On the value of college

Reread the article. The data is talking about the occupation, not the degree.

 

No, it isn't. The article is all about the degree. The section I quoted was about the career, but the article is about the degree. They even list a series of jobs that people with sociology degrees get (Sociologist was one, but it was joined by Market Researchers (often running either ethnographic studies or focus groups), Survey Research, and Social Workers).

Regardless, if they are getting those high paying jobs in sociology, it doesn't seem to be a useless degree.

 

I stopped coming on here and opining, for the very reasons you see prevalent throughout this thread.

It’s the …“Im more educated than you, therefore I have all the answers to the world’s problems. And my thoughts and opinion outweigh yours” … it gets old. The elitism is just oozing out of every 3rd or 4th post. Nauseating.

 

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Democrats don't want to raise the retirement age. That's a Republican thing, which they hope to achieve this upcoming Congress by shutting down the government until they get their way.

There's not a safety net that exists that Republicans don't want to cut.

 

Who said any of that? Quote the post.

 

Exhibit A

 

One of my best friends has a sociology degree and works in Human Resources (from his home in Florida) for a company in NY, and the dude makes a fortune ...

 

My old man asked me how I’d make a living with a degree in geology. I didn’t really know but 25 years after graduation and getting my license I sold one business I started and retired by age 50 so ……

 

Not sure if serious. If any profs are talking politics, I'd expect the history profs might be.

 

Ehh . . . they may think they're in college to get a job, but it's not the purpose. The purpose is to advance thinking skills and thereby to advance humanity. Those kids in college are also there because they think/know it's the next step in their lives. They're there because they actually value education. Who knows, maybe they even had a good secondary school experience. They're also there because it offers a great opportunity to grow independent of mom/dad, while providing structure for their lives. It's def not as simple as you would like to think.

 

Source? Just anecdotal, but wife and I have nothing but Fine Arts among our six degrees. We're doing pretty well. Come to think of it, all the friends I graduated with in the same undergrad degree are doing quite well. Most of them make more income than I, but don't have the same cushy professor gig.

 

I agree with a lot of this…

 

It's unbelievable and disheartening to read anti-intellectual messages on a college sports message board. Many of these folks actually have UF degrees.

 

And yet nobody, even the proponents of a college education, have suggested that those jobs are unimportant.

 

Do you just make shit up for attention, or do you actually believe this crap? (rhetorical)

 

I wonder if Q will call ya out for being elitist. Hint: This is about the most elitist fragment posted in this thread.
Edit: Actually, I see that @QGator2414 fist bumped your elitist post. Way to go, elitists.

 

(elitist gif warning) . . .

 

The implication of superiority is strong…

 

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Have no clue why you responded…