很多同学觉得读了那么高的学历没什么用，其实也许读完本科，只拥有了基本的学识，但真正培养人综合能力，比如独立思考能力、创造力和想象力等，还要从硕士博士开始。当一个研究生毕业后连一个工作报告都不会做，这很说不过去，那么从现在开始去培养，不要等到毕业时才思考：拿到了高学历又能怎样？读书不是为了文凭，读书为了更好的提高自己，当自己的竞争优势提高了，还担心在社会上找不到一席之地吗？你们要说，某某某也没有什么学历，却是富豪，却世界有名。这只能说过去他们没有读书，不代表他们间断了学习。很多优秀的人从来没有停止过学习。那么我们应该如何激发自己的能力呢？下面是网络上传播的一些能力：
Intellectual Skills
1. Honesty
2. Curiosity
3. Discrimination—ability to distinguish what is important from what is trivial
4. Imagination and creativity
5. Common sense
6. Objectivity
7. Intuition
8. Skill in observation of natural, technical, or social phenomena
9. Systematic problem-solving
10. A good memory
11. Capacity for logical reasoning, including abstract and theoreticalreasoning
12. Capacity to draw logical inferences from observational and experimentaldata
13. Ability to conceive an explanatory hypothesis and design critical tests toevaluate it
Communication Skills
1. Capacity to retrieve information from published sources
2. Skill in learning by interview methods
3. Capacity to communicate in writing
4. Capacity to communicate orally
5. Skill in use of computers and other information-processing devices
6. Skill in graphic display of information and ideas
Personality Characteristics
1. Maturity
2. Motivation and drive
3. Self-confidence
4. Dependability
5. Independence
6. Empathy
7. Capacity to work effectively with superiors, peers, and subordinates
8. Initiative and sense of responsibility
9. Capacity for objective self-criticism
10. Leadership and management skills
Habits of Work
1. Efficiency in the use of time
2. Persistence—ability to see things through to completion
3. Capacity for sustained intellectual and physical work
4. Orderliness
5. Ability to meet deadlines
Mechanical Skills
1. Manual dexterity
2. Skill in the development, selection, and use of appropriate scientific,engineering, or artistic apparatus, machines, and models
以上一些词汇是很好的雅思词汇哦。不要再问读硕士博士能做什么，重要的是高学历可以培养思维层次和方式，独立思考能力，学习能力，沟通能力。在出国留学的道路上可能还会克服自己的性格缺点，学会倾听、学会尊重他人、学会关爱他人，所以，千万不要浪费了你们的高学历。