Subj : Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 20:31:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga>> Perhaps, but that brings up ethical questions...  Why should a loan
 Ga>> company get to decide what your kid can major in?

 pF>> Because YOUR KID IS THE COLLATERAL.

 Ga> Well, I suppose that is sort of true, in a strange way. Seems like it
 Ga> would prevent more people from getting useless degrees, though.

 Ni> This is a bit of a devil's advocate argument, but I suppose we
 Ni> never know what someone will end up doing for work.  They may end
 Ni> up at an unrelated job that happens to pay fairly well (though
 Ni> the likelihood is probably fairly low).  Maybe they can find a
 Ni> way to make use of their degree somehow, in a job that typically
 Ni> is unrelated.

Possibly, but an unrelated job wouldn't be likely to require "that" 
degree, because it's.... unrelated.  I mean, it boggles my mind that a 
young person would *choose* to major in something like "ethnic studies", 
or "international studies", "child and family studies".  These are real 
degrees that are offered, I'm not making those terms up.  Even things 
like "Philosophy" or "Art history" are in the same category.  What 
sensible person thinks that one of those degrees is going to ever 
provide them with valuable job prospects?  The school doesn't care, 
because those students are lining their pockets just the same as the 
"real" students are.  Shameless harvesting of money, and guaranteed 
long-term debt are the motivation for, and the result of, these stupid 
"degrees".  Pisses me off.



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