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Bob2004:
I don't really get this idea that if you're doing an arts degree, it's not going to get you a job at the end of it. Sure, most of them don't lead directly into any well-paying field as such, but then that's not really the point. The majority of jobs requiring a university level education don't care what degree you have (so long as it's not something totally spurious like "Sports Science" or somesuch), they just want someone who has a degree. You learn so many more things from university than just the subject you're studying, and having a degree shows that you've gained that experience, and are capable of putting your head down, and doing the work needed to earn that qualification.

The majority of people studying, say, a law degree don't go on to become lawyers, for example. Most end up doing all kinds of different things, totally unrelated to their degree subject. While the subject does still matter to some extent (I imagine "Law" or "Physics" look better to a potential employer than "Art History" or "Philosophy" - no offence intended to people studying those), it's not all that important for most jobs.

As for me, for the record, I'm currently studying for a Joint Honours in Business Studies & Japanese. It's a fairly obscure subject; there aren't that many careers that require being fluent in Japanese, but I know that it will still come in handy in many areas of my life, and that even if I don't end up as a translator or something, I can easily get a well-paid job in any company somewhere and earn a good salary from the start. And the business side can only help with that.

criver:
@metro: I'm currently studying music and I can tell you it's no joke studying composition, orchestral conducting, harmony, solfege etc. So no - not all people studying arts are lazying their asses off and partying like crazy.

SirSkyRider:

--- Quote from: criver on March 06, 2012, 06:29:04 PM ---@metro: I'm currently studying music and I can tell you it's no joke studying composition, orchestral conducting, harmony, solfege etc. So no - not all people studying arts are lazying their asses off and partying like crazy.

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Don't you even have to take tests to get into music or art academies?

I remember a friend of mine who studies trombone (he's awesome btw) having to take tests to get into a conservatory/music academy.

harpy:
I had my youth, I had my foolish thoughts and I had my sanity and it all ended up in me getting masters degree in philosophy and loosing my sanity, well at least my peace of mind. I do not regret it to much, now I think of getting some kind of degree in psychology. Philosophy and psychology go well together.  And no I do not think about future jobs, I do plan to enjoy my life as much as I can, before I absolutely have to dive into all the routine and serious part of it.
Yes, I do not like most mathematics based sciences, I find them to be quite boring. I also do not like dealing with people, so no social silences for me.
I think I could get some kind of degree in some kind of languages, translating would be a nice job for me. I was thinking about Spanish/Italian/Portuguese will see, not like I have anywhere to hurry to, I am only 27 :)

Do not touch philosophy. If you just touch it a bit, you will just sound like one of these foolish people who knows many long and hard words, but don't actually know how to use them. If you touch it properly you will get quite a nice perspectives on things, you will understand things better, you will be able to fit all the peaces together better you will have wider view on the world and so on, but you will most likely will not be as happy as you were before and you will not be able to enjoy stuff like reading a proper book, having a simple conversation, liking stupid people, liking young people well the simple things in life and on top of that it is a lot harder to find people to talk with about stuff you like, a lot harder then finding people you can talk about anime, anime is quite popular. Philosophy is popular as well, but most of people talking about it just have glanced at it and its no fun, to talk about it with someone who knows about and most likely do not really understand it.

As for being in uni - yeah I was drunk most of the time (more towards the end then in beginning), but its not like we had much to do if it was not exam time. All we had to do most of the time was reading 2-3 books a week, not really that hard once you have learned how to ready philosophy books and papers on it.  Exam time was hell with all the papers and exams and tests and so on and having to read a book a day to do a proper job at doing the exams. But it was just 2 months in year, so not that hard. Writing final papers was kind of hard, and master degree was kind of hard, but not that we had to forget about living in the rest of time.

Ha ha ha, I remember this one exam about Plato and Socrates and Aristotle, we had a symposium (you know vine, cookies, smokes and long long discussions in a group, there was a paper we also had to submit..or two, do not remember that), I know that I was quite drunk by the end of the exam :D 


--- Quote from: SirSkyRider on March 06, 2012, 07:01:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: criver on March 06, 2012, 06:29:04 PM ---@metro: I'm currently studying music and I can tell you it's no joke studying composition, orchestral conducting, harmony, solfege etc. So no - not all people studying arts are lazying their asses off and partying like crazy.

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Don't you even have to take tests to get into music or art academies?


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You dumb or what? One have to take exams or test or something of that sort to get in ANY KIND OF SCHOOL :D

Few of my friends study in academy of art.
Even ones who went to art section and not history of art section had exams >_> 
few of friends who went to music type of school had hellishly difficult exams.

I do understand that people who think of science and knowledge only as math or economic or law do not understand that stuff like art and music and so on is hard as well, but it does not change the fact that it is. Oh and yes - it is useful. It makes human human and not a machine and it makes human life fuller and it does provide pleasure most humans take for granted.

SirSkyRider:

--- Quote from: SirSkyRider on March 06, 2012, 07:01:19 PM ---Don't you even have to take tests to get into music or art academies?

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You dumb or what? One have to take exams or test or something of that sort to get in ANY KIND OF SCHOOL :D
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No... I got into university just by showing them my Abitur grades. Here, only private academies or some subjects come with a test. I think this is quite different in your country.

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