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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Is all of this a sign that schools are 'succeeding' or that degrees are increasingly meaningless? My psychology degree didn't prepare me for a real job, my internship that paid for my school did. My Master's program has prepared me for a 'real' career.
Is the inability for people to work w/o a high school degree, even in jobs that don't have to require a diploma or GED a sign that schools are succeeding or that it's too easy to graduate and thus easy to discriminate against those who dropped out and yet would have done well in a labor/apprentice/journeyman position. And 40 years ago would have had a career and steady paycheck.
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I think you nailed this issue although I will say that I think dropping out today may signal an level of fundamental life incompetence or unwillingness to get along with life that it didn't signal in the past. (Of course I don't mean everyone. We can all think of someone who dropped out because of life circumstances way beyond his or her control.)
What are you getting your master's in if you don't mind me asking?
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