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As the latest crop of students pen their undergraduate application form and weigh up their options, it may be worth considering just how the point, purpose and value of a degree has changed and what Generation Z need to consider as they start the third stage of their educational journey.

在新一批学生填写本科申请表、权衡各种选择之际，或许值得思考一下：学位的意义、目的和价值究竟发生了怎样的变化，以及Z世代在开启教育旅程的第三阶段时需要考虑些什么。

Millennials were told that if you did well in school, got a decent degree, you would be set up for life.

千禧一代曾被告知，如果你在学校表现出色、拿到一个像样的学位，你这辈子就有了保障。

As degrees became universal, they became devalued.

随着学位变得普及，它们也随之贬值。

This is not to say that there is no point in getting a degree, but rather stress that a degree is not for everyone, that the switch from classroom to lecture hall is not an inevitable one and that other options are available.

这并不是说获得学位毫无意义，而是要强调：学位并非适合每个人，从中学教室到大学讲堂的转变并非必然，而且还有其他选择。

This is not to say that there is no point in getting a degree, but rather stress that a degree is not for everyone, that the switch from classroom to lecture hall is not an inevitable one and that other options are available.

这并不是说获得学位毫无意义，而是要强调：学位并非适合每个人，从中学教室到大学讲堂的转变并非必然，而且还有其他选择。

Thankfully, there are signs that this is already happening, with Generation Z seeking to learn from their millennial predecessors, even if parents and teachers tend to be still set in the degree mindset.

值得庆幸的是，已有迹象表明这种情况正在发生：Z世代正设法从他们的千禧一代前辈身上吸取经验，尽管家长和老师往往仍固守着学位至上的思维。

We are living through a golden age of science writing, so lucid and accessible that even lay readers can relish the unpredictability of discovery. Daunted by uncertainty? Stand in the shoes of scientists and witness the degree to which breakthroughs emerge from accidents, conflict and sheer mental stamina. “We are never sure of anything,” says the physicist (and writer) Carlo Rovelli.

我们正处在科普写作的黄金时代，这些作品清晰易懂，就连外行读者也能尽情体会科学发现的不可预测性。被不确定性吓倒了吗？站在科学家的角度，见证突破在多大程度上源自意外、冲突和纯粹的精神毅力。“我们从来都不能确定任何事情，”物理学家（兼作家）卡洛·罗韦利说。

But the thing is, [whether] your self-worth really is being undermined is, to a large degree, subjective.

但问题是，你的自我价值是否真的受到了削弱，在很大程度上是主观的。

The idea that plants have some degree of consciousness first took root in the early 2000s; the term “plant neurobiology” was [coined] around the notion that some aspects of plant behavior could be [compared] to intelligence in animals.

植物具有某种程度意识的观点最早在21世纪初生根；“植物神经生物学”这一术语正是围绕这样一种观念而创造的：植物行为的某些方面可以与动物的智能相比拟。

Then they rated the degree to which they had used intuition (“gut feelings,” “hunches,” “my heart”).

然后，他们对自己使用直觉（“本能感觉”“预感”“我的内心”）的程度进行评分。

It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vision, as well as cooperation between city authorities, the private sector, community groups and cultural organisations.

要做好这一点很难，需要非凡的远见，也需要市政当局、私营部门、社区团体和文化组织之间的合作。

And I felt like that again, to a certain degree, when people responded to the blog so well.

当人们对我的博客反响如此热烈时，我在某种程度上又有了那种感觉。

In the 1960s and 1970s, European universities saw marked changes in their governance arrangements, with the empowerment of junior faculty and to some degree of students as well.

在20世纪60年代和70年代，欧洲大学的治理安排发生了显著变化，初级教员被赋予了权力，学生在某种程度上也是如此。