Uni Degrees That Are Not Worth The Time/Money

[Anonymous]

Considering you need a bachelor's to do pretty much anything these days, it isn't completely worthless.  



We need a serious re-vamping of the post sec education system.

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true dat...we have had three and four year degree programs since the 1700,s...not sure why when you can be taught everything you need to know about a particular vocation in a matter of several months...the rest is just wasted time and money.....should bring back two year conscription and teach these eager minds the basic shit their parents never did...in any case going to uni for four years to drink and fuck is fun but an unnecessary waste

You talk about wasting taxpayers money? That's a great way right through the military. I have been to Israel handsome and the IDF overcharge Israelis for just about everything. Most Israelis would like to shrink the size and cost of their bloated armed forces.



As for the 4 year thing, well I don't regret it. Mine was more than 4 years actually with my work practicum. If one drank and partied too much they did not last long. You can prolly get away with that self-indulgent nonsense in some useless BA program, but engineering students do not have that luxury. Anyway, if some useless arts major drops out who fucking cares?

[Gary Oak]

Chugaboo studies nuff said.

[Big Wave Dave]

The Asian English teaching ghetto is the dumping ground for arts degree holders. I am out of it now, but I am speaking from personal experience.

[Gary Oak]

The Asian English teaching ghetto is the dumping ground for arts degree holders. I am out of it now, but I am speaking from personal experience.

I knew it, an esl loser who would be on welfare if he was in Canada. ac_toofunny  ac_razz  ac_dance

[RW]

Shut up Gary.

[Anonymous]

My husband and I believe it is our duty to prepare our children for the world of work..



Arts degrees are fine and some people like ghost and Real Woman have done very well with them..

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But they are too general and don't provide the career specialization that they will need for tomorrow..



What I found surprising is that some of the careers like elementary school teachers, dieticians and corrections officers were not considered good careers.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to study media production at Ryerson, but my parents killed that idea off very quickly.

[RW]

The exposure in the course selection within an Arts degree was valuable.  There's really no such thing as a waste of education.

[Anonymous]

The exposure in the course selection within an Arts degree was valuable.  There's really no such thing as a waste of education.

Real Woman, I am terribly sorry if you felt I was implying an Arts degree was a waste of time..



I did not mean to be insulting.

[RW]

You weren't being insulting at all Fash.  Don't sweat it :)

[Obvious Li]

the real problem with these useless degrees is that the taxpayer is paying 75% of the cost...if someone wants to pay for a native studies degree out of their own pocket i say go for it...but why in fuck should i have to put up 3/4's of the dough.....stupid socialist thinking

[RW]

You will get no argument from me regarding the need to rethink post secondary education to be more relevant.

[Anonymous]

the real problem with these useless degrees is that the taxpayer is paying 75% of the cost...if someone wants to pay for a native studies degree out of their own pocket i say go for it...but why in fuck should i have to put up 3/4's of the dough.....stupid socialist thinking

Native studies would be ok if someone already had a first degree or they were working and studying it part time.

[ghost]

Personally I don't think any degree is a waste.



Like Fash said, I've done exceptionally well with my psychology and creative writing degrees. In fact, most of the people I studied with have done really well in terms of money. Several went on to become profs, others successful authors.



A good friend of mine makes 70k a year with her psychology degree.



Yet a friend of mine who has a business degree, still earns 22.00 an hour.

[ghost]

the real problem with these useless degrees is that the taxpayer is paying 75% of the cost...if someone wants to pay for a native studies degree out of their own pocket i say go for it...but why in fuck should i have to put up 3/4's of the dough.....stupid socialist thinking

Native studies would be ok if someone already had a first degree or they were working and studying it part time.

A friend of mine has a native studies degree along with her education degree. She teaches in a small town in Saskatchewan and earns quite a bit of money.