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The Almighty
LMAO... pure nonsense.
The Dumbing of America
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LMAO... pure nonsense.
Billy the Great Khan
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What is it with Cali posters and drunk posting?
Kind of like that liberal arts degree...only different, right? Given the choice between the two I'd choose a business degree. The wife has one and it has helped her land numerous jobs before she met me. Now she doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to. She does, but at a job whose pay grade is way below her experience. ... because she wants to.
I think both are beneficial, for those who want a well rounded education, liberal arts is the way to go.
Those who want a trade, vocational arts is the best and cheapest route.
One size does not fit all
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The Almighty
LMAO... how is liberal arts the most well rounded?
You still have basic liberal arts classes you take with other degrees, but you also come out with degrees that will help you in the real world.
That said, what liberal arts degree do you think makes you 'well rounded'???
First, I do agree a bit. One size does not fit all but one size is much more apt to open job opportunities. If I don't have to worry about making a living I'd have loved to "round" my education a bit. But I don't come from money and I knew I had four years of support before I was expected to become productive. Liberal arts was out of the question. In fact a bachelors of arts was out of the question as far as I was concerned. I looked at the options and chose based on what would most likely provide me (and any future family) with a living. Now in the 25+ years since college, after I have become more financially stable, I have done what I can to "round" my education but my son will not be pushed in the direction of a liberal arts degree as the job market ain't changed that much. In fact a LA degree may well be less in demand than it was 30 years ago.
Yeah, but the liberal arts majors I knew weren't chasing that paper like the b-school dipshits.
Here ya go Damo. I am in a meeting the other day with some parents talking to them about how important the mathematics I teach is to their children and encouraging them to make time in the evening (no more than 15 minutes) for the small amount of work that I might send home once in a while. A Superintendent stands up after I get through talking and says, "I can't do math..." I wanted to cringe and almost didn't hear anything else of what he had to say. We live in a society where it is acceptable for people to say they can't do math. I mean, who would stand up and say, "I can't read ..."? "The system" which I have worked all my working life to improve needs to teach more personal responsibility first and foremost, then maybe we can move forward from there. No more social promotions but promotions based on demonstrated ability. If at a certain age some don't "get it" then educational paths need to diverge. I better stop before I get too soap boxy....but dadgum we got to wise up. And politically, neither side gets it.
cawacko
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Not following you on that one. If one desires to get into real estate, finance, insurance etc. you think a liberal arts educations better prepares one for that career than b-school?
cawacko
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He's a Trojan, he's brilliant. We just happen to day drink and post sometime.
You don't have to chase the paper, you just have to memorize your line: "Do you want fries with that?"
Not necessarily. As between a general business degree and liberal arts degree, I don't think you're better or worse off with the liberal arts degree, but you get a better, more well-rounded education. And the average college age student doesn't know what the hell they want to do and even if they think they know, they're probaably wrong. Under the circumstances, getting a b-school degree and taking the rich diverstity of courses SF identified is stupid. Get an economics degree (as opposed to a business degree where you take a few basic economics courses).
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well, that would explain his THINKING he is brilliant, while in reality being yet another fool.
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A general business degree will allow you a far greater chance for success than a general liberal arts degree. An economics degree IS a business degree you twit. As is accounting. As is finance. They are specifications withing the school of Business.
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Awww... someone is feeling inferior. Liberal arts majors were a joke on campus. The intellectual capacity of Desh and ILA.
An economics degree is a social science degree. The social sciences are part of a liberal arts curriculum. An economics degree is a liberal arts degree.
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LMAO... an economics degree is achieved in the School of Business... not Liberal Arts.