Young Educated People Are Not Taken Seriously
This is not a fact or .. anything, just a thing I've heard.
I've heard that young people with a higher degree are not taken as seriously, as .. let's say people who waited a couple of years to get a degree.
I've decided that as soon as I'm done with the degree that allows me to enter universities (it's hard to explain the school system here, but the dictionariy calls it ''secondary school'') I'm going to. I am 19 in two months, and next summer I'm done with secondary school, and hopefully I'll get accepted in one of the four universities I'll apply for.
If that happens, and the chances of it happening are fairly high, since my average is fairly high compared to what they require, then I'm starting on a degree that takes 5 years, and I'll be done by 25.
This means I'll be one of the youngest with a master's degree, and the only oen's that are younger than me are the once who skipped a year in school, or started a year too early.
I've heard that it is hard to be taken serious at a young age like 25 in a serious job that requires a master's degree.
What do you think about this, and if you were a serious business man looking for an educated attorney, for instanse, would you rather hire a 25 year old or a .. 30 year old?
The younger the better
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Too young is not good
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It honestly doesn't matter to me but, I can see where managers and employers would feel uncomfortable in hiring young people. Primarily in the medical field, patients wouldn't feel as comfortable having a fresh out the door registered surgeon than a old and experienced doctor. When officials employ these new surgeons, attorneys, etc. they have to the realize that patients and victims are wanting the best out of them which generically is the Johnnie Cochran attorney who has reputation, the elderly wise look, and disposition that would grasp the victim's attention. Side: The younger the better
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It's a question of whether an employer wants experienced workers or more sociable, youthful, creative workers (to answer the debate creator's question) I do think (esp. since I am a teenager) that young people aren't respected enough. It's expected that at our age we are still working out who we are and what we want to do. Even if this is the case, I hear too often that some particular young person is "skilled for their age". I don't know about anyone else here, but I want to be compared to the best- not the rest of my age group who may happen to be amateur in comparison. Side: The younger the better
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