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Originally Posted by mojopinuk
I agree with alot of what you're saying but you seem to be overlooking the same point that others are making over and over again.
Now, im not saying that you are working towards qualifications that are not going to be of any use to you but lets say for a moment that you are. Some people are.
Your waitress friends may not be working towards anything. They may not be working towards a career but they are working and earning money. You, on the other hand, are working towards a degree that you wont use to further your career and your chosen path has cost you thousands of pounds/dollars to achieve something that you will spend a large percentage of your adult life paying off and may need to take this kind of job or any kind of job just to help with that.
In that situation, who is really better off?
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I'm working on certification to teach in NY State. I plan to teach and go to grad school. What I'm working for is a life where I don't have to work the kind of ****ty job that my friends are doing now, which I've had all my life. Maybe I don't know exactly what I want to do, but at least I know what I want and am taking steps to get there.
Though, its true a lot of degrees don't have an immediate pay off. I know plenty of kids with BA's in English working ****ty jobs. And I agree that a degree with some kind of certification is much better in terms of being immediately employable after graduation. But I think its still important to remember that an education is always worthwhile.