College Degree in Philippines - Is it worth the expense and time?

[SteveInBostonI130 3,489]

2 hours ago, Allovertheworld said:

The USA was importing nurses right and left from the Philippines for at least 20 years, this was their meal ticket out of the Philippines and onto making USA money.   They stopped importing nurses back in 2007 due to retrogression

 

My wife said she had no desire to be a nurse, she was kinda forced into by her parents

There is a demand for nurses right now in the US.   If things get rough, your wife can go into nursing.  Her education gives her that option.  

 

Yes, I believe college is "worth it".

[tomigaoka 8]

This is not only in philippines, Fyi, I met a few born and raised in KS got engineering degree but decided to just stay and work in their own FARM. Funny ha? 

[hopefulfor2021 31]

On 1/27/2021 at 10:11 PM, Allovertheworld said:

Just wondering why do so many have college degree and so many never work or use them

 

Example: 

 

My wife family: 4 girls all have college degrees, none really use them.

 

My wife: Bachelor of Sceince in Nursing, she was a RN in Philippines and now in the USA she works from home and does some type of date entry

 

Her next sister has Bachelor of Science in Nursing, she went to Singapore for a couple of years and worked as a dispatch for a taxi company, now she back home and sells cookies she bakes

 

Her next next sister has a bachelor degree in computer science, she has a small soamia stand as her business, nothing computer related

 

Her youngest sister has some bachelor degree and works in Manila doing sales, I suspect she makes average dough since she lives with like 3 other people in a one bedroom apartment.

 

I told my wife since never wanted to be a nurse, why in the world did you go to college and have you parents pay for you and your sisters education.  Wouldn't it been better to let the father keep the money and invest in some type of business or save the money for other things, like house improvements, etc.

 

 

Our culture here is very different. It's a must that we finish college, if we have the financial means to do so. We will be looked down upon otherwise, at least this is true for the older generation. And even the most basic jobs require a college degree. It's really laughable because all jobs require some type of degree but pay you below minimum wage LOL. 

 

Younger gens have more flexibility as there is more work now that could be done remotely.

 

But to bluntly answer your question - a college degree here is worth the time and effort if you choose to make use of it, esp. if you live in a progressive country. The PH is known to have top notch healthcare workers, most likely geared for work abroad, so this is very true esp. if you compare tuition fees.