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Wen Zhixia said: "These categories are not difficult to choose. What is more complicated is the choice of two educational directions."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What two educational directions?"

Wen Zhixia said: "There are mainly two educational directions in the education field now, which have been proven to be effective countless times, namely general education and specialist education."

Ning Yaxian was also familiar with this and said: "Well, it is Newman-style education and Humboldt-style education."

"Yes, it is these two." Wen Zhixia smiled, "General education means learning knowledge in various fields. You don't have to learn it very well, but you have to understand it all. Specialized education means giving up all irrelevant subjects and only digging deep in professional fields to cultivate more industry experts. The top two universities in the world are these two different directions. Harvard University is general education, and MIT is specialist education."

Speaking of this, Zhou Buqi knows it too well.

Because this is the same idea as running a business!

In a large company, even the top scientists cannot be executives; in a sales department, the salesperson with the highest sales volume is often difficult to be promoted to sales manager.

This is the difference between a generalist and a specialist.

If you want to be a senior manager, you need a generalist.

You may not be very proficient in technology, marketing, personnel, finance, product design, interpersonal relationship management, etc., but you must understand them all and be able to integrate all aspects.

If you are a scientist, you can only be promoted in technical positions and continue to explore and dig in professional fields.

The stronger the professionalism, the worse the versatility.

Because for the social elites, the gap between people is not that big, everyone is a smart person in society, and everyone is a talent.

The difference is that different people choose different "talent points".

For example, a person has 100 talent points.

Some people put all 100 talent points in science, so he is a super god in the field of science, and other fields are very bad. He may not even be able to take care of himself, and may not even know the most basic social interaction.

Some people evenly distribute their 100 talent points in social, foreign language, design, art, aesthetics, science, emotional intelligence, etc. He does not have any extraordinary professional skills and cannot be called a top expert in any industry.

But only this kind of people can lead a large team and lead those capable industry experts to achieve something.

Just like Edison and Tesla.

Edison is a typical jack of all trades, but he became the world's top inventor and the richest entrepreneur. The company he founded, General Electric, is still a world-class giant more than a hundred years later.

Tesla was the greatest technical engineer of that era, and he made indelible contributions to mankind, especially in the promotion and popularization of alternating current. Musk's electric car company "Tesla" was named to commemorate him.

Edison is a generalist, he coordinates the overall situation; Tesla is a specialist, he can only be a small role around Edison.

Zhou Buqi said: "Just look at Silicon Valley. MIT graduates make up the core group of scientists in Silicon Valley. Harvard graduates make up the core group of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley."

Wen Zhixia said: "Harvard University provides the most political and business leaders with leadership, and MIT provides the most scientific professionals."

Zhou Buqi did not hesitate and said immediately: "No doubt, our children have to take the generalist route! Being an industry expert is too hard. For example, in mathematics and physics, you may not be able to achieve any results after a lifetime of hard work."

Wen Zhixia smiled and said: "In American society, the children of the top families have a All are generalists. Children from middle-class families tend to be specialists. The social competitiveness of generalists is closely related to their social background. If there is no such relationship, it is easier to succeed by becoming a specialist. "

"It is not just the United States, which country is not like this? It is the same in China. The lower-middle-class families care more about their children's majors. Many families with connections and backgrounds do not care what their children study. Majors are not important at all. The social skills formed by eating, drinking, playing and playing games with classmates every day in college are more meaningful than hard work in the major. "

Zhou Buqi actually saw through this point a long time ago.

When he established the "Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance", none of the partners he found were specialists, and none of them were the type who studied hard.

Even if Xu Baihui, a girl from an art school, has a strong generalist attribute, she can still be a big boss and lead those professionals who have been working hard in their professional fields for a lifetime. A casual word from her can make the best professionals work hard for several months.

Generalists, not specialists, dominate this world.

Families like the Zhou family, who are either rich or noble, must be advised by society to work hard, aim high, and have deeper attainments and higher pursuits in their professions.

Then, let their children receive a more relaxed general education, and after graduation, they will lead those specialists who have extraordinary skills in their professional fields.

As Shen Xiangyang said, we should look for a generalist with leadership for the general generative AI model, rather than a specialist, even if he is the world's top AI scientist.

Zhou Buqi definitely hopes that his children can stand in a higher position in the future.

Rather than becoming an expert in a certain field, assisting others, and becoming a tool for others to realize their ideals and ambitions.

Zhou Buqi said: "The knowledge should be rich, the wider the better. Our children must be trained in the direction of generalists. Apart from other things, our family has so many industries. If you want to inherit the family business, specialists in any direction are not enough. Being a jack of all trades and master of none is a derogatory term in the public perception of society. But the public perception is often very limited. I have never heard that the president of the United States is a professional in any field. He has never had any military training, but he can command the most powerful military in the world."

Wen Zhixia laughed and said: "Your goal is really big."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "That's it!"

Wen Zhixia nodded slightly, "Then we should cultivate from a young age, learn more subjects, and participate in more extracurricular activities."

...

Shi Jinglin guessed right.

In the family meeting just now, Zhou Buqi did lose his mind several times, and his thoughts drifted to work.

Silicon Valley is now blowing a feminist wind.

Ziweixing International should also be cautious. It is best to provide more jobs for women to alleviate the situation of "male dominance and female decline" within the company.

But where to create more jobs for women?

This is a bit troublesome.

Teacher Wen's words in the family meeting immediately made Zhou Buqi find the direction - education!

There is also extracurricular tutoring in the United States.

And the market size is not small!

The market share of extracurricular tutoring is one-third of that in China, but the population of the United States is only one-quarter of that in China. It can be seen that from a proportional point of view, American families spend more on extracurricular tutoring than domestic families!

The reason why it does not seem as vigorous as in China is that extracurricular tutoring in the United States is too damn expensive, at least very few families can afford it.

Even many middle-class families in the United States cannot afford a tutor. Many families do not ignore their children's education or do not want their children to have more educational resources, but they really cannot afford the salary of a one-on-one private tutor.

This creates a market demand gap.

Where there is demand, there is opportunity!

There is also a more important point.

Because the extracurricular education model in the United States is that all tutors come to the door for training. If teachers come to the door for tutoring, male teachers will have a certain "unsafe" attribute, so American extracurricular tutors are basically women.

If Zhou Buqi leads Ziweixing International to enter the extracurricular tutoring education industry, this will not only be a new and promising large market, but also can create a better, higher and more structured corporate image for Ziweixing International in the United States, and can also create many jobs for women.

OK!

The solution to the problem has been found!