[Jewelry making - Article 00313] - Re: [Orchid] BFA/MFA Vs technical training

[Geoff Gavora]

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    I think most people in any industry struggle with this question. Im
    sure we all know someone who has a degree and works a crappy entry
    level job and we all know that guy/girl who dropped out of highschool
    and is filthy rich and vise versa. 

    People tend to think "if i go to school i will get a better job" and
    once finished school they are quite disapointed when offers dont
    come flying at them or they didnt get the job they wanted. What
    people need to remember is, and this goes for any post secondary
    education wether you are a lawyer, doctor, mechanic or goldsmith,
    post secondary education only opens doors for you... you still have
    to walk through them. 

    I realise many people are laughing right now thinking how can you
    compair a doctors to a goldsmith? Well the point is that it is
    impossible for a doctor to learn EVERYTHING in school, much of it
    has to be learned in the field. But lawyers and doctors are
    guarenteed a excellent wage when done school? No, not at all. Again
    it depends on what they do with thier education, they can work in
    non-profit clinics/law firms and make peanuts or not even pursue
    thier career at all. 

    Education never hurts it always helps. If your applying for a job it
    can be the deciding factor between 2 canidates, or it can be that
    deciding factor with the bank when applying for a small business
    loan. It even helps ease your clients concerns by showing them how
    qualified you are. 

    So in conclusion i am a big supporter of education, i in fact am
    currently working on my 3rd diploma and when finshed this one i will
    go to get my BFA. When it is all done and someone asks me what i did
    with my education i will respond "it opened all the doors i wanted,
    and i stormed through them all!" 

Geoff Gavora FCGmA
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