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sketcha
Joined: 05 Sep 2007
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: |
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this is a tongue in cheek article, gotta take it with a little salt
you could say all degrees are worthless, just give your kid a basketball or baseball and hope they'll turn pro 
c'mon, how many math professors you know are driving Bentleys and Ferraris |
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elltotheoh
Joined: 31 May 2010
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Less snark, more research, please. |
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Re: a religion degree
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| Even Duke University can�t put a solid sell on this degree: �A major in religion offers intellectual excitement and can be a pathway to a liberal education.� |
My sister just finished her PhD in religion (at Duke!) and she's now a tenure-track professor. Huh.
The majority of students are enrolled in this program because they're aspiring pastors. A little theology would definitely come in handy in that line of work. |
I have a friend off to seminary at Duke in a few weeks! She isn't planning to pursue ordination, but she's doing her master's at Duke Divinity School and getting a master's degree in social work from UNC, and then going into some kind of faith-based humanitarian work.
A handful of my friends from college were religion majors, but you're right, kermo, they are all headed to seminary.
Also, I am pleased to see my political science degree is not on this list, although it probably deserves to be. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:26 am Post subject: |
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"Pick something to do in this world and get really good at it. No matter what it is, the rest will take care of itself."
Words of wisdom from my dad. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| How about poetry? The best British poet in living memory (Philip Larkin) had to work as a librarian at Hull university to make ends meet. |
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