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In reply to the discussion: About college majors. A lot of people blame students for choosing impractical majors [View all]TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)90. I just came across this:
"I sure do feel for all those 23-year-old English majors who are unable to put their skills to use at their restaurant jobs," say all the suicidal 55-year-old ex-journalists who have been laid off from ostensibly lifelong positions thanks to systemic technological changes and frozen out of the job market by age discrimination, I bet.http://gawker.com/5904376/major-crisis-23+year+old-college-grads-are-working-shitty-jobs
Don't worry, young people. The inevitable progression of death will leave your desired employers with no choice but to hire you eventually.
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About college majors. A lot of people blame students for choosing impractical majors [View all]
pnwmom
Apr 2012
OP
When was the last time we commonly had 'shop' and 'home ec' as optional courses in high school???
elleng
Apr 2012
#1
I had shop and enjoyed it. Even though I never went into any of the fields.
LiberalFighter
Apr 2012
#106
I think the importance of the major choice on the job market is a misconception
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2012
#2
How recently have you applied for an entry level job or hired somebody for one?
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2012
#102
I think Liberal Arts students are very skilled at debate, and really know how to think.
MADem
Apr 2012
#4
I've been seeing posts like this. The parent's blaming himself and the kid for choosing
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#8
There are so many unemployed teachers and new graduates with certifications, our state
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#86
She should try taking one course in archaeology, either at a local state school or online, if
MADem
Apr 2012
#88
I selected my major based 100% on what educational program I was most interested in, not by career.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2012
#6
Only a $3,000 debt at the end? The average now is $25K, and that's just undergrad.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#7
I was $25K in debt after undergrad and that was back in 1986. I paid it all off.
IndyJones
Apr 2012
#21
We really need a latter-day Martin Luther to come along and tack up
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#10
If the football/basketball team is a net reveue generator, I'm fine with paying the coach more
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2012
#104
Why any institution of higher education should use intercollegiate athletics
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#121
. . . because their cost of living is skyrocketing while their real dollar wage remains flat.
HughBeaumont
Apr 2012
#26
lol... one track mind. Kill the New Deal!!!!!!! Blame it on the little people...
fascisthunter
Apr 2012
#59
I majored in English. I don't know anyone from my program who does not have a career now.
Iris
Apr 2012
#66
I met a young man who was working part-time at a sewing machine repair shop...
Zookeeper
Apr 2012
#16
Our oldest daughter has a double major from a prestigious public university in Philosophy and...
phylny
Apr 2012
#18
So should they just drop out of college if they can't get into one of the most selective majors?
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#118
I hope you're being facetious. Plenty of people have gotten jobs with communications majors.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#119
actually, oddly enough, it is like more kids majoring in engineering produces more engineering jobs
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2012
#42
Then why have the number of STEM jobs gone down while the number of STEM graduates has gone up? (nt)
Recursion
Apr 2012
#43
www.thebestdegrees.org...these jobs are decent paying and high chance of getting
uponit7771
Apr 2012
#38
I got my degree in General Psychology and ended up in IT for most of the last 30 years
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#37
I disagree with you about "strengths", although I agree with you about interests
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2012
#138
Up to age 21, the focus should be on identifying marketable talents and developing marketable skills
FarCenter
Apr 2012
#47
There are some who choose not to join the rat race and study what's interesting.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2012
#50
Experts predict that 60% of the best jobs in the next 10 years haven't even been invented yet
riderinthestorm
Apr 2012
#55
My English major friend and I got jobs pretty much right out of school. I know accounting majors and
Erose999
Apr 2012
#61
Ahh, ok well thats not as excitinc as petroleum then. Not a lot of igneous rock where we are, anyway
Erose999
Apr 2012
#123
I'm a senior in Religious Studies; people gave me the '?' line, now I'm going to law school! ^_^ nt
cecilfirefox
Apr 2012
#62
Autocrats of the right and left kill off the intellectuals they disagree with
FarCenter
Apr 2012
#127
because everything is always the fault of workers in this wonderful land of individual "choice".
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#65
The only engineering major that does not get hired readily are Civil engineers.
bluestate10
Apr 2012
#83
journalism is particularly hard hit -- but that's not the only area for English grads
nashville_brook
Apr 2012
#97
"there just aren't enough of those technical slots for all the students who want them"
Spoonman
Apr 2012
#137