Too much education is dangerous. If people receive more education than they need to function in their job, it only breeds dissatisfaction. In what extent do you agree or disagree?Iel

Too much education is dangerous. If people receive more education than they need to function in their job, it only breeds dissatisfaction. In what extent do you agree or disagree?

 

Ielts Essay - Over-education 

Educating oneself appropriately to raise chances of grabbing good employment has been a primary objective of every individual today, but some people profess, in this pursuit, some tend to get more than what may be needed to fulfill professional obligations that can fuel discontentment though others consider this idea to be quite bizarre.  

Pursuing and completing academic qualifications that exceed requirements of employment in a given domain does sometimes instill discontentment. Individuals, after years of studying, tend to become too ambitious and unrealistic; hence failing to derive fulfillment and end up feeling disenchanted, and in fact disgruntled. Such people will not settle for anything lesser than a  job that offers them a smart remuneration, as well as a post of consequence; and any work they do, that is not strategically critical to an establishment, appears to be an impediment in their progress.

Moreover, workers with knowledge that outstrips demands of work also find it hard to cope with their co-workers whom they consider to be 'Lesser Mortals' and  virtually a no-match. In such cases, it has been observed that overeducated individuals are always out of sync of aspirations and expectations of rest of workforce; and tend to stay aloof and feel alienated; and thus unhappy.

However, there are others who outrightly ridicule this pessimist view: education can never be in excess, and it rather, if an individual grabs more of it, helps broaden mindsets and equip people with abilities to innovate, and come out with radical solutions to every problem. Such workers derive pleasure by outperforming their colleagues in performance that makes them feel proud of their abilities.

In a nutshell, I feel, the notion of excessive education leading to discontentment at work has no firm grounding and baseless