very costly mistakes youths make about school

school, learning and education

1. School equals Job: school may have guaranteed people jobs in the past, but it doesn't any longer. These days, schooling is more a product of choice and a means to an end, other than an end in itself. Gone were those days when paper qualifications qualified people for job placements. Talent has never been as relevant as it is now. Skills are the new crude and anyone who isn’t ready to get his hands and mind creatively dirty is not going to get anywhere. New inventions, ideas and concepts are the in-thing now. Everyone is looking for a way to break away from the norm, a way to off-set established precepts and find easier alternatives to them. The good news is that with the advent of internet and digitization, idea execution has never been easier.