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In reply to the discussion: To those who blame college students for majoring in the wrong subjects, [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)49. That also gets to why education isn't the answer
I mean, education can be a good thing for an individual, but it's not like educating the entire US population to be nurses and engineers will suddenly create enough nursing and engineering jobs for us.
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To those who blame college students for majoring in the wrong subjects, [View all]
pnwmom
May 2012
OP
I'm a little confused as to why bagging groceries is a "step up" from construction work.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2012
#7
Yes, actually, bagging groceries can pay as well as entry-level construction. Wages in
HiPointDem
May 2012
#51
There is potentially gainful employment for a Mechanical Engineering grad
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2012
#5
This isn't necessarily true. Someone in a major ending in "studies" may have excellent
pnwmom
May 2012
#6
But he wasn't hired by Microsoft for his knowledge of classical rome and greece
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2012
#8
So? He was hired for communications skills that were developed in his humanities major.
pnwmom
May 2012
#12
So is he represenative of the career and income performance of his classmates
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2012
#16
I have an MS in EE and only have a job because I was a UNIX sysadmin before grad school
Recursion
May 2012
#9
You're a Philistine, plain and simple. The streets are littered with the
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#47
And there are so many millions in your situation. I'm sorry it happened to you. n/t
pnwmom
May 2012
#27
When my daughter started her degrees in 2006, her field also had outstanding projected growth
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#43