:/ i'm not sure if gender studies would be valid for careers. it doesn't do much unlike the medical and science fields. same goes for certain cultural studies.
:/ i'm not sure if gender studies would be valid for careers. it doesn't do much unlike the medical and science fields. same goes for certain cultural studies.
Job market aside, i don't see why gender shouldn't be a valid object of study.
i mean seriously, it exists, it matters a lot to a lot of people, isn't that reason enough?
i am asking this as a serious question.
I agree with you, if that's someone's bailiwick there's nothing wrong with that
However I'm getting the impression from that image and the sign she's holding is that she's not happy about the fact that on the job market, her degree is effectively worthless and also subject to just as much detriment and jokes as a degree in philosophy gets
Looking back to the Occupy movement from two years ago when people were posting these angry signs about how they have a degree and can't find a job, the ones making these complaints had degrees in fine arts or art history or women's studies or gender studies and they were upset that they don't have a nice cushy job for it. A sizeable part of that is the fault of their parents who told them to go to college, get a degree (any degree) and live will be smooth sailing from there on out and that sort of free ride dried up around the end of the 90's, but it's also on them for not being informed before they went and blew their education on something like that. That's part of being an adult
like I'm not looking for a million dollar job where I can sit on my ass all day, I'd just prefer to not have to get a "lol ur degree sucks" reaction from anyone I tell it to.
:/ i'm not sure if gender studies would be valid for careers. it doesn't do much unlike the medical and science fields. same goes for certain cultural studies.
It's not a practical skill in the same sense, no, although the writing and critical thinking sides of humanities degrees seem like they'd be valuable in a lot of contexts.
But it's more the non-career-focused = not a 'valid' degree line of thinking that bothers me.
like I'm not looking for a million dollar job where I can sit on my ass all day, I'd just prefer to not have to get a "lol ur degree sucks" reaction from anyone I tell it to.
although the writing and critical thinking sides of humanities degrees seem like they'd be valuable in a lot of contexts
This would be true if the job market wasn't flooded with these kinds of degrees
Also in a shitty economy like this, employers get to be pickier than usual and they're almost always going to go with the folks who have a degree in a hard science over a humanity. That's just reality speaking right there
although the writing and critical thinking sides of humanities degrees seem like they'd be valuable in a lot of contexts
This would be true if the job market wasn't flooded with these kinds of degrees
Also in a shitty economy like this, employers get to be pickier than usual and they're almost always going to go with the folks who have a degree in a hard science over a humanity. That's just reality speaking right there
not if the job being applied for is say, a book review column at a local newspaper.
There are jobs for these kinds of things they just don't pay piles of cash. If you want piles of cash, you go with the hard sciences, and if you enjoy the hard sciences on top of that, good for you. You're a lucky person.
If not, you have to pick one or the other. That is reality speaking. "Your degree sucks and you are a bad person" is not reality speaking.
edit: also I'm aware that you're not necessarily saying that, but people doing that is what prompts reactions like that woman's and ours.
not if the job being applied for is say, a book review column at a local newspaper.
This is laughably unrealistic, sorry. Paying gigs as a reviewer of anything -- especially entry level -- are not even common enough to be considered like you're suggesting here.
There are jobs for these kinds of things they just don't pay piles of cash. If you want piles of cash, you go with the hard sciences, and if you enjoy the hard sciences on top of that, good for you. You're a lucky person.
If not, you have to pick one or the other. That is reality speaking. "Your degree sucks and you are a bad person" is not reality speaking.
I never once said that anyone is bad for their degree and stop implying that I did. I said that the job market is flooded with the likes of humanities and arts degrees. This is a fact. I said that this current shitty economy allows employers to be picky and they'd almost always choose an employee with a degree in a hard science over on from the humanities. This is a fact. Sorry if it doesn't fit your concept of "reality" which is more akin to fantasy than anything.
I never once said that anyone is bad for their degree and stop implying that I did.
I didn't imply anything of the sort, I was just explaining why people get defensive over having " useless " degrees.
I said that the job market is flooded with the likes of humanities and arts degrees. This is a fact. I said that this current shitty economy allows employers to be picky and they'd almost always choose an employee with a degree in a hard science over on from the humanities. This is a fact. Sorry if it doesn't fit your concept of "reality" which is more akin to fantasy than anything.
I'm not entirely sure where you're pulling all this from, honestly.
Finding a good job with any degree (or degrees in the plural) in this economy is hard. Most people realistically are going to end up with a job they don't particularly like because it pays the bills, I'm aware of that and I think most people are aware of that, my point is just that job opportunities for people in the humanities do exist. They're not unicorns.
I'm not entirely sure where you're pulling all this from, honestly.
this really just looks like the natural result of a lot more people going to college and being told to pursue their dreams. Granted I don't have numbers on general college attendance in 1984 vs. now, but I imagine it's higher nowadays.
I'm not even sure what we're arguing about at this point, to be honest with you.
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I'm sure I'll be raking in the dough with my sound production degree.
Otherwise known as the "ha ha this faggot can't even read music" degree.
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But it's more the non-career-focused = not a 'valid' degree line of thinking that bothers me.
not if the job being applied for is say, a book review column at a local newspaper.
There are jobs for these kinds of things they just don't pay piles of cash. If you want piles of cash, you go with the hard sciences, and if you enjoy the hard sciences on top of that, good for you. You're a lucky person.
If not, you have to pick one or the other. That is reality speaking. "Your degree sucks and you are a bad person" is not reality speaking.
edit: also I'm aware that you're not necessarily saying that, but people doing that is what prompts reactions like that woman's and ours.
It's not usually a class on its own as I understand it but something that's talked about in relation to the other two.I didn't imply anything of the sort, I was just explaining why people get defensive over having " useless " degrees.
I'm not entirely sure where you're pulling all this from, honestly.
Finding a good job with any degree (or degrees in the plural) in this economy is hard. Most people realistically are going to end up with a job they don't particularly like because it pays the bills, I'm aware of that and I think most people are aware of that, my point is just that job opportunities for people in the humanities do exist. They're not unicorns.
this really just looks like the natural result of a lot more people going to college and being told to pursue their dreams. Granted I don't have numbers on general college attendance in 1984 vs. now, but I imagine it's higher nowadays.
I'm not even sure what we're arguing about at this point, to be honest with you.
Just you wait.
frankly I'd be content with more or less any job where I don't have to deal with screaming people or manual labor
but hey to get one of those I'd have to get a hard science degree
welcome to "reason half of our country is chronically depressed #9,781"
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