It is said that 52 -year -old college students "waste educational resources", there are 3 unreliable

Text ｜ Lu Xiaodong (researcher at the Institute of Education and Economics of Peking University)

Recently, Lu Xinlin, 52, entered the Hubei Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, becoming the oldest freshman in the history of the school.

In this regard, some people questioned that Lu Xinlin came to college such an old age. He was a "wasting educational resources". He should leave the opportunity to go to college to young people.

This question sounds simple and straightforward, we can refer to it for abbreviation as "waste theory". Behind this argument also has theoretical support, as well as some unexplained premise. We need to analyze and sort out one by one.

Human capital refers to the knowledge and ability condensed by participating in education and training. It can increase individual income and promote the growth of macroeconomic in the "future".

In modern society, compared with material capital, human capital investment has a higher return. In Lu Xinlin's example, the concept of "future" is the key to "waste theory".

Lu Xinlin, 52, is expected to graduate at the age of 55. Assuming that he will retire at the age of 60, his future work/labor time is only 5 years. The 18 -year -old classmate A, who enrolled at the same time, was only 21 years old when he graduated, and he was retired at the age of 60 for 39 years.

Compared with the length of the "future" alone, under the same educational yield, compared with the investment to the 18 -year -old teenager A, the investment to the 52 -year -old Lu Xinlin does make people feel "waste".

In addition, there are three prerequisites that are not stated in the "waste theory".

The first premise is that in the next 39 years of work, Student A will continue to use the knowledge and skills learned by his university. His job positions will not change, will not be promoted, and will not be unemployed and migrated.

At the same time, the machines and technologies he used at work will not change, and even the external world has not changed much. Only in this way can classmate A continue to work for 39 years.

However, in the era of artificial intelligence in this rapid iteration of science and technology, the machines and technologies used by students in the future will definitely improve and change; in the context of the spread of new coronary pneumonia's epidemic and globalization, the external world has not changed greatly It is also difficult to establish the premise, and students A must continue to learn to adapt to the world of change.

At work, Classmate A is likely to be unemployed, and then finds a new job. It may also be promoted because of the outstanding achievements in the work. Therefore, the management knowledge and skills that have not been learned before the university must be learned ...

In short, the study of Class A's life may be continuous self -learning, short -term training, and post training, or it is likely to return to campus to learn new knowledge face -to -face.

After the long career of the classmate A, we will find that the 52 -year -old Lu Xinlin today is only at a stage of the future life of the classmate. Let Lu Xinlin have the opportunity to enter school to study, which also means that the 52 -year -old A classmates have the opportunity to return to the campus.

From this point of view, the object questioned by the "waste theory" also includes 18 -year -old classmates A, and even all of us.

The second premise is that "waste theory" does not consider innovation and creation. The relationship between innovation and creation and time length is not direct, and the time feature of disruptive innovation is the "instant" without length.

Assuming that there is no innovation and creation in the work of the next 39 years, but Lu Xinlin has innovative in the work of the next 5 years. Essence

According to reports, Lu Xinlin graduated from a specialty when he was young. This time, he entered the school again to study in the second specialty. Lu Xinlin, who graduated from 55 -year -old, will have a new perspective of looking at things and the world.

Lu Xinlin has been working for many years, and has accumulated a lot of unspeakable and unprepared knowledge and silence knowledge. These knowledge and skills will be brought into a new professional study and future work.

For Lu Xinlin, who is already 52 years old, his learning must be different from his classmate A- "Inner Volume" has long lost its value for him, and knowledge will exert the essence of light.

In addition, Lu Xinlin has been working for many years. This time, he returned to the campus, and it has formed a "interruption" for a continuous work in the past years.

This is of great significance and will help him comprehensively reflect on the past work.

In the short term, a person is working in the end of the year, and even his life is continuing to work throughout his life, and labor is just "labor -move".

It takes time interruption to promote the significance of the educational significance of labor. It can be said that Lu Xinlin has more innovative potential compared to classmates A.

The third premise is that "waste theory" completely regards Lu Xinlin as a producer of material wealth.

But in addition to work, Lu Xinlin is a father in the family and a member of society; outside of his career, he is still exploring the meaning of life and the value of life.

His existence itself will have a positive or negative impact on the surrounding world. Its effects will significantly use their families, schools, communities, and society. Its scope and value will be difficult to measure with "yields". Lu Xinlin's influence not only ends at 60 years old, but also may be longer.

The above analysis helps us to confirm more clearly that Lu Xinlin does not waste any educational resources. His use of educational resources is not only legitimate, but also has a solid potential. The foundation of "waste theory" is completely established on the beach.

The reason why "waste theory" happened in the present is that the "old age" college students in universities are still scarce. Under the perspective of lifelong education and lifelong learning, there are still defects in our education system and education system, and we need to continue to build and improve. "China Science News" (2022-09-27 The 3rd edition of the 3rd edition of the original title "Why" "Older" college students are not "wasting educational resources")

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