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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
now, if you had stayed, you would still have no debt, and you would still have bought a house, but you'd have a college degree also.
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Maybe so, but youth is precious and highly perishable.
Not to mention the general uselessness of a liberal arts BA.
In my entire 7 months of recent unemployment, I saw maybe one or two jobs that I would have perhaps applied for were it not for degree requirements, and they paid no better than what I make now.
Of course, in val's case, I would recommend sticking with it, since grad school is on his list of priorities and obviously undergrad completion is a good idea in that case.
I personally loathed college so much that I would not have even entertained the idea of grad school. I am perfectly happy with my standard of living, and the statistical likelihood of slightly higher financial security with the degree was not a significant enough incentive given my particular set of priorities.
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
and to contrast your particular friend with the mfa who works at a coffee shop,
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I must again clarify that he is an ART PROFESSOR who works at a coffeeshop.
The guy is 40 years old and has been at it his entire life. How long do you have to pay your freaking dues, for God's sake? Ridiculous.