Education/Образование

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This a peartree dedicated to the problems of modern education, ideas about it and attempts to change the very paradigm of it. arseniyvasylenko Jan 27

Infographic of the Day: Is College Really Worth It?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1492938/infographic-day-college-really-worth-it Is going to college really worth it? Probably so, but it's not that clear cut, and economics have been arguing the point for 30 years. Most studies tend to show that college-educated people end up making far more money in the course of their lifetimes. (The niggle: Usually, it's not worth paying for a private university.) Still, that evidence isn't totally cut and dry: What do you really learn in college?
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What You'll Wish You'd Known

January 2005 (I wrote this talk for a high school. I never actually gave it, because the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite me.)