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TITLE: TERTIARY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE

NAME STUDENT ID
Arianna Binti Abdul Aziz 2020455342
Aisyah Binti Zulkifli 2020608586
Aida Fatini Binti Ahmad Termizi 2020453038
Aida Asmira Binti Misridin 2020621186
Auni Irdina Uzma Binti Mohamad Mahroz 2020449188

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NAME : AUNI IRDINA UZMA BINTI MOHAMAD MAHROZ

TITLE OF FORUM : TERTIERY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN
LIFE

OVERVIEW OF FORUM

This panellist insists that tertiary education offers a great upper-hand

on a career market. The panel believes that once an individual has
PANEL 1 higher in education, he is generally equipped for a better and secure
job or position. The second point of panel is university’s experiences
will boost self-confidence and raise self-esteem. From the
experiences, the individual will implement critical thinking and it will
make him less vulnerable and competent.

This panellist is against the motion. The first point of the panel is
PANEL 2 employer hire based on skills and talent. The panellist points out that
the employer is most likely to refer to the individuals with experiences
first. The next point of the panel is being an entrepreneur does not
need to have a degree. The panellist sees that an individual is merely
need a degree to start a business. He will learn through the process to
be a successful entrepreneur.

First point of this panel is tertiary education the skills that needed for
employment. In order to improve of one’s talents, they must pursue
PANEL 3 tertiary education. The individuals will be guided properly in college
or university as these places provide them more in terms of education.
Next point of this panel is tertiary education helps individuals to make
the world a better place. The panellist finds that the skills you have
improved can be applied to real situations in life.

The panellist argues that pursuing in tertiary education is a waste of

PANEL 4 time. The time could be used for gaining real life experience and not
spending it in a classroom. Yet, the panel thinks that college is only
needed for individuals who wanted to be in high class jobs such as
doctors and lawyers. Furthermore, the panellist remarks a saying by
Sergey Faldin to strengthen her opinion. The next point of this panel
is tertiary education does not teach critical thinking. Critical thinking
is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical
connection between ideas. The panel finds that individuals can think
critically in the real world and tertiary education only teach them to
follow rules, follow instructions which will destroy critical thinking.
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 PANEL FORUM PORTFOLIO

NAME : AISYAH BINTI ZULKIFLI

TITLE OF FORUM : TERTIERY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN
LIFE

TITLE OF ARTICLE : 1. WHY EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS

2. IMPORTANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN 21ST
CENTURY

AUTHORS : 1. VISTA COLLEGE

2. JIM BARROCK

YEARS OF : 1. 2019
PUBLICATIONS 2. 2019

CLAIMS
1. Higher education can lead to
many advantages such as
stable career and financial
security.
PREMISES
i. Higher education offers a great upper
hand on career market. It is
understandable that seeking job
opportunities nowadays is not promised
in the economic world we are living in
today. The majority individuals that
jobless is extremely high and the
amount of new career opportunities is
not roughly sufficient to put people in
the professions they are looking for.

ii. That being said, once individuals have a

higher education, that person are
generally equipped for better job
security. Broadly speaking, companies
tend to appreciate to those who have
graduated from college than those who
have poorly educated people. Some
companies more likely to replace poorly
educated people in term to gain more
profits for their companies.

iii. A 2011 QS Global Employer Survey

report found that 60% of employers
around the world value students with
experience and have higher education.

2. Next, experiencing college, i. All of this rewards system will boost the
universities provide students self-confidence of people and further
with consistent academic raises their self-esteem in all other parts
success in a way that rewards of life, including social life and love life.
and encourages students’ effort.
ii. Implementing college student critical
thinking can also make you less
vulnerable towards various traps,
 scams, exploitations and similar
manifestation or the system itself that
abusing poorly educated people.

3. In addition, in every country that i. This is because qualified people are

host reputable universities and
generates numerous highly
educated people, economic,
cultural and other type of
prosperity are also visible.
inherently more responsible, mindful
and environmentally conscious. They
are able to address different community
issues, raise more investment and
eventually move society forward.

ii. If we have more highly educated people

in a given community, democracy works
better, voting is more meaningful and
high level of civilization are retained
regularly.

