What’s the difference between a higher degree collecter and a LV bag collecter?

Sometimes I think Hong Kong people are the most loyal followers of “Knowledge changes life”. Many parents struggle about how to make their kids stand out from the others at interviews just for a place in a famous kindergarten. Well before kids are capable of speaking Cantonese well, they have other challenges – learning foreign languages including English, Mandarin, Japanese and so on. Kids are expected to be proficient in a skill apart from studying well with a nice academic record. Very often they are arranged to learn a musical instrument. This is not for amusing themselves but serving as a proof of they are talented kids able to do many things competently just for competing for a place in famous primary or secondary school later, and finally the ultimate goal, university. That’s why a primary school teacher once said, “Piano is no more considered to be a musical instrument.” Yes, there are too many kids are graded piano players so that playing piano itself is nothing special.

Even after sucessfully attatining a degree, that does not mean you have got rid of the spell of further education. Not to mention how torturing the professional examinations are, wager earners are trying to advance on their career stairways by achieving higher qualificatons, hoping for higher pay in return.

It’s good if qualifications can help you to achive your goal. However, except some professional or academic jobs, most vacancies available in the market do not require higher qualifications at all. Although it is not out spoken, most taught master is just a new proft generating machine of institutions. Low entry requirement and loose grading are ways to please students who are willing to pay for a diploma.

I heard that someone was upset he was not promoted even he had a master degree, losing his place to a degreed holder which was hire outside, while some people kept studying a master programme after another, seemingly to be thristy for knowledge. But to me, these person might be want to do something to make themseves feel good. They might think attaining a higher qualification is showing they know more than their counterparts therefore respect from others, promotion, praise are expected. These people consider they have already fulfill their responsibility. However, in the eye of bosses, to promote whom is not a game solely depending on qualifications. It is about picking a reliable person who can get the job done, lead subordinates, take higher responsibility and be discussed with for important matters. Similarly, whether a person is knowledgeable enough does not counts on how many diplomas he is holding as long as we all know it is not particularly difficult to get one if you have money. Such kind of qualifications collection game is no different to a lady who loves to embrace herself with LV bags and brand fashion. They are distinguished by the former one would like to depict himself as a wise man while the latter one is tendy. Both of them in fact don’t really concern what they are doing. They only want to look great without pouring genuie passion on knowledge and fashion.