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Meanwhile many of our locally born students are graduating with unemployable degrees and wondering why they can't find a job. Maybe we can get our acts together
by greghinch 14y ago
Meanwhile many of our locally born students are graduating with unemployable degrees and wondering why they can't find a job. Maybe we can get our acts together and start raising children in this country who aren't under the delusion that everything they do is special, and that a degree in Sumerian with a minor in communications will entitle them to anything other than a pile of student loan debt.
- eshvk 14y agoI dunno. I went to school in India where almost everyone is shoehorned into the Engineering/Medical undergrad career. While, I don't think it is particular hard to not succeed at these professions, I am not convinced it is a good thing to do just because it is an economically prudent option. Sometimes, the purpose of going to school is to open the mind and expose it to different ideals. Maybe I am being a naive optimist but I would like to think that we can surely let some of the citizenry indulge in that without having to force everyone to join a technical shop to create a factory ready worker (much as is happening in India/China.).
- greghinch 14y agoIt's a fair point, and I agree we need to find a place for other academic pursuits as well. I think the problem is we have been giving students the impression that any degree is worth getting, and that simply isn't true. A bachelors in English from a liberal arts school is worth nothing. Now if you want to extend that and do post-grad work, then you are actually making an effort to persue a career in a field (probably academia). But too many just do the undergrad and then expect a job.