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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
It isn't that certain degrees aren't valuable, but a lot of times it comes down to putting food on the table.
Not a lot of entry level jobs out there seeking a fine arts or history degree.
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Not arguing that, although that also depends on what type of "entry level" job you're looking for, and what type of person you are.
I would say most people looking to get an FA degree aren't interested in "regular" entry level jobs. Museums and galleries need workers.
Sometimes those degrees are also used to parlay into different professions like teaching, law, MBAs, etc..
As far as the putting food on the table, again it's relative to the type of lifestyle they seek (not everyone feels the need for fancy cars, multiple TVs/computers, vacations etc..). Someone who struggles to put food on the table is certainly a drain on society, particularly if they have a publicly funded education, but you have to weight that against the alternatives.
- So maybe this person is a net drain, but is that made up for by the number of people who are no longer net drains because they were able to get educated and contribute their maximum to society?
- If logic says that the entry-level jobs for FA/Arts degrees are less available/lucrative, wouldn't that be more of a reason to have that education be cheaper? If they come out with $20k in student debt and can't find a job to support paying it back, we are automatically handi-capping that person.
- If it's free to get that philosophy degree and a person comes out with it and can't find a way to contribute to society (ie, a job) why not allow them avenues to change what they are doing without saddling them with further financial struggles?
- we've seen in our own little microcosm how even highly-sought degrees can struggle in certain situations (geologists and engineers here). Would it not be economical to have those people able to go back and study more/something different and maybe come out having a higher immediate impact, than having highly educated people doing labor jobs and taking them away from the people who, more or less, choose to be a part of that sector. Leaving the lowest people to sink even lower, having little no opportunity for improvement themselves.