王正方／博士賣幾個錢一斤哪？
【聯合報╱王正方】
政大博士生轉行賣雞排，台大物理系畢業、牛津大學物理博士，改行賣蔬菜。於是有某大企業家開罵，悉心培養出來的高等人才，所學非所用，賣小吃賣菜也需要博士學位嗎？浪費國家的資源，台灣的教育是如此的失敗。
My comments: When I was studying in the States, a former student, then a math major at NTU, told me in a letter that he would like to become a high school teacher. Of course I cheered him on, but also told him that it would still be great if he changed his mind. Now he is an excellent cram school math teacher. Sometimes, people just don't get what they have deliberately planned; instead, a new path emerges. And it's very fine, really. Life is unpredictable, isn't it?
然而所學必有所用，就是理想的安排嗎？吃一行怨一行，全球一大半的上班族都在痛恨自己的工作，為了養家餬口，就這麼無可奈何的混下去。時光荏苒，轉眼一輩子就流逝殆盡，夜深人靜，在盤算退休金之餘，心境免不了會有些傷感吧！
My comments: I'm grateful that I found where my passion was and took the job I loved--teaching.
成功的教育是教會學子如何學習（Learn how to learn），繼續找到自己最喜歡的工作領域。畢業生有高薪職位，但是活得痛苦，幸福指數不高，有自虐狂嗎？很多人的性向和興趣開發較晚，可塑性強，需要時間培養。在大學匆匆選讀的科系，往往是為了符合家長的願望，或人云亦云，跟著潮流走。畢業後才認識到，多年所學並不適合自己，食之無味，中途轉行需要勇氣，還得付出昂貴的代價。
My comments: Some of my former students dared to give up what appeared good and promising but was not their passion, take a new road, and move on. I'm happy for them. At least, they know themselves.
有位台大電機系校友，在美國名牌大學念到電機工程博士學位後，卻棄工從影，成為美國獨立電影導演，居然弄出些名堂來。他的美國母校認為這個台灣校友夠搞怪，請他回校演講，放映幾部他導的片子，還頒發了一紙獎狀。老美對教育的看法不一樣，行行出狀元，接受了完整的工程教育，卻在藝術領域中有所發揮，始料未及，歪打正著，也算是教育成功的範例。
My comments: The author of How Will You Measure Your Life?, Clayton M. Christensen, introduces the idea of deliberate strategy and emergent strategy. He took himself for example and said in the book,
"I've had three careers: first as a consultant, then as an entrepreneur and manager, and now as an academic, none of which I planned. When I was a freshman in college, I decided that I wanted to become the editor of the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper I deeply admired. This was my deliberate strategy." (p.49)
See? Sometimes, life just doesn't go the way you want it to.
自古至今，教育從來就不是一個以模子來塑造產品的過程，紀律的養成與知識的攝取固然極重要，但是重點是細心的因材施教，激發出個人特質，旁徵博引，靈活運用，能跨越不同的領域，「創意」就源源不絕了。惡補傳統下的讀死書、強記考古題好手，成績單雖漂亮，在創意方面得不到鼓勵與發揮，萎縮早衰。有人還寫書，指導年輕人如何搞「創意」，據說頗有銷路。想來點創意嗎？買本創意大師的書看看就行了。教育是一種終生的修行過程，端靠潛移默化，長時間的薰習，不是買賣速食、速溶咖啡。
幼年時父親曾問我們：「長大了想做什麼？」答案多是異想天開的荒誕志願，老爸笑笑未置可否，說：「希望你們做誠實的人，也是最有用的人。」
多年後才體會到這話的深意。再沒有本事的人，只要他誠實的要求自己，以誠待人，對國家社會就會有正面貢獻。歪哥拿到愈多的博士、碩士頭銜，危害就愈大。
My comments: Again, I recall what Mr. Cheng (鄭石岩) said in a speech: Teach your children to be kind and happy. He didn't mention success.
誠實必須從自身做起，如果對賣雞排、蔬菜有興趣有心得，就專心的去發展經營。這並不代表教育制度的失敗與資源的浪費。守住誠實，樂在其中。活在別人的價值觀裡面，會出奇的痛苦。
My comments: Live your life, not others'.
台灣是盛產博士的地方，博士失業率查不到，但是絕對不會低。想起老舍在他小說中有一句陰損對白：「博士賣幾個錢一斤哪？」
此地具博士學位的兼任教授，授課鐘點費約一小時七百多元。
My comments: Do we work only for money? There must be other reasons for working.
