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So it's society's fault for not taking care of her and the University's fault for giving her a degree in a field where there aren't enough jobs but not her faul
by SamAtt 17y ago
So it's society's fault for not taking care of her and the University's fault for giving her a degree in a field where there aren't enough jobs but not her fault for getting a degree in a field that is in rapid decline? Yea, that makes sense.
- pyre 17y agoWell, don't you find it a little unethical for Universities to be pushing programs based on their perceived value even though they have little actual value for their participants? In general, the last couple of generations have been sold the idea that getting a university degree is the only way to 'get ahead in life' so that you don't end up 'flipping burgers' for a living by the previous generations, all while the previous generations complained that the newer generations don't "understand the value of hard work." Sure people need to take responsibility for their own actions, but if someone is trained from birth to believe something, casting that belief aside isn't the same as dropping a piece of trash in the trash can. And those that trained that person to hold that belief share a bit of responsibility. Blaming 'society' as a whole is meaningless, though.
- yequalsx 17y agoActually, it is a university's fault to some extent. For instance there are way too many Ph.D. in math and physics for the available work. University's have a moral obligation to inform their students about this. There are serious problems with the current graduate school system. Most people coming into it have no idea what they are getting themselves into.