Degree Course or Vocational Course

My side is to play your strengths. doesn't matter if it is a degree course or a vocational one. The point of education is hone God-0given skills and not force a person to study and be miserable in a career or job that he doesn't personally wants. It is true that education costs too much and people prefer to take courses and in extension, jobs that will make the most money. It is a fact of life that the cost of living and life, in itself is costing too much comapred to the last few years. But it is also important to have some passion and true interest in career, so that a perosn will grow and not just make money. It is true that some people view vocational courses as second rate or 'degrading'. Perhaps because we as a society place too much emphasis on college education and potential office jobs. Personally, as long as you make money, make ends meet, you don't hurt people and you don't do something illegal, any job is fine.

I am more inclined to look at this from a slightly different perspective. Education has always been a choice. In the business and the working world what a person can achieve is never about education in schools. I mean in direct relation to their school time. Education on the job is not what I mean here of course. The changing markets have effected how schools are behaving. Hope what I wrote makes sense to you. The difference between the two kinds of courses (while ignoring after school activities that is jobs)is entirely to do with the subjects and how they are taught. It should only apply to the individual and not what happens later in the marketplace, theoretically that is.

In my opinion they are both the same, they give you a career and a job although in different ways. I am taking a vocational course in accounting on my third year, yet we are all seen as the stupid people that just didnt want to go to college to get a degree. In some ways there are discriminations because of these diferent courses but now a days you should take what you think is best. In the Azores many are opting to go and take vocational courses due to the fact that you can have interships the 3 years and get letters of recomendation to put in your CV

I got your point! It's kinda bit frustrating that those who studied Vocational Course are the ones who were able to get a high paying job. I can't blame it on the course that you took. I think what's matters most is that you love what your doing.

If I based it on my course which is IT related, I would definitely go for vocational instead of its corresponding degree course. The course outline in vocational courses offers more applications that can be directly applied in the actual work. Time and money are saved in this process. I firmly believe that knowing fully your work and having a solid experience to back it up will always land you a job :)