References
Barrock, J. (2019, Januiary 30). Impact Factor Journals. Retrieved from Why Education Is Really
Important For Success: http://impactfactorjournals.com/why=education-is-really-important-
for-success/

College, V. (2019, November 26). The Importance of Higher Education in the 21st Century. Retrieved
from Vista College: https://www.vistacollege.edu/blog/resources/higher-education-in-the-
21st-century/
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NAME : AIDA FATINI BINTI AHMAD TERMIZI

TITLE OF FORUM : TERTIARY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCESS IN
LIFE

TITLE OF ARTICLE : 1. 8 BUSINESS LEADERS SAY YOU DON’T NEED A

COLLEGE DEGREE TO BE SUCCESSFUL
2. 10 REASONS WHY YOU DON’T NEED A COLLEGE
DEGREE TO SUCCEED
3. WHY YOU DON’T NEED A DEGREE TO BECOME
SUCCESSFUL

AUTHORS : 1. THE ORACLES

2. MIKEY ROX
3. DAYANA SABATIN

YEARS OF : 1. 2020
PUBLICATIONS 2. 2020
3. 2020

CLAIMS PREMISES
1. Employer hire based on skills i. These days, a lot of employer are hiring
and talent based on skills and talent only

ii. During an interview, employer will most

likely referred to the experience first
instead of the education level

iii. A lot of company in Malaysia need

years of experience as a requirement
2. Being an entrepreneur doesn’t i. Degree is not a necessary, if one’s own
need a degree business

ii. To be a successful entrepreneur, the

process of being a successful
entrepreneur is the way to learn.

iii. All of the experience that need to go

through will doing a business will be a
new lesson for every entrepreneur to
acknowledge and tackle every
weaknesses and threats of the business
3. Doesn’t guarantee a high-paying i. Having a degree, doesn’t mean that we
job will get a high-paying job

ii. People with years of experience most

 likely to get a high-paying job compared
to the ones who have a degree

iii. From employer perspective, they don’t

need to bear high cost of training if they
hired experienced candidates

iv. Employee with several years of

4. All the knowledge is already at
fingertips
experience is easier to handle
compared to the fresh graduates
because its feels familiar to them
i. In this era, anything can be found
through internet

ii. For example, if you wish to know about

how to market the product, you can just
simply Google ‘How to market the
product?’ and just within a minute, you
will get all the answer that you desire

References

Rox, M. (2020, August 18). 10 Reasons Why You Don’t Need a College Degree to Succeed. Retrieved
from Len Penzo Dot Com: https://lenpenzo.com/blog/id33228-10-reasons-you-dont-need-a-
college-degree-to-succeed-2.html

Sabatin, D. (2020, June 23). Why You Don’t Need A Degree To Become Successful. Retrieved from
Medium: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/why-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-become-
successful-ccf42e7d1ea1

The Oracles. (2020, March 10). 8 business leaders say you don't need a college degree to be
successful. Retrieved from Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/business-
leaders-dont-need-college-degree-be-successful
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PANEL : 3
NAME : AIDA ASMIRA BINTI MISRIDIN
TITLE OF FORUM : TERTIARY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCESS IN
LIFE
TITLE OF ARTICLE : 1. TOP 8 REASONS WHY EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO
SUCCESS
2. IS EDUCATION THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL
FUTURE

AUTHORS : 1. UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE

2. TAHIR QURESHI
YEARS OF : 1. 2020
PUBLICATIONS 2. 2017

CLAIMS PREMISES
1. Education gives the skills i. Education makes us aware of all the
required for employment knowledge that is available out there for
us to learn and that will help us to
progress and develop further.

ii. Without education, we cannot read or

write and that would mean that we will
be deprived of a lot of information and
wisdom that can make us successful.

iii. Every individual is born with a set of

certain traits, talents, imagination, and
creativity. But all these together are
useless if they are not guided by proper
education which one can receive by
going to school, college, and a
university is these places provide us
with the latest know how that helps us to
keep up with the highly competitive
professional world.

