christiefan915 (03-21-2019), Mott the Hoople (03-21-2019), TTQ64 (03-21-2019)
I have never understood the inclination among some science, engineering, and business grads to bash liberal arts degrees.
Plenty of scientists can't write and are terrible speakers. Some psychology majors are bad at math. Any organization needs a mix of talent. Good writing skills, an ability to reason, and good speaking skills are at a premium in value.
My opinion? Study what interests you, study what you like, study what you are passionate about - and the rest of life will fall into place if you have ambition and commitment.
One of my cousins was an Art History major at a Canadian university - and I think she might make more money than me!
christiefan915 (03-21-2019), Mott the Hoople (03-21-2019), TTQ64 (03-21-2019)
The big advantage to elite schools isn't merely the quality of education.
An excellent education is available from state schools as well.
Attending an elite university gives you a networking list of people who can get you into a good job.
Mr. Bigwig went to Harvard or Princeton or Stanford.
Become a golf buddy of Mr. Bigwig's kid.
Play trumpet in Bigwig Juniors band.
(At first the kid will get a rush thinking that he's hanging out with the criminal element, but eventually you'll become friends.)
Mr. Bigwig offers you a job after graduation.
For better or worse, that's how it works in America.
Check the thread, you lazy fucknut.
Cawacko the moron also invoked History and English degrees as well and guess what? Both those degrees also track at or above the national average for wages and both those degrees count Financial Institutions like Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase as top employers.
Stop being so fucking lazy.
When I die, turn me into a brick and use me to cave in the skull of a fascist
Sailor (03-21-2019)
Yea I hear what you're saying. When I was in undergrad I wanted to become a Chiropractor and I didn't apply to Parker or Life College or any of the other schools that give Chiropractic it's steller reputation [/sarcasm]. I applied and was accepted to the most prestigious school in that discipline Palmer College. Turned out to be a big mistake but getting accepted into a graduate program in my Junior year was probably my greatest academic accomplishment. Having said that....I really do hate academia. LOL
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!
Nice work man.
One of my high school friends had to run a gauntlet of laughter from people, because he wanted to major in history.
I wasn't one of the ones laughing, because I love history.
Success in history comes to those who are passionate about it, and pursue it with commitment. These days my friend is teaching history at one of the United States military academies and has a top tier position in archival research. I am pretty sure some of the kids that were laughing at him are punching the clock at some really crappy jobs.
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”-Generally attributed to Uncle Joe Stalin
“Everything under heaven is in utter choas; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung
Saw a woman on TV the other day that worked in the Financial industry namely Wall Street. She was in HR. She said when they went through job applications that shitcanned the ones that were not from the 5 Ivy League schools they wanted. They did not even allow all the Ivy leaguers to have a foot in the door.
True for anything.
The opposite is true for STEM degrees too.
A classmate of mine was spying on a few of our classmates last week and told me what he found.
One, who graduated when he was about 37 and is now 70 has over $4,000,000 in liens. (We all knew he would end up like that).
Another lives in one of those little suburban neighborhood ranch houses that are about 10 feet away from each other. Nothing wrong with that but why go thru the trouble of dental school for that?
Another lived with his parents for 20 years after graduating until he sold his practice and went on to something else.
I once had an ophthalmologist as a patient who 'forgot his checkbook' for his copay and ended up in collections (we never got it).
You never know.
Cypress (03-21-2019)
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