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thibodeaux 
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,06:11 |
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http://www.thenation.com/article/164348/audacity-occupy-wall-street
QUOTE A few years ago, Joe Therrien, a graduate of the NYC Teaching Fellows program, was working as a full-time drama teacher at a public elementary school in New York City. Frustrated by huge class sizes, sparse resources and a disorganized bureaucracy, he set off to the University of Connecticut to get an MFA in his passion—puppetry. Three years and $35,000 in student loans later, he emerged with degree in hand, and because puppeteers aren’t exactly in high demand, he went looking for work at his old school.
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Like a lot of the young protesters who have flocked to Occupy Wall Street, Joe had thought that hard work and education would bring, if not class mobility, at least a measure of security...
Unbelievable. So, it seems the root of the problem here is that people have this idea that if they "work hard" and "get an education," then they'll just automatically get a high paying job. Why would somebody think that? A person who has a high paying job is someone who can deliver a valuable service to his employer. In a sense, that person CREATES SOMETHING OF VALUE.
People in this country really have a strange notion of what a "job" is. Just listen to the politicians talk about "creating jobs," or idiots yammering about "shipping jobs overseas."
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Leisher
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,06:27 |
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When I used to contract for HP I worked in a data center with a guy who had his masters in history. (I forget the exact period or specialty.) He was approximately 30-35 years old.
Anyway, I remember asking him, "What does that qualify you to do?"
He said, "Teach history."
I asked, "So you want to be a teacher?"
He responded, "No...looking back, perhaps my degree was a mistake."
I swear that is word for word a true story.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,08:00 |
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I'm sad that their server is all 503 right now... this is at least the 4th person I've seen who said basically the same thing... Art, Art History, English majors... Are you really surprised you can't get a job?
I mean, I'm a liberal arts major (Latin American Studies and Economics), but guess what - I could program a computer when I was a teenager.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,10:23 |
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The more I think about it, the more I think that these dumb people aren't protesting against the so-called 1%.... they are protesting because they feel they are entitled to be the 1%, but aren't. Someone told them they could do and be whatever they wanted to be, but the problem was that this is the real world that they live in.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,10:27 |
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I guess these people prove that stupid people can get college degrees.
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Leisher
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,10:38 |
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College is overrated.
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TPRJones
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,13:06 |
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98% of the higher education system is shit.
But that other 2% can be golden. Too bad it's so hard to find.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,14:44 |
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College is awesome.
I would do it again.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,15:12 |
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(TheCatt @ Nov. 04 2011,15:58)
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(Leisher @ Nov. 04 2011,13:38)
QUOTE College is overrated. Not really.
Heh, go to your local Occupy rally, talk to the people protesting, find out what they majored in and how far in debt they are, then... do whatever with that new knowledge.
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Leisher
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2011,20:10 |
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My position on college is that it's an absolute MUST for certain career fields, but for 80-90% of them it's a complete waste of time and money.
This is not counting the drinking, sexual experimentation, friendships, memories, etc., which one doesn't have to go to college to find.
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