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Comm typically yeah. HR erm that's iffy. Usually those are all taught at liberal arts Universities though.

You're still a jerkface.

Wow. I let him finish her letter and I just couldn't keep going.

When I started college, I was a LOLHistory/German major. :/ I changed majors though. Uri is carrying my torch now. Leila was an LOLEnglish major too.

I was never rebellious. i mean yes i had the days of "Gah i dont want to take out the trash and do the dishes" (i just wanted to play games) but i did it anyways. and i never got paid. theres nothing wrong with doing your own part to keep a clean living area

my mom worked so there was no stay at home mom crap. we had to clean it ourselves and it was fine.

also i got a job as soon as i was 16. granted it was 4hours a day after school 3 days a week. so it wasnt much. but it was enough to pay for movies on the weekend and any other fun stuff i did with friends.

Also my favorite part about this whole thing. was when the dad said it was addressed to the parents who were blocked from being able to see it....LMAO xD

also i was in JROTC so that took up my time as well. which is why i had short working hours. 12-15 hours a week is what i normally worked

Indeed, unless you work for a non-profit organization, businesses will need something concrete and documented to prove your worth regardless of your initial talent which can only be vouched for and depended on so far as opposed to those that equally qualify and have the years of experience and degrees under their belt.

There's a reason I'm not currently planning to go beyond an associates. I got where I'm at now via networking, and college won't teach me much that will directly impact my skills in my field. I'm only going to do it for those stubborn companies that don't provide flexibility in their pay scales (like Lockheed Martin).

Me either.

Nuh-Uh! You are the jerkface, sir! You are!

Luckily where i work is allowing me to climb without any type of college. since i learn all i need in the field and during the training that they pay for. im lucky and i know it. but its also because unlike anyone else that they hire (who range from just HS grads, College grads and CLS) im the only one who can learn/perform my duties by myself. which is why im now a supervisor at 22.

Completely contextual, and entirely subjective based on the above "passion" I mentioned.

Some may disagree but I think my philosophy degree has taught me how to think critically. ;p

This is the situation I am in. I have surpassed the level in my company that are entry positions with a bachelor's degree. I have already made back the money I would have paid for college 4-fold.

However, a degree is not necessarily a bad thing. I do wish more people would take advantage of work-study and technical school programs. A lot of jobs people are getting degrees for now they could be easily trained for in a tech school program in less than half the time by cutting out the crap core requirements and focusing on a field of study.

Idk, that's just the opinion from an old guy.

On-topic to the OP, I agree with the dad. He warned her months earlier that he would do it.

Also college isn't just about the degree. It's one avenue for teaching yourself how to act as an adult, learning how to take care of yourself, and showing that you did those things with some degree of competency.

Few jobs care if you remember your sophomore year history class's second chapter. They do care that you've shown you can make it through higher level academia because it shows you can apply yourself to a task.

But to what end? To say "Hey, this guy just spent a load of Daddy's money to slip by in college!"

Why not cut the crap and get it over with. The college program is over-rated.

Now is "some" being used as a euphemism for the entire job market in this case?

I learned an awful lot more in college than I did in high school, and well beyond just course material.

I guess it depends on what you make of college, if you barely go to class and get a 2.2 gpa, you deserve to get a 2.2 job until you can show through other measures you're up for acting like an adult.

In any event I don't think learning for leanings sake makes anyone a worse person.

I honestly don't think that the job market cares even the slightest either way about my philosophy degree at this time. My GPA matters somewhat.

Overrated it may be but it's overall safer to have the degree and be able to shift gears if a current job falls through. Better to spend the 4 years out of HS knocking it out than having to rush back at an older age where you may/may not have more responsibility.

I've got a cousin who did no college, got a job working for an airline outta HS yet they were the ones that encouraged him to do college if he wanted to go anywhere within the organization.

He ended up getting laid off and if he didn't get that degree he'd have been forced to go back to college at 28. At that age after being out of school so long it can be extremely difficult getting back into that vibe for some.

Me too. Well, graduated with an lolEnglish degree, now. I wanted to be a librarian. Guess what buildings absolutely do NOT new people working for them? Oh yeah that's right-- libraries. xD Libraries are a dying breed anyhow because books are read on things such as Kindles. Damn you, Kindle! You don't even smell like a book! And librarians never retire so new ones aren't needed. Ever.

Anyhow, I think the girl proved that she was not responsible enough to have a laptop, so I agree that the father had every right as a parent to take the laptop away. Shooting it several times was fine by me too, as it seemed to drive home the point that disrespecting your parents has actual consequences.

The girl did not have to make everyone else's bed, as someone else commented on. She had to make her own bed, and sometimes the guest bed. All her chores were normal chores that most teenagers have. And the fact that she had the gall to refer to a family friend as a 'cleaning lady' just goes to show what a selfish, spoiled brat she is.

The only issue (besides temper tantrums) that I can see coming from this is problems doing her homework because so many schools require online work. Well damn kid, I guess you have to actually go to a library now. If more parents were like that guy and more kids had to go to the library, I might have a job. xD

I agree with this 100%
Now, I am not knocking learning for learning's sake. And, I am not saying in all cases its bad for people to have a broad study in college. However, I think its ridiculous for someone who wants to be an engineer, like the kind that sits in an office and designs bridges for example, to be forced to sit through Chapter 2 of that world history class. It is a huge waste of time and a huge waste of someone's (be it his, his parents, the government, or whatever scholarship he is on) money for something that will benefit him none at all in his job, sitting in an office designing bridges. College is a racket that requires you to take almost 2 full years (and drop a lot of money) on classes that do not benefit you at all.

Like I say, that's just my opinion.

That's fine, in some ways even commendable. However, if you graduate and you're only able to find a job making $30k a year or no job at all you don't get to complain about it. You made your choices and they have consequences.

I graduated already, several years back. Any application process I've been through thus far for a job hasn't worried about my previous major beyond asking a few questions in interviews. Granted my situation is somewhat uncommon, but I certainly don't think you're doomed to a lifetime of failure with a liberal arts degree.

It might take you a little longer to get the job you want.

If I read that right you're still looking for a job as you've not been able to find one yet. You don't see the link between that and your major? You know how many actuaries can't find work? Like none of them.

I am not currently looking for a job. However, like I said, my situation isn't quite normal.

Ah, I misunderstood then.

I still read real books, Leila. Damn those electronic devil devices! Down with them I say!

I think books are nice. I like the way paper looks over screens.

Same, I like the feel of the pages between my fingers. My wife says I am weird.

Audiobooks <3

That's probably a learned part of your immersion process. By removing it, attention gets called to it, hurting immersion slightly.