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Originally Posted by ilduclo

howeveraz, I think my degree did me well, I took a bunch of humanities and history, geology major, math minor. I think the whole package was a great deal.

of course man, that shows up in your everyday speech. it's evident when you discuss books, movies, etc.

but it also gives you a technical ability-- you can communicate with engineers, business executives, supplies, anyone really--- all the while sounding reasonable and coherent and not like someone who can't parse a sentence.

note that i've said i'm for a SKILLED workforce. the ones who are feeling the pain the hardest right now are the high school dropouts, the functional illiterates, the ones who don't know how to operate a computer, can't make a basic worksheet, read a technical manual, follow procedures, etc. etc. that shit needs to end.

the only way forward is, obviously, education--but an education has to enable a graduate to find gainful employment in their field of studies, not just give them a well rounded mind or whatever. starbucks has only so much room for people with a phd in cultural studies or critical theory or whatever the shit.

i mean, yes, your future is your own responsibility, but the universities have been doing a fucking con job by promising every born sucker a career in academia and then giving them an adjunct job for $2000 per course.