First of all, you haven't correctly understood what the high school teacher said. The teacher made it very clear: being admitted to Juren is equivalent to being admitted to a university, so he means that Juren is equivalent to a university degree. No wonder I didn't adopt my answer because of my poor understanding.

The following is my personal opinion:

The reason why the answers are different is because the judgment criteria are different.

Some people prefer quantitative standards, some people prefer quality (the gold content of academic qualifications), and some people prefer the form of academic examinations.

My personal understanding, comprehensive comparison.

A scholar is equivalent to a technical secondary school education. Because scholars in ancient examinations can be exempted from tax, similar to the "commodity grain" account that we have now disappeared, there is no need to pay public grain, which is the current non-agricultural account. But now, paying public grain has become history;

Second, then a juren is at least equivalent to a junior college or an undergraduate course. Juren is qualified to be an official and was selected by the national unified examination; But the examination questions will be different from place to place.

Improving people in the exam means entering the ranks of senior intellectuals, according to Fan Jinzhong;

But 10 years ago, the Ministry of Education issued a notice saying that undergraduate graduates were ordinary social workers;

So from this perspective, the status of ancient juren is much higher than that of today's undergraduates;

Thirdly, regarding Jinshi, many people say that Jinshi is compared to a college student, and being admitted to a university is like winning a Jinshi;

This statement was reasonable 30 years ago. At that time, there were few talents and few people with high academic qualifications, and college graduates were generally assigned a decent job.

But even so, college students at that time were not as good as ancient scholars. Even if the ancient scholars were released, they were generally eight products and nine products, that is, the deputy county level;

Nowadays, there are a dime a dozen undergraduates, which can't compare with the ancient scholars. Probably, the doctor can be compared with Jinshi.

In short, things are different, and there is a huge difference between ancient and modern times. It's difficult to compare what is now with what is ancient.

If your family's words make sense, please adopt them. Thank you!