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These entitled assholes and their liberal arts degrees. Why does this guy think that the State has to pay him to enjoy 4 years of reading whatever works of lit

These entitled assholes and their liberal arts degrees. Why does this guy think that the State has to pay him to enjoy 4 years of reading whatever works of literature he found amusing. If he doesn't get any skills that make him employable ... then we the citizens of America have to subsidize his 4-year party? Maybe this sir should have thought about what he was learning in school. And if he was too young to think about that at the time he went to school, maybe we shouldn't be giving him the power to make those spending decisions at that age--or maybe we should be withholding loans from students pursuing such worthless degree programs. This idea that the world must mold itself to the interests of liberal arts students or the hysterical theories of liberal arts professors--oh reading the classics will expand your mind!--is a bunch of bullshit. Of course the liberal arts faculty want you to keep buying into the failed state that is their department. That's the only way they keep chugging along. But employers have long ago figured out that they want to hire smart kids. And smart kids were smart before they entered these programs.

jnet 11y ago
"Of course the liberal arts faculty want you to keep buying into the failed state that is their department" I think you hit the nail on the head here. I distinctly remember almost every intro class I took the professor would try to sell me on the fact that it would be the greatest degree ever. Unfortunately, while some areas of study may be interesting, they are not always a good ROI and I think that is what alot of college kids don't understand.
- tsotha 11y ago
  To be fair to the professors, they wouldn't be teaching intro to whatever if they weren't genuinely enthusiastic about the subject. Also, while the ROI on some majors is terribly negative over a large population, that choice has likely worked out very well for the professors teaching the class. A tenured position at a major university is the closest you're ever going to get in life to a sure thing.
shakyor 11y ago
Well, i would not like to live in a society you describe. Even though my skillset is contributing to society, i actually think with the state of modern societies it is more than affordable to invest in freedom of individual of personel development. In the end, each society has to decide for themself in what they want to invest.

jnet 11y ago

"Of course the liberal arts faculty want you to keep buying into the failed state that is their department" I think you hit the nail on the head here. I distinctly remember almost every intro class I took the professor would try to sell me on the fact that it would be the greatest degree ever. Unfortunately, while some areas of study may be interesting, they are not always a good ROI and I think that is what alot of college kids don't understand.

tsotha 11y ago
To be fair to the professors, they wouldn't be teaching intro to whatever if they weren't genuinely enthusiastic about the subject. Also, while the ROI on some majors is terribly negative over a large population, that choice has likely worked out very well for the professors teaching the class. A tenured position at a major university is the closest you're ever going to get in life to a sure thing.

shakyor 11y ago

Well, i would not like to live in a society you describe. Even though my skillset is contributing to society, i actually think with the state of modern societies it is more than affordable to invest in freedom of individual of personel development. In the end, each society has to decide for themself in what they want to invest.