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[anthopleura]

I am so over school. I only have 1 year left, and it's a year of fun classes, but I just want to have my own time to do my own art. It's sad that getting an art degree is keeping me from doing art. There's this job I really really want. It's exactly what I'm doing now, but for triple the pay, full time, full benefits, but I need a degree to do

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[luxvalence]

...but they also told me I could never make money as an artist, so I should marry a nice Jewish lawyer or doctor so I wouldn't have to work and could do art all day. OMG, what century are we living in?

Ug. I SO know what you mean. My older sister actually told me that I should go to grad school... so I could meet a man and get married. As if THAT were the reason for higher education for a woman!

If I've learned anything form being in the workforce it's that you should do what you love... and if you love it there's a way to make money at it.

[exzebachay]

The art degree certainly isn't supposed to represent the entirety of your artistic training; it's just a vaguely official document that backs up your portfolio. Another way to say "yes, I do know what I'm talking about."

I'm sure I've told you this before: when I was a kid, I played piano a bunch, played DnD, had artist parents, etc. Everyone always said, "Wow, you're so creative and artistic." After falling in love with mathematics and officially deciding on it as my major, my extended family all told me, "Well, you always were very scientific, you know." People see what they expect to see, or what is easy to see. And I agree, they tend to invalidate hard work a lot.

But, we create self-imposed limits so that we can gain and grow. Here, we limit our time (and sometimes sanity) both to increase our ability within our chosen subject, and to increase our ability to prove to others that our ability is legitimate.

Also, a Jewish lawyer/doctor you should marry. A nice Jewish boy who's both a doctor and a lawyer, his mother should

[golemgirl]

Yeah... That happens. A lot. The important thing to remember, though, is that when you finish your degree, you *won't* have to turn down the job offers. And there will still be offers, maybe not quite as good as your current one, but they will be there.

Have you talked to the company and asked if they might be interested when you graduate in a year? I got several offers for permanent jobs that I turned down, where the company asked me to contact them after graduation. Of course, now I'm moving and can't take advantage of those offers...