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You are being downvoted but that was exactly my experience. It wasnt hyperbole. I was told my entire time in k-12 you need to get a college degree by everybody.
by lispisok 2y ago
You are being downvoted but that was exactly my experience. It wasnt hyperbole. I was told my entire time in k-12 you need to get a college degree by everybody. Parents, teachers, counselors. Additionally they said, with no exaggeration, to get any degree, at any school, and take out as many loans as you need. So yes an entire generation of kids were told the $60,000 in debt for a latin dance degree at a no-name school was better than no degree at all.
- ryandrake 2y agoI don't know when that narrative started, but it was not what I heard (high school in the 90s). I at one point thought out loud about majoring in Art in university, and everyone, parents, teachers, guidance counsellors said, "Buddy, not if you want an actual career! Major in engineering or something." Maybe the later generations got the bad "Major in anything" advice but I sure as heck didn't.