Do you think it is worthwhile for a person to take the postgraduate entrance examination at the age of 40?

If you ask me, I think five years. The 49-year-old aunt who took the postgraduate entrance examination is as inspirational as her original dream garden: no matter when and where, people can't lose their enterprising spirit in life, can't underestimate their potential and can't easily bow to difficulties. But in the eyes of many netizens, life is not a TV series. No matter how touched you are mentally, the reality is something you can't afford to provoke. A common question in the comment area is, can you find a good job after graduate school in your 40 s? Is it really necessary to go to graduate school at an advanced age?

In their view, it's never too late if graduate school is purely knowledge-driven, or to realize unfinished dreams. But if we take it as a stepping stone to career promotion or a better life, objectively speaking, it is not suitable for all ages. Dan Liang hopes to become a teacher after graduation, preaching and giving lessons to dispel doubts. However, at present, there is generally an age threshold of 35 for the recruitment of primary and secondary school teachers. The age requirements of college teachers are relatively relaxed, but basically all require doctoral degrees. Not to mention whether there is a tutor who is willing to take an older doctor, even if Dan Liang successfully finished her Ph.D., she will be nearly 50 years old. Even if some colleges and universities are willing to hire older people, does Dan Liang have enough energy and conditions to compete with young people around the age of 30 in the face of the brutal competition of promotion or resignation?

Therefore, many netizens worry that Dan Liang's dream of taking the postgraduate entrance examination with more than ten years' efforts and his long-cherished wish of earning a stable and decent life with a high degree will probably come to nothing in the end. Even if he doesn't become a teacher and works in an enterprise, limited by his age, it is difficult for him to have room to make great achievements, and his income may not be as high as when he sells vegetables. If you want to get ahead and improve your living standard immediately, Dan Liang may turn around and finally find himself standing near the origin. Is it safer and more desirable to let go of the knot earlier, do a good job in a down-to-earth manner, improve your skills over time, enjoy the family happiness of ordinary people, and not delay getting married and having children?

Some people say that Dan Liang's desperate postgraduate entrance examination is not like careful planning after rational weighing, but more like an escape from reality, obsession rather than persistence. There are many ways for people to prove themselves. Why do they want to hang themselves from a tree and choose a difficult road with no turning back? In fact, not only for Dan Liang, in recent years, for the phenomenon of advanced postgraduate entrance examination, netizens generally sing bad or give up, thinking that the sinking cost is too high, which is an endless road. Compared with the bloody story of pursuing dreams without fear of danger, everyone prefers the choice of stable return and high cost performance. In the face of the reality of difficult employment, inspirational quotations such as "there is hope if you work hard" and "where there is a will, there is a way" seem to be outdated proverbs.