Jun 27 2008
Learning a Job, Not a Theory
When one finishes from a 4 year college, you have learned a lot about many different things. You will have learned about psychology and science. You will have learned about math and English, and perhaps another language as well. You will have also learned about history, geography, and communication and whatever else you may have majored in.
What you will have learned nothing about, however, is a specialty. While 4 year colleges may provide you with a great deal of knowledge, they rarely provide you with a great deal of knowledge about a specific job or occupation once you graduate. Instead, you are forced to find a job, learn the job as if you had never been to school, and hopefully like it.
That’s why most people do not stick with the first jobs they get after college. Knowing about the field does not mean you enjoy the job you get or know anything about it. Instead, if you hope to stick with your first job, your best bet is to go to a New York medical career program rather than a 4 year college, because you are trained in a job, not in a bunch of theories, so you know exactly what to do when you have graduated.