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The logic here seems... hypocritical, or at least inconsistent. At the beginning: "In class I emphasize the value of a degree as a means to avoid the sort of j
by vitno 12y ago
The logic here seems... hypocritical, or at least inconsistent.
At the beginning:
"In class I emphasize the value of a degree as a means to avoid the sort of jobs that I myself go to when those hours in the classroom are over."
At the end:
"My perhaps naïve hope is that when I tell students I’m not only an academic, but a “survival” jobholder, I’ll make a dent in the artificial, inaccurate division society places between blue-collar work and “intelligent” work.
(also, that diaresis...)
It feels to me like the first statement says "I lie to my students and present them with unrealistic expectations of the world"
and the second says "If I say something, I'll let them know that they are deriving little value from their education... and thus put my career further behind."
- pcunite 12y agoThat may be the intent of the article. To lead you into the thinking that the author wrestles with each day.
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- speeder 12y agoAs someone that took a degree because the "adults" then forced me to, and spent years of my life just to pay it, totalling 10 years wasted (I am 26 today, and I my assets are the same as they were when I was 16, and soon I will have less than what I had when I was 16 because I am unemployed). My parents, and the academia, school teachers, all lied to me, they told me that getting a degree was a good thing. It is not, it basically fucked up my life so far. If I could go back in time only once to give me a single advice, it would be to tell my 18 year old self to get a job and skip college, or get into a trade school.