I am more or less certain that the answer is a resounding "NO." That being said, I genuinely cannot yet fully accept that I spent four years of my life on a degree that will literally never open a single door for me.
In fact, I have an aching fear that my degree in philosophy is not only worthless but far worse than worthless. For one, the years of acquiring my education could have been spent working. I could have acquired some damn savings in my bank account.
Secondly, I am pretty damn sure that I am just not being taken seriously as a potential employee. This is exactly BECAUSE of my degree. Most of the people who consider hiring me will inevitably throw my resume in the garbage pile due to the countless (mostly correct) stereotypes about useless humanities majors.
The worst part is that even I am tired of pretending that my degree could be useful to my employers. All of this smug, self-gratifying talk from humanities majors about how they have some sort of monopoly on critical thinking, problem-solving, or transferable skills is all bullshit. Critical thinking is central to every major. So is problem-solving. And transferable skills... will help you smoothly transfer back and forth between minimum-wage jobs.
I don't really know what this rant is all about. Do I seek someone to change my mind? Do I want to discourage young people from studying worthless degrees? Do I just want to shit on humanities? I don't know.
Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:34AM by Individual_Prune8601 https://ift.tt/Px7kI9K
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