what is one's worth measured by?

through my life, i hav been in doubt of my worth. why? people hav tried to explicitly or implicitly measured me, and once i'm conscious, i'd ask myself. so really, how to measure one's worth? what in fact is one's worth?

many a time we see people judging a person using: level of educational attainment. isn't it? heh. inherently, we link ur educational attainment to status, in one way or another. rather unavoidable. i've tried to prove myself wrong, but it goes in circles, we tend to judge people due to educational attainment here. generally, education = hardworker/achiever/will benefit in a (exam-)meritocratic system = money flowing into one's bank and pockets = status = security.

abit fallacious. but it happens.

but of course, there's something wrong. is that really one's worth?

have we forgotten one's real self-fulfillment and self-actualization? if i went through schooling, but am taught nothing and have not learnt how to really learn and enjoy learning instead of the money, am i really educated? is making money equal to one's worth?

i'd say i'm worth nothing, if i have no awareness of myself as a unit of the society and if i'm not kind to others. if i do become a money-churning machine, and a status-seeking despo and anything along that line, i guess i'm as good as a defective, selfish idiot sucking money away from others.