What you know or who you know?

Internships allow us to get our foot in the door with whatever career we may be pursuing. Some people got their job solely based upon that internship. This brings up the idea that it isn’t what you know it’s who you know. Many employers employ internships solely based on the fact that they feel these people are suitable for the job regardless if they finish their schooling (since most internships take the internship to build a good resume while they’re still in school). As for schooling and education why are we taught things we don’t necessarily need to know for that job? Our education system basically follows a set curriculum. This brings up what we discussed in class and how it is not socially acceptable to not go to school. We are all expected to go to college but many colleges don’t offer classes that pertain to what our passion may be. The discussion in class on how the girl’s brother didn’t pursue a higher education but instead focused on his art work and became a successful tattoo artist presented an issue in education to all of us. Why can’t there be classes that pertain to our interests? Maybe this is the reason why so many college students change their major on an average of three times by the time they graduate. What we discussed in class really affected the way I thought about how we educate. If a person wanted to become a farmer and produce fruits and vegetables for the purpose of supplying its community with locally produced foods wouldn’t it be a good idea to offer these types of courses to the public? Using this example is just a way to show how we could educate in ways that may not involve finding the analysis of variance but instead figure out how to resolve other issues in our world.