It's better to know a offline handful skill
At the present time, we are not so interested in agriculture as we were in earlier days. When it comes to profession, we mostly prefer desk jobs because we feel that it’s the best thing we can do, and after graduation, desk jobs mostly suit us. The mindset of most people is like that, and everyone has the right to think about it how they want. After completing graduation, most people remain unemployed, and even if some people get a job, it’s not well-paid. In such situations, they regret wasting so much money, effort, and time on education, and I think having such thoughts is very natural.
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People today are behind when it comes to practical skills. In this digital age, people don’t want to learn sewing, making jewelry, and so many other things that were popular in the past. In the past, people were not as educated as now, and they did not have YouTube to learn from online easily. Instead, they learned many skills. So, when it comes to skills, I believe that the practical skills, especially handy skills, of people in the past are much better than those of people today. Most of the time, those skills are handy and relaxing and can give mental satisfaction.
If people couldn’t do any work, they always had an option to use their skills to generate money. Maybe people used to learn those skills mostly to pass time as well as a hobby, but such kinds of skills can be a backup plan for those people. It is said that their skills never betray them and can be useful in various ways. Sewing or making jewelry can be good for starting a small business, and it can be transformed into a large-scale business if the business grows well. Everything starts small, and what’s wrong with starting with the skills that people acquired because of a hobby?
It is unfortunate that in the present world we are so busy with technology that we don’t focus on real-life skills, even if they are handy. Now we have YouTube, which is very helpful for learning any skill, but we end up wasting our precious time watching reels or shorts. I would not mind if people were learning skills, even if they’re related to digital technology, but I always prefer to have handy real-life skills. You must be curious to know why I am saying that. I know that we are living in a digital world and we have updated technology, but none of us knows what the future holds. What if, in the future, internet connectivity or electricity faces long-term issues? If such a situation comes, all of us having skills related to technology will suffer a great loss, and I think that at that time, real-life skills will stay by our side. So, I believe that at least we should know one skill, even as a hobby, not related to updated technology.
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You’re right about the core problem: too many people are educated for exams, not for life. That creates a swarm of degree-holders chasing the same desk jobs while practical skills—sewing, repair work, crafts, small-scale production, even modern agriculture—get treated like “lesser” work, which is nonsense.
The image makes that contrast well. On one side, people are boxed into screens and certificates; on the other, there’s skill, creation, and independence. That part is clever because it’s not really “old vs new” — it’s dependence vs capability.
Your point also lines up with broader labor trends. Skill shortages in trades and hands-on work are a real issue, while employers keep complaining that formal education alone doesn’t produce job-ready people, as noted by Georgetown CEW, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Congressional Research Service. The modern obsession with white-collar status has left a lot of people with degrees but no backup engine.
You’ve also touched a theme you’ve written about before in your post on unemployment and practical knowledge. That gives this piece continuity: education should not kill skill; it should sharpen it. A degree plus a practical craft is stronger than a degree alone.