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<blockquote data-quote="JD8" data-source="post: 3009888" data-attributes="member: 24"><p>Ugh, the tired and embarrassing conservative narrative blaming "liberal arts" degrees for millennial whining. Look boys, Letters and Classics were two of the hardest degrees when I was at OU, those people got jobs, because well... they could learn anything. Several tech companies have come out and stated they'll hire these types of people because of their versatility. The problem out there today is that kids that probably shouldn't go to college, are going, when they probably should be in a trade, or out in the real world. They've been told all their lives that they need to go to college. On the flip side, I can't tell you how many "business" majors from OU I have seen fail. Most of the curriculum back then was a joke compared to other degrees. What kids need to be told is that it's ok to NOT go to college, it's ok to take up a trade, it's ok to get out in the real world and work..... just don't be complacent. </p><p></p><p>A real world example, my wife has a liberal arts degree, went through the accelerated RN program at OU, and she's now a nurse in Neuro ICU. She will probably applying for CRNA school when the program opens up at TU. </p><p></p><p>Let's stop the knuckledragging conservative narrative of blaming "leeebral arts" shall we? People make individual choices and the problem is MY generation and the ones before me. Why? Because we beat it into these kids heads that they HAVE to go to college to make something of themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JD8, post: 3009888, member: 24"] Ugh, the tired and embarrassing conservative narrative blaming "liberal arts" degrees for millennial whining. Look boys, Letters and Classics were two of the hardest degrees when I was at OU, those people got jobs, because well... they could learn anything. Several tech companies have come out and stated they'll hire these types of people because of their versatility. The problem out there today is that kids that probably shouldn't go to college, are going, when they probably should be in a trade, or out in the real world. They've been told all their lives that they need to go to college. On the flip side, I can't tell you how many "business" majors from OU I have seen fail. Most of the curriculum back then was a joke compared to other degrees. What kids need to be told is that it's ok to NOT go to college, it's ok to take up a trade, it's ok to get out in the real world and work..... just don't be complacent. A real world example, my wife has a liberal arts degree, went through the accelerated RN program at OU, and she's now a nurse in Neuro ICU. She will probably applying for CRNA school when the program opens up at TU. Let's stop the knuckledragging conservative narrative of blaming "leeebral arts" shall we? People make individual choices and the problem is MY generation and the ones before me. Why? Because we beat it into these kids heads that they HAVE to go to college to make something of themselves. [/QUOTE]
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