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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:20 AM Original message |
Worst paying college degrees. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus, I've got degrees in three of them. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thinking and imagining require degrees? n/t |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, they are derived from your disciplines. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. So does understanding God's Word |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. No |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. The post to which I replied was a lackluster example. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. That's because |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. No, and neither does tinkering with wires, or looking at stars, or selling cars. But the Lib |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Why allude when you can "say"? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Wow. All this time I've been incapable of thinking or imagining |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That almost sounded like a simile... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. it's putting those thoughts into their rightful place as peers with others. But how would one know? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Liberal arts and fine arts aren't vocational diplomas and it's foolish to compare the two. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I thought liberal arts programs are mostly secondary studies... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Artists are born |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
75. Yep. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Liberal arts degrees are supposed to prepare you with the core skills to pursue any profession. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I guess I just never understood the coursework of a liberal arts program |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. English, mathematics,history, sciences, arts, languages, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Lib. Arts are ends unto themselves. They comprise HUMANITY'S most profound thoughts. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. My experience as a journalist... |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I was gonna mention journalism as a low-paying degree (though the work can be very fulfilling) |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. Yeah the pay sucked bigtime... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
67. Sure, newspapers have tanked, as have books and news-magazines. Americans are mentally lazy. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. I see you have never studied literature in any depth. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. no, I was busy making sure you could originate |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. The difference is: I value both. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. This thread needs more - "my learnin' made me to be smart. yers made you dum." n/t |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. I wouldn't call CS and engineering "narrow career paths" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. I wrote that because I know too many former engineers and CS grads |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. That's true... English majors make excellent fry cooks |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
87. Neither CoSci nor Engineering are narrow |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You are rich |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. thats a laugh. i have a Comp Sci degree |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Degree in One |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Apparently they skipped cognitive reasoning in all 3 programs |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. I rest my case. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Honestly, I think the salaries are skewed up by outliers. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. They used the median value so the outliers wouldn't skew it. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Then perhaps geographic grouping is the issue. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yeah. I'm sitting there reading about how these careers pay |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. it breaks my heart to see elementary edu and social work on that list |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. indeed |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. No one becomes a mining engineer because of the non-monetary reward. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yep. And I think that's the problem. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. It's not undervalued, it's over-sought |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I think you're missing the point. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Yup, I Did |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. They're traditionally "female" fields. That explains the lousy pay. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I'm not sure why elementary ed |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
74. They are on the same scale but high school teachers generally earn more |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Yes, my daughter is a college senior majoring in Early Elementary Ed. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hard to believe that "English Language and Literature" doesn't figure in that list! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I thought it might make the top 10 too, but you can do much more with an english degree than |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. To be fair, I was able to do so, too. Just not the ones I wanted. |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. As a retired social worker, it's true that social work pays poorly. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. I was once thinking of being a translator |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. Those are jobs done out of love, not for the big bucks. (Not that they aren't worth big bucks.) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. What's sad is education and the arts, and I include horticulture in there, are |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Bingo. nt |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. the rest of the world is ahead of the US in supporting the arts |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. I have no degree |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Nope. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. I might as well have majored in art like I wanted to. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I hear you. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. "Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go" |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yep. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. +100 |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. "The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind'" |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
84. Everyone who has graduated in the last three years from the PhD program I am |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Ahh, there is hope |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. My ex wife has an M.A. in Fine Arts. Worked her life as a laborer. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. History? Good. You never know when you'll find yourself a contestant on Jeopardy. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I was. I think many DU'ers have been. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
57. Wow my degree falls almost in the middle - history. |
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MkapX (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. No polly sci? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I'm convinced politicians should be lawyers and/or poly sci majors. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. I know a guy with a Poly Sci degree from Cornell |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have a degree in Psychology and am getting a certificate in Elementary Education. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
70. Wow, only 35k a year? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
72. Here's mine! |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. 33k for elementary school teachers? |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. Anything liberal arts |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Bachelor of Music here. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
81. The jerks have finally taken over. n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
82. Dude, if you're really gifted in horticulture |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
85. It is funny because my Dad has a degree in Electrical Engineering. |
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