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Weigookin74
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Fox
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Hmm. Well, I feel like I got a lot out of my philosophy degree. The way in which I view the world, the way in which I analyze experience and ideas, and even my writing style were all influenced by the ideas to which I was exposed. By contrast, the science and mathematics courses I took influenced me barely at all. I know more than I otherwise would have if I had not taken those courses, but I'm not really an appreciably different person because of them. Her point might hold true if we view higher education as nothing but a worker training program, but no one taking that view of higher education even understands the purpose of a humanities education in the first place, to say nothing of being in a position to advise people on whether or not to get one.
"It might be harder to find a well-paying job if you major in the humanities than if you major in engineering." There, I've taken her article and condensed it into a single sentence. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| "It might be harder to find a well-paying job if you major in the humanities than if you major in engineering." There, I've taken her article and condensed it into a single sentence. |
Engineering is difficult to get through. You're math, and science, has to be top-notch. Most likely you'll get grades you're not used to (meaning low grades). You are literally either getting drunk, or on campus most of your waking life studying. When you're not on campus, you're either sleeping, or driving to campus, or getting drunk forgetting how bad you did on the last mid-term. And if you manage to get a degree, the burn-out rates are probably second to surgeons. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Fox wrote: |
| "It might be harder to find a well-paying job if you major in the humanities than if you major in engineering." There, I've taken her article and condensed it into a single sentence. |
Engineering is difficult to get through. You're math, and science, has to be top-notch. Most likely you'll get grades you're not used to (meaning low grades). You are literally either getting drunk, or on campus most of your waking life studying. When you're not on campus, you're either sleeping, or driving to campus, or getting drunk forgetting how bad you did on the last mid-term. And if you manage to get a degree, the burn-out rates are probably second to surgeons. |
These sound like fair statements to me, but some random freelance journalist has decided that work skills are all that matter, so tough luck I suppose. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| You're math, and science, has to be top-notch. |
Unlike English there, eh? |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| SeoulNate wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| You're math, and science, has to be top-notch. |
Unlike English there, eh? |
No coffee, and English grammar isn't too stressed.  |
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