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“MFA in creative writing” The article should be titled “The Absurdity of Useless Degrees”. It’s a very different calculus for someone taking out loans for an e
by marcoperaza 8y ago
“MFA in creative writing”
The article should be titled “The Absurdity of Useless Degrees”. It’s a very different calculus for someone taking out loans for an engineering degree.
- devwastaken 8y agoAn engineering degree is arguably by far even more absurd in cost. Significant class loads that make working a part time job unrealistic, making you rely upon dorm and food plan costs which match that of tuiton yearly. A significant amount of dorms have living conditions that universities would argue any other commercial enterprise shouldn't be able to call 'housing'. Not even an oven to be found.
- 131012 8y agoBy reading strictly your sentence, I sense a definition of useful as "the way to repay a big debt".
- lkbm 8y agoGives you skills people will pay you more for than you paid to acquire them. Learning for the sake of learning is great, but not if it costs more money than you have.
- marcoperaza 8y agoIf you’re taking out a loan to pay for the degree, you’d better believe that’s the definition.
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