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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (377294)	8/9/2010 4:20:19 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794367

"Students: College is over-rated because it's often not economically useful." depends on your major, my niece just got out as a Math major got a job paying 65k tons of bennies, match 2-1 retirement and will pay for her masters.. my older son has been working at the same place the last 3 summers as an intern and will have a double major in computer engineering and math he's hoping to start at 75k. now on the other hand my SIL sister's kids(no relationship) just got out with an english major (now working at Borders books for 7 bucks an hour) and the other got majored in french(unemployed)

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (377294)	8/9/2010 4:31:17 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794367

I certainly wouldn't want to discourage academically capable people from attending university, but I do think choice of curriculum is important. Ethnic studies and similar fields are for people who have independent means and don't need to learn anything useful in order to earn a living.