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harpy:

--- Quote from: sanguis on December 08, 2009, 06:47:33 PM ---Psychology/Sociology is a pretty blunderbuss degree, it's only once you start going into the higher level degrees that it starts to become "worth it", my dad has a psych degree never ever ever used it; really liked it and really wants to do more - spent the last 20 years in I.T. .... ::)

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well that's a trick degree in fact, you do not actually think that you are using it, but in fact you are using it, maybe..most likely, not for working, but in simple everyday situations.
It's something similar to my philosophy - I do not feel like I am using it, but people who know we and so on say that I do, even the way I speak and compose my sentences, speech, arguments and so on(in my native language of course) are totally changed(<-that have nothing to do with me growing up, as I was quite grown up around time when I ended up in philosophy) and they say that my view at the world has changed(<-might do something with the maturing, but most likely philosophy just have given me a way how to hate society in verbal way. People do tend to hate more things they can talk about, rather then things they can not express in words)

Uni degree should be something that helps you grown, something that makes you feel passionate not something you want your to improve your material existence.

sanguis:

--- Quote from: harpy on December 08, 2009, 06:56:54 PM ---I do not feel like I am using it, but people who know me and so on say that I do, even the way I speak and compose my sentences, speech, arguments and so on(in my native language of course) are totally changed
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I wouldn't say that that was a direct result of getting a philosophy degree, but as a result of simply getting a degree.

Because you are in a formal environment for so long you adapt to the formal culture, using long coherent sentences is the norm in higher educational culture so you adopt that behaviour and it seeps into your everyday life, but I do agree that by completing a degree you gain knowledge over and above the knowledge contained in the degree itself.

erious:
I had a short one semester adventure with studying architecture - it wasn't something I wanted to do, but it was only art related thing on a technical university my parents were pushing me to. Leaving before getting entangled further is one of the best decisions I did in my life so far. One of the things that helped me make the decision to leave was talking with other people taking the same course - a lot of them weren't really thinking about pursuing careers in the field, but just wanted a good looking degree. I decided against wasting a few years of my life there, and just didn't show up at exams one day.
Having some kind of higher education is important - but getting stuck for the rest of your life doing something you don't enjoy just because it pays well is neither smart nor mature decision. And hey, you can make a living even in the most unprofitable fields - you just have to be damn good at what you do.

kurandoinu:
We got told last week that our degree will mean shit all in the real world, but the stuff we learn now and the contacts we make are what will get us our jobs.

scotsman:
read first seven post, ran into a wall of text, skipped to comment.
At least you know what your doing now, I got no clue what I want to do and almost no interests.

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