Empathize and define assignment

1) Julian feels that formal school education does not teach the most important skills required for work and that much of what is learned is not applicable. 2) While he sees getting a university degree as necessary to obtain his first job, Julian believes that higher education status is only important for competing against peers for initial employment and is not important beyond that. 3) Julian would consider graduate school only as a way to differentiate himself from his peers, but prefers to learn skills on his own rather than in a school setting, which he feels does not help students explore their self-aspirations or long-term goals.