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[catman]

[Chris.Quigley]

It's funny because it's the smarty pants in high school that get trapped. They get straight As all through high school and their genius school counselors tell them not to settle for anything less than being accepted into a prestigious private university. Then, because their egos soar higher than their transcripts they proudly brag to all their friends about how not only were they accepted into one of these prestigious schools, but they also received a $20,000 scholarship. Little do they know that this is just a marketing strategy by said school.

Then they attend said school for four years. After one semester the scholarship dries up. Stupidly, they continue on for the next 3.5 years. Upon graduation they have $200,000 in debt.

This is a debt they will never pay off. In fact, joe smoe, the idiot kid who dreamed of becoming a janitor, will have a much better life. They will literally be so poor... theres no hope for this girl... its sad really...

In Canada we have a similar problem. But here, kids don't graduate with much debt, they just graduate with useless degrees. In Canada high schools pressure kids into going into sciences.

I know literally dozens of underemployeed/unemployed science majors. Being good at math and science might prove you are "smart"... But doing a degree in university on one of those subjects actually proves you are really stupid.

Sadly, many of these people are going back to school, at technical colleges, learning to be X-Ray technicians, nurses, MRI specialists... Etc.
These are all things they could have done right out of high school.

Do a degree in something that will get you a job.

Engineering, accounting, nursing, hospital technician, etc.

[chellovek]

What we need in the modern world is less of this bookish nonesense, less inquisitiveness, and less reflection.

What we need more of is only doing something because you will get money out of it, more asking "well how does it benefit me directly?", and more blinkered nickel-and-diming.

Only study something if it will directly get you a job. Anything else is just a waste.

Man, I fear for the future.

[recessiontime]

[bucheon bum]