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alp227

(32,006 posts)
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 11:48 PM Aug 2013

Here's How Education Can Drive You Crazy...



From the Aug. 14 "TYT University": A new study shows too much education could have a negative effect on your mental health. Find out what "over-educated" people have in common, and whether you're at risk!
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Here's How Education Can Drive You Crazy... (Original Post) alp227 Aug 2013 OP
Really? gopiscrap Aug 2013 #1
I know when I finished college... SkyDaddy7 Aug 2013 #4
But people need to know gopiscrap Aug 2013 #5
From the article... jtuck004 Aug 2013 #2
You're not Fucked up, TheJames Aug 2013 #3
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SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
4. I know when I finished college...
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 03:17 PM
Aug 2013

I looked at the world in a completely different way than I did coming out of high school...Seriously, knowing how the world works can be hard to take!!

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
2. From the article...
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 02:55 AM
Aug 2013

"The reason overeducated people may have an increased risk of mental distress could be because, by definition, they are not challenged by their jobs, and cannot use all of the skills they acquired during their education, said study researcher Piet Bracke, a professor of sociology at Ghent University in Belgium."


Which seems likely, and perhaps exacerbated by having to struggle to pay student loans while still living with your parents and working at Walmart when you are 40...

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