Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Loudog]

I have a degree in Art. Don't laugh. Other than for Teaching ESL in Korea, my degree is pretty useless. Is it the most useless degree? Is your degree worthless as well?

I would like someone to Trump my worthless degree, for the sole purpose of making me feel better about myself,my crushing debt and four wasted years of earning my stupid degree.

What do you say, history, philosophy, underwater basket weaving? What is the worst one you can get?

[VanIslander]

Actually, a degree in Art can help in applying for all sorts of jobs requiring manual dexterity, eye-hand coordination and design (and that doesn't take into account the intellectual skills of articulation, imagination and discipline that goes into art work projects and which can carry into all sorts of future life scenarios without any self-reflective awareness of it); Art History on the other hand...

My degree was in Philosophy and the interrogative skills learned in university translated very well into journalism for five years and the need to present clear concepts hasn't hurt in ESL teaching either.

University is not trades school. I'm amazed how many people still think four years of university should be targeted and talored to one particular job. I guess the 'Law or Medicine?' paradigm holds sway.

You may think you would have been better off straightening nails on a construction site or waiting tables but in the long run university pays off simply by the fact that you have done it. We underestimate how formative our university years were.

[VanIslander]

The most expensive and useless thing I own: my printer/scanner. I bought a fancy model that's loaded with features but I don't know how to use any of them except basic printing and the Korean manual is mud to me. That's two hundred thousand extra paid for nothing.

[andrewchon]

I paid $10K for a computer programming course that guaranteed jobs.
Then the tech crash happened. Company busted before I could finish the course.

Do you feel better?

[Goku]

My Diamond Ring...

$2000

Never wear it, and I'm not even married.

[UknowsI]

I haven't really bought many expensive things I don't need... I remember I got a $10 toy I didn't like when I was a kid. As silly as it sounds, it was a traumatic experience for me because I felt horrible for wasting $10.

I bought a TV tuner for my computer I never got to work. I guess that's the most expensive completely useless thing I've bought.

[morrisonhotel]

[sqrlnutz123]

[yeti08]

[quote="Loudog"]I have a degree in Art. Don't laugh. quote]

I did laugh, but it's ok, because I have a minor in Fine Arts and it is pretty useless. And though I never figured out the cost exactly it had to have been expensive......ah well

Other than the art thing I really am not sure, there are a lot things back stateside collecting dust right now including a car.....but I will use them again someday.

[morrisonhotel]

[SeoulFinn]

OP, I can beat your achievement without breaking a sweat. I have TWO university degrees in Art. Even better than that, they're both (BA and MA) in Korean Studies!

Since I'm not a native English speaker, I can't even teach English in Korea, if I wanted to! (Not to put down those who do, thou.)

There's one good thing and it's this. At least I didn't have to pay for my degrees as education is funded by taxes in Finland. But I'm soooo unemployable in Korea... and pretty much everywhere as well.

So, where can I pick up my prize? I won, didn't I?

[Draz]

[SeoulFinn]

[Xuanzang]

[VanIslander]