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Originally Posted by LarryBible
Very good point. My cousins son got a degree in Psychology about 6 or 8 years ago and got it with a great GPA. He still has no work in his field. My hat is off to him, however, because he is driving a courier truck. He's NOT standing around whining because no one will GIVE him a job.
It is INDEED a crying shame that so many kids have gone to college, gotten their degree and can't get a job. That said, life's a Bi+ch sometimes. That said, these kids are going to have to tighten their belt and ride it out. In the long run, they will be stronger people for it.
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That is true. At the same time, there are universities and colleges which creat bogus requirements, just to keep the cash flow going. For example, if you add enough extra required courses in: diversity, women's studies, African American studies, etc etc , you can charge the kids an extra 2,000 a head before they graduate. Hmmm let's see, if the school's got 5,000 students, why that's... 10 million bucks!
If people want to take those courses as electives, that's their choice. Too many schools have the agenda of deciding how well-rounded you should be, and what that means and all the courses you should take.
Whatever happened to the idea of free choice, since you are adults?
If you want to become an accountant, or a French teacher, or a mechanical engineer, there's a basic required curriculum that you need for your major.
If you are failing because your math is weak or your English needs polishing, then take those remedial courses as you need them. And consider them as "elective" that add value to your education.
And make you better.
Universities that create bogus requirements are doing this to keep themselves in business, rather than offering more more advanced courses, because the market for the advanced courses will always be smaller and less profitable.
Ask anyone who runs the University of Phoenix!
So let's create programs of study that will make people so skilled they will have less trouble finding a job.!!!