People spend more and more on education and training, which also shows that the overall social and economic level has improved, people's disposable income has increased, and the problem of food and clothing has been solved. The next step is naturally to improve yourself and enjoy life. Besides, despite the constant scandals in education, such as cheating and taking the college entrance examination as a substitute. For us ordinary people, education is still the fairest means to change our destiny.
Education is the best investment. Whether investing in yourself or children, the precipitation of knowledge and the promotion of personal value will bring rich returns to investors.
It is precisely because of the traditional culture that attaches importance to education that China can learn and absorb western advanced technology better than all other developing countries, making technological progress another pillar of China's rapid growth (of course, frugality and education-oriented culture do not necessarily lead to economic take-off, and the basic market economy system is a necessary condition).
Both culture and system ultimately affect economic growth by affecting the speed of a country's material capital and human capital.
Those families who are willing to invest in children's education will undoubtedly gain more benefits in terms of social competitiveness, children's employment and social recognition.
From a psychological point of view, I think the social comparison system has changed.
Previously, in the era of underdeveloped Internet, the objects of social comparison were friends, colleagues or former classmates. And we can see the objects that can be compared with us, and there are very few people who are too much beyond themselves. This level contrast is not easy to stimulate people's motivation.
With the popularity of Internet and social software, people's social comparison objects have changed.
When we see all kinds of great gods (whether true or not) with an annual salary of one million on Zhihu, Weibo and other software.
The more people want to make progress, the more eager they are for success. Just at this time, knowledge payment came into being, and people not only had the motivation for progress, but also had the channels for growth.