2. Education helps to make the i. As you gain your education, you will be
world a better place. gaining a deeper understanding of what
is right, wrong, fair and unfair. As you
 develop your reasoning and critical
thinking skills, you will be able to apply
these skills to situations in your life. You
will be aware of your rights and
responsibilities as a citizen.

ii. As a result, you will make more

balanced personal judgements and
overtime, you will apply these to society
and help to make the world better place.

iii. Furthermore, no doubt that to be

successful hard work is a must but
without education, it will not yield any
results. Education makes people more
aware not only of the world but about
themselves too and when you know
your strengths you can easily take the
right path to a successful career.

3. Education makes student to be i. As long as you have a desire to study,

more self-disciplines and tertiary education still can be taken
responsibility during pandemic.

ii. Although there challenges that students

need to face, but it makes them to be
more self-disciplined and responsibility.
This is because, they spend a lot of time
on their own without someone physically
close to keep them focused on
deadlines.

iii. Moreover, online course will not only

teach you geology or poetry, it will also
help you become more self-motivated, a
trait that will make you stand out in the
workplace and beyond. It will look great
on your resume soon!

References
QURESHI, T. (2017, June 29). Is education the key to a successful future. Retrieved from
https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/is-education-the-key-to-a-successful-future-
1498733181-1

UoPeople. (2020, October 29). Top 8 Reasons Why Education is the Key to Success. Retrieved from
https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/top-8-reasons-why-education-is-the-key-to-success
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NAME : ARIANNA BINTI ABDUL AZIZ

TITLE OF FORUM : TERTIARY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SUCCESS IN

LIFE

TITLE OF ARTICLE : 1. WHY YOU DON’T NEED A DEGREE TO BECOME

SUCCESSFUL
2. COLLEGE DOESN’T MAKE YOU SMART
3. WHY COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME

AUTHORS : 1. DAYANA SEBATIN

2. TAYLOR SPRAGUE
3. SERGEY FALDIN

YEARS OF : 1. 2020
PUBLICATIONS 2. 2017
3. 2020

CLAIMS PREMISES
1. A lot of opportunities are going to be i. If you think logically, people are
lost. spending 21 hours a week in college
when those 21 hours could’ve been
used to gain money to build something,
to work on a business, to go to castings
and more.
ii. People are t their prime during college
years because that’s when the mind is
sharp, the body is strong and skills are
developing.
iii. If all of that energy is poured into
something people are truly passionate
about, they can be much further ahead
than everyone else.
2. It is a waste of time i. The time you spend in a classroom
could have been the time spent gaining
real life experience.
ii. It is conventional for people our age to
be told that we need to go to college
and its going to be worth it. Its not.
iii. There are people who worked hard to
 get into college and eventually decided
to not go.
iv. They spend their time figuring things
out and exploring options.
v. College is simply a dividing factor that
furthers the gap areas such as class and
race.
3. It does not teach critical thinking i. Critical thinking helps you solve
problems, build organizations and
change the world. People go to college
expecting to sharpen their critical
thinking skills.
ii. Instead, college consists of classes
where students are told to obey the
rules, follow instruction, memorize this
information and regurgitate it on a test.
This kind of approach destroys critical
thinking.
iii. In the real world, you do not follow
instructions. You take risks, devise
creative solutions, and think outside
the box.
iv. Instead of rushing to get a degree, take.
Time to figure thinks out, fail a out
because you lean by failing, make
money and then make a decision that
would e of good.

References
Sebatin, D. (2020, June 23). Why You Don’t Need a Degree to Become Successful. Retrieved from Age
of Awareness: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/why-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-
become-successful-ccf42e7d1ea1

Sprague, T. (2017, April 17). College Doesn’t Make You Smart. Retrieved from Odyssey:
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/sorry-but-college-doesnt-make-you-smart

Faldin, S. (2020, February 20). Why College is a Waste of Time. Retrieved from Mind Café:
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/why-college-is-a-waste-of-time-ab90f63bc4d4