A'fucking'men

[sabbat]

Why go to university?

http://www.canadianliving.com/Family/whatsnew/why-go-to-university-n239141p1.html

That's what I've been saying all the long...
knx

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[thebabynancy]

I was always told that education was paramount.

If you know nothing, you do nothing, you make nothing... or something to that effect.

On my dad's side, my grandfather a latin professor - all of his siblings had tenure at universities in the eastern european countries... on my mother's side, every woman had her nursing degree, and most men were lawyers, or bankers, or politicians - complete with their degrees in various disciplines.

One thing I learned early on, that a degree gets you in the door far more easily than not. But it is still and always will be how you use it. :)

Still, I covet my phd in media studies... and kick myself in the ass for not sticking to the game plan so many years ago now. I would've/should've/could've been a professor by now. Instead, I am always plotting to return to complete my phd somewhere... sometime...

:D

[sabbat]

I think my perspective is different: ever since grad school, I've seen too many academic parasite that just hang around because they don't know what to do with their lives and are afraid of the job market. We were actually discussing this morning that there are not bottle necks or real tangible hurdle to jump until you actually have to write a grant. So a lot of people wander the bedlam of academia until they get hit hard on the nose and realize they are over qualified. Most of them would have made damn good research assistant managing someone else's lab and doing bench work. But now, they have too many years of post-graduate experience and because everyone is unionized (don't get me started on this!!!), they would cost too much to a researcher. So they are pretty well fucked