Comment on School of hard knocks
Azrael@reddthat.com 3 days ago
I actually agree with this one and i’m saying that as someone who has a degree.
There are different kinds of intelligence and not all of them are necessarily going to get you a job. You could have multiple degrees and still be an idiot
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 days ago
Yeah, but also never discount the amount of unqualified idiots who have those high-paying jobs in the first place because daddy donated an east wing.
Degrees don’t guarantee anything, yet they’re also the only meaningful way to get a foot in the door.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Forget “because daddy donated…”. The degree isn’t about being smart or not, it’s about being able to play in the system. The schools are for profit businesses. They know they can graduate a certain % of idiots and not hurt thier profit line. So they do. And the number is disturbingly high. You don’t need to donate money to get a degree as an idiot.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Stop pretending like the US is the only country in the world.
None of the schools in the EU are for profit. Most of the world does not have for profit schools. Degrees actually mean things. You can’t buy yourself one.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m responding to a comment talking about donating to get a degree. That pretty much narrows it down to for profit universities, doesn’t it?