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Which is more Important, Diploma or Ability
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Several weeks ago, one of my student assistants invited me to have lunch with her, in celebration of her successfully finding a job. The nickname of this student is Summer and she is a pretty, talkative and cute master student.
She was still in second grade when she first came. Due to our common interests, we became friends soon. I still remember that she complained a lot about her master study at that time, such as how difficult it was for her to publish a paper in the Core Journal and her tutor didn’t like her because of her poor grade and limited academic ideas. In the following one year, I shared some of her worries, from how to write final paper to how to find an agreeable job in today’s un-optimistic job market. But at the same time, I found that she has many advantages in non-major fields, such as excellent English writing and speaking, outward disposition and persistency in achieving a goal. She also has rich experience in doing interns, no matter it was short program or long program. She left her footprints in consulting companies, foreign companies and now she has successfully registered to be a volunteer for Shanghai World Expo. The time she invited me to lunch, she had signed the agreement with a good state-owned company and won an admirable position (here I mean for a new graduator).
This story has not come to its end after her finding a well-content job mentioned at the lunch table. In the next two weeks, she got another two nice offers which disturbed her again and again, and one of them is in Fortune 500 list. Now she could not make her choice and complained to me again……
And I begin to think about the usefulness of grades in the now society. I just wonder how many companies will pay attention to the A, B or C in the students’ report cards, by contrast, some certificates like senior oral-translate license, CET8 certificate or intern certificates increasing show their importance. Of course, you can choose to stay in academic institution, which means your future life is a doomed to be a process of competing diploma and academic papers.
It is the reality of life, right? I really feel happy for my student assistant and friend Summer and wish she make a decision which she will not regret in the future.
Post comment Comment (14 replies)
- Reply Lucia1010
- The diploma and certificates are use to prove one's ability.But that's not absolute.Many abilities can not be proved and showed by the certificates.The diploma and certificate are displayed to others as the first expressions and proofs. And that ability is showed through one's work and behaviors. Generally speaking,the diploma and the ability are the same important. Strictly and realistically speaking,I think the ability is more important!
- Reply venus
- Lucia1010: The diploma and certificates are use to prove one's ability.But that's not absolute.Many abilities can not be proved and showed by the certificates.ThThank you for your comment
- Reply venus
- moli: In my opinion. both diploma and ability are important.Thanks for your comment. I think diploma is more important in finding a job and aiblity is more important in keeping a job~
- Reply wenson86926
- i think both are important,the diploma means you have the prerequiste to take a job,displaying your edges clearly in front of others,while abilities are the vague things,people gotta to know your ability after some time,so that is the difference.
- Reply minyingtao
- In most people's eyes, the diploma is more important
- Reply venus
- wenson86926: i think both are important,the diploma means you have the prerequiste to take a job,displaying your edges clearly in front of others,while abilities aThanks for your comment.My opinion is that we can't find a good job without diploma and we can't get promotion without ability.
- Reply venus
- minyingtao: In most people's eyes, the diploma is more importantHehe, that is why I am now still struggling for my master diploma.
- Reply v87zhou
- I also pay more attention to this problem. My opinion is that the diploma in China is more important especially in the nationalize companise. But with the acceleration of Chinese economy, more and more foreign corporations emerge . They bring the new concept of work. They pay more attention to the personal ability. These all depend on which kind of working environment you like. Cities such as Shanghai where has the rapid development. This concept has been spreaded out. So my opinion is that you should concentrate to analysing what you can do.
- Reply venus
- v87zhou: I also pay more attention to this problem. My opinion is that the diploma in China is more important especially in the nationalize companise. But withTotally agree with u on ur opinion.
- Reply Una1997
- Absolutely agree with you. Ablity is more important than the diploma, I think some times diploma is always a brick that knock the company's door, but if you don't have ablity, you'll be ejected one day.
- Reply venus
- Una1997: Absolutely agree with you. Ablity is more important than the diploma, I think some times diploma is always a brick that knock the company's door, but
- Reply zhangxiao_jing
- In my view, recently diploma is the first step for you to go into a good company, then it is critical if you get ability, which makes you beyond your colleagues.
