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Originally Posted by blankall
Canada is in many ways stuck in the old British ideas of what is proper and class.
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In the UK, you're barely even really considered middle-class if you're an engineer, because of the association with dirtying your hands with machinery. Certainly not in the same social class as a barrister or banker.
The move to making everything a 4-year university degree isn't just a legacy of the past - it's still ongoing. Was there any need for Mount Royal College to scrap it's practical 2-year diploma programs and become a university? It's more prestigious for administration and professors. But now students have to spend double the time and money to get a degree. And as someone who has hired people with the both the 2-year diplomas and the 4-year degrees that replaced them, the graduates are no better qualified for the job. In some cases they're worse, because they have a more general education.
As an alumni, every time MRU comes calling for a contribution I tell them the same thing: You've doubled the cost of my kids' education (assuming they go there). I would have happily made a donation if you were still a college. But not now.