(作者為電影導演）
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政大博士生轉行賣雞排，台大物理系畢業、牛津大學物理博士，改行賣蔬菜。於是有某大企業家開罵，悉心培養出來的高等人才，所學非所用，賣小吃賣菜也需要博士學位嗎？浪費國家的資源，台灣的教育是如此的失敗。
My comments: When I was studying in the States, a former student, then a math major at NTU, told me in a letter that he would like to become a high school teacher. Of course I cheered him on, but also told him that it would still be great if he changed his mind. Now he is an excellent cram school math teacher. Sometimes, people just don't get what they have deliberately planned; instead, a new path emerges. And it's very fine, really. Life is unpredictable, isn't it?
然而所學必有所用，就是理想的安排嗎？吃一行怨一行，全球一大半的上班族都在痛恨自己的工作，為了養家餬口，就這麼無可奈何的混下去。時光荏苒，轉眼一輩子就流逝殆盡，夜深人靜，在盤算退休金之餘，心境免不了會有些傷感吧！
My comments: I'm grateful that I found where my passion was and took the job I loved--teaching.
成功的教育是教會學子如何學習（Learn how to learn），繼續找到自己最喜歡的工作領域。畢業生有高薪職位，但是活得痛苦，幸福指數不高，有自虐狂嗎？很多人的性向和興趣開發較晚，可塑性強，需要時間培養。在大學匆匆選讀的科系，往往是為了符合家長的願望，或人云亦云，跟著潮流走。畢業後才認識到，多年所學並不適合自己，食之無味，中途轉行需要勇氣，還得付出昂貴的代價。
My comments: Some of my former students dared to give up what appeared good and promising but was not their passion, take a new road, and move on. I'm happy for them. At least, they know themselves.
有位台大電機系校友，在美國名牌大學念到電機工程博士學位後，卻棄工從影，成為美國獨立電影導演，居然弄出些名堂來。他的美國母校認為這個台灣校友夠搞怪，請他回校演講，放映幾部他導的片子，還頒發了一紙獎狀。老美對教育的看法不一樣，行行出狀元，接受了完整的工程教育，卻在藝術領域中有所發揮，始料未及，歪打正著，也算是教育成功的範例。
My comments: The author of How Will You Measure Your Life?, Clayton M. Christensen, introduces the idea of deliberate strategy and emergent strategy. He took himself for example and said in the book,
"I've had three careers: first as a consultant, then as an entrepreneur and manager, and now as an academic, none of which I planned. When I was a freshman in college, I decided that I wanted to become the editor of the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper I deeply admired. This was my deliberate strategy." (p.49)
See? Sometimes, life just doesn't go the way you want it to.
自古至今，教育從來就不是一個以模子來塑造產品的過程，紀律的養成與知識的攝取固然極重要，但是重點是細心的因材施教，激發出個人特質，旁徵博引，靈活運用，能跨越不同的領域，「創意」就源源不絕了。惡補傳統下的讀死書、強記考古題好手，成績單雖漂亮，在創意方面得不到鼓勵與發揮，萎縮早衰。有人還寫書，指導年輕人如何搞「創意」，據說頗有銷路。想來點創意嗎？買本創意大師的書看看就行了。教育是一種終生的修行過程，端靠潛移默化，長時間的薰習，不是買賣速食、速溶咖啡。
幼年時父親曾問我們：「長大了想做什麼？」答案多是異想天開的荒誕志願，老爸笑笑未置可否，說：「希望你們做誠實的人，也是最有用的人。」
多年後才體會到這話的深意。再沒有本事的人，只要他誠實的要求自己，以誠待人，對國家社會就會有正面貢獻。歪哥拿到愈多的博士、碩士頭銜，危害就愈大。
My comments: Again, I recall what Mr. Cheng (鄭石岩) said in a speech: Teach your children to be kind and happy. He didn't mention success.
誠實必須從自身做起，如果對賣雞排、蔬菜有興趣有心得，就專心的去發展經營。這並不代表教育制度的失敗與資源的浪費。守住誠實，樂在其中。活在別人的價值觀裡面，會出奇的痛苦。
My comments: Live your life, not others'.
台灣是盛產博士的地方，博士失業率查不到，但是絕對不會低。想起老舍在他小說中有一句陰損對白：「博士賣幾個錢一斤哪？」
此地具博士學位的兼任教授，授課鐘點費約一小時七百多元。
My comments: Do we work only for money? There must be other reasons for working.
(作者為電影導演）
全文網址: 王正方／博士賣幾個錢一斤哪？ | 名人堂 | 意見評論 | 聯合新聞網 http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/7846513.shtml#ixzz2RCYED71l Power By udn.com
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