06-05-2002 17:27									#1
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	06-05-2002 17:29									#2
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I hate arts, I kicked arts at school. Though I need to go on with Music until the end of this term. And in just 20 minutes, another doublepack of music lessons is just starting, 90 minutesof suffering. 8 more times till the end of the term

	06-05-2002 17:30									#3
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A Liberial Arts degree indicates that the holder has "learned how to learn". I hardly see how that is useless.

(if that is what you're talking about)

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They're almost as worthless as business/economics degrees.

Almost.

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2/10

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You're not supposed to rate your own trolls, dearie.

	06-05-2002 17:31									#7
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They are very good since they improve your chances of getting hired by a console game company.

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arts degree is the first step on the thorny path of becoming an accountant

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Arts Degrees provide the most employment.

Another Boldington theory shot down in flames.

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quote: Originally posted by LaRusso arts degree is the first step on the thorny path of becoming an accountant

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they give rich kids something to do while they figure out which one of Daddys contacts to go work for

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Yeah, explain yourself, AH.

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quote: they give rich kids something to do while they figure out which one of Daddys contacts to go work for

'Cos it takes a while for them to figure out: "The Richest One"

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I like how he just thinks of a topic and tells us to "discuss".

	06-05-2002 19:27									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin

you get an arts degree
you get out of uni
you get some additional training
you start bean counting

	06-05-2002 19:37									#16
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"you get an arts degree
you get out of uni
you get some additional training
you start bean counting"

Yep. That's the way it works.

	06-05-2002 19:43									#17
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I thought all brittish art students started bands with their art-school friends and ended up as rich.

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just figured it's only 5 more double lessons of music

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Yes, when people just list a topic and say discuss without posting their own opinion, it's obvious that they don't have the brains to form one themselves. No surprise in this case

They are far from worthless. When you're out job hunting, any degree will place you far ahead of those that don't have one.

Many many peoples first job has nothing to do with what the degree was. And even if it does, many people have said that it really didn't prepare them. A degree gets you in the door, experience will take over after that.

RAH

	06-05-2002 19:59									#20
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In the US, 2/3rd of all degree holders are in positions unrelated to their degree.

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similar here... my father is some engineer of some kind, got a master degree in that in Poland back in the 70s. nowadays he sits in office for an energy trading company

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And you can't do a blanket "Arts Degrees". My degree is a BA, but it's hardly of the style of a "History of Art".

	06-05-2002 20:05									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Carver A Liberial Arts degree indicates that the holder has "learned how to learn".

Maybe this is oldfashioned, but here we'd say you should have learned that when you got through highschool at the latest....

Dan: "In the US, 2/3rd of all degree holders are in positions unrelated to their degree."

Can you split that into a nr for university degrees (specialised in something) and college degrees (finally learned how to read, write and count) ?

Ok, sorry for the troll, but how does this 2/3rd share vary across degrees ?

	06-05-2002 20:18									#24
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I steadfastly refuse to back up my statistics.

And there's a difference between "University" and "College" degrees?

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"I steadfastly refuse to back up my statistics."

Still looking for a job in the Bush admin, hmm ?

"And there's a difference between "University" and "College" degrees?"

I'm always hoplessly confused by your academic system (or lack of system). The rather broad college degrees (arts bachelor) vs law or med school, for example.

	06-05-2002 20:40									#26
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BA degrees are definitely not worthless.

I'm going for a BA in History, then later, go for a Phd in graduate school to work towards my goal of becoming an underpaid professor and teach undergrad students U.S. history.

Something that I believe I will enjoy working in.

	06-05-2002 21:03									#27
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun BA degrees are definitely not worthless. I'm going for a BA in History, then later, go for a Phd in graduate school to work towards my goal of becoming an underpaid professor and teach undergrad students U.S. history. Something that I believe I will enjoy working in.

Don't do it, Mr. Fun. I'm a history major too, but I'm going to stay as far from academia as I possibly can. Bad job prospects, crappy pay, and having to deal with frat boys on a daily basis is enough to make me run far, far away.

	06-05-2002 21:05									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Roland I'm always hoplessly confused by your academic system (or lack of system). The rather broad college degrees (arts bachelor) vs law or med school, for example.

Typical, just because you don't understand it, you claim there is no system.

I'll try the easiest one for you.

B.A. bachelor of arts (includes foreign language classes)
B.S. Bachelor of science (substitute computer languages or extra math and science clases for foreign language classes)

Other than that, they're the same. SIMPLE

I have a B.S. which I always feel is very appropriate.

RAH

	06-05-2002 21:08									#29
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quote: Originally posted by rah I have a B.S. which I always feel is very appropriate.

I would have thought that Ming would have been the one to have a BS.

	06-05-2002 21:10									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Don't do it, Mr. Fun. I'm a history major too, but I'm going to stay as far from academia as I possibly can. Bad job prospects, crappy pay, and having to deal with frat boys on a daily basis is enough to make me run far, far away.

I know I am going to be underpaid, but I would rather do something that I believe I will enjoy.

Until I find a university to work for after graduate school, I can find some other full-time job while searching for the right university.

I am well aware of the attitude of students who just want to "get through" their required history course. But there are also students who are not sure what they want to do as freshmen, and then they end up becoming history majors.