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To: JohnM who wrote (258806)	8/23/2014 9:16:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543033

You know, if you've got a kid, first and foremost you want them to get a good job (or most people want this) so that child can live decently. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't want that. takepart.com forbes.com And while a liberal education can be interesting, and it certainly broadens the mind, in the end it's a luxury. And a lot of people can't afford to have that kind of education, and still get out with marketable skills- unless they're going to some very connected Ivy with a very good placement program, where a job is guaranteed to the elite who pay the fee at the gate.

To: JohnM who wrote (258806)	8/24/2014 2:22:01 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543033

I've always disliked the second argument because majoring in philosophy, history, english, and so on shouldn't be about making the most money or running the largest corporation. But rather about learning about the human condition, how to think critically, the long scope of culture, and so on. John, in the Mammon-worshipping America of today, that just sounds like a bunch of wishy-washy hippie BS. One of my bosses when I was developing software had read nothing but technical books since he had graduated college a decade earlier. He felt reading anything else was a total waste of time. I read an article, but didn't post it, about how kids today shouldn't even care about getting a degree, but should just learn to code in an in-demand computer language and get a great paying job. The employers don't care about degrees, they care about very specific abilities.