out to be false. Quite counter-intuitively, the more educated people are, the less they have the possibility to be all-around social beings. The reasons for this are multi-layered:

First of all, most higher education programs such as master's and PhD degrees are research-based and focus on some narrow aspects of knowledge or technology. Good academic scores are the only necessary passport to get there. However, good grades do not guarantee that you will develop into a more well-round being.

Secondly, in order to graduate successfully, candidates of higher education programs must devote most of their energy to endless study and research, publishing their results and making breakthroughs in certain narrow fields. To achieve this, people must sacrifice their personal lives, family time, happy hours with friends, and most social gatherings and activities to concentrate on some narrow academic research. Years of hard training and practice in solitude eventually help them win the degree and become the elite in a certain field of study. In the process, their thinking is trained to be logically rigid and mechanical, which does not fit the highly uncertain and flexible social circumstances. Their abilities to deal with people and make money are largely unpolished, for scholars are special ivory tower dwellers, far from the sound and fury of the world. They even become socially awkward and not particularly street smart because their lifestyles and academic training keep them far from socializing with various people and dealing with the trivialities of everyday life.

Finally, career opportunities after graduation, especially for PhD graduates, are much more limited than for bachelor graduates. Universities and research institutions are the most likely choices, which in turn keeps them from developing into all-around people and keeps them on a very narrow path in a big world.

In our country, where the number of college graduates is constantly growing and competition for careers and devaluation of degrees is increasing, a master's degree is the ideal choice for most people. However, it is not necessarily true that you must first complete your education and then work because most people do not know their true passion and interest in life. At a young age, mostpeople do not know what to study. It is a wise decision to work for a while to find out what their hearts' desires are. It is only at this time that a master's program is best suited because people are highly motivated and know what are their goals. If they are so engrossed in their life and work that they no longer have the option to continue studying at a college. Then so be it! Life itself is the greatest college. If people are successful enough, even if they do not have a degree, many universities will award them with honorary degrees.

In a word, whether you have a degree or not, the most important thing is to constantly enrich yourself in real life. Formal higher education is only a process, a bridge, a means, never the end. It is not a guarantee of wisdom.

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生活中的智慧4：教育不能保证智慧的增长

人们常常想当然地认为，受过高等教育的人一定是更好的人，不仅博学，而且有更高的情商，更多的智慧和生活能力。事实证明，这种刻板印象是错误的。事实上，与直觉相反的是，受教育程度越高的人，成为全面社会人的机会就越少。其原因是多方面的。

首先，大多数高级教育项目，如硕士和博士教育，都是以研究为导向的，专注于知识或技术的某些狭窄方面。良好的学术成绩是唯一必要的护照。然而，好的分数并不能保证成为更全面的全能型人才。

其次，为了顺利毕业，高层次教育项目的候选人必须把大部分精力投入到无休止的学习和研究中，让他们的研究成果发表，并在某些狭窄的领域取得突破。为了实现这些，人们必须牺牲个人生活、家庭时间、与朋友的快乐时光、大多数社交聚会和活动，集中精力进行一些狭窄的学术研究。多年的艰苦训练和孤独的实践终于帮助他们赢得了学位，成为某个特定研究领域的精英。在这个过程中，他们的思维被训练得过于逻辑僵硬和机械，这与高度不确定和灵活的社会环境不相匹配。他们的人际交往能力和赚钱能力大多没有得到磨练，因为学者是特殊的象牙塔居民，远离尘世的声色犬马。他们甚至变得不善于交际，也绝对不是人情世故高手，因为他们的生活方式和学术训练使他们远离了与各种人的交往和缺乏处理日常琐事的精明。

最后，一旦他们毕业，他们的职业选择，特别是博士毕业生的职业选择要比本科生窄得多。大学和研究机构是最有可能的选择，这又一次阻止了他们发展成为全面的人，使他们在一个大世界的狭窄轨道上运行。

在我国，随着高校招生规模的不断扩大，随着职业竞争的加剧和学位贬值，对大多数人来说，硕士学位是一个理想的选择。然而，并不一定要先完成学业，然后再去工作，因为大多数人并不真正了解自己真正的生活热情和兴趣。在年轻的时候，大多数人并不真正知道他们真正需要学习什么。对他们来说，工作一段时间，找出自己真正需要的东西，是一个明智的选择。只有在这个时候，硕士课程才是最合适的，因为人们有很强的动力，知道自己缺乏什么，想要什么。如果他们沉浸在生活和工作中，没有机会再去大学深造。那就这样吧! 生活本身就是最伟大的大学。如果人们足够成功，即使他们没有学位，很多大学都会授予他们荣誉学位。

一句话，不管有没有学位，从现实生活中不断充实自己才是最重要的。正规的高等教育只是一个过程，一座桥梁，一种手段，而不是目的地。它不是智慧的保证。