[quote]Charlemagne wrote:
I must tell you that I myself am finishing up my BA in Criminal Justice.[/quote]
That’s what happens when you get a liberal arts CJ degree. Mine is BSAS in Law Enforcement Administration and I spent four years learning how to take a promotional exam. Can’t ask for anything more than that for career applicability,
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
Charlemagne wrote:
The whole bias factor was another big scrupple I had with those social “science” classes. It seemed that alot of times the professors would insert their own world views into the subject matter and then expect the students to embrace them whole heartedly. That is what I liked about math or chem or physics. The answers were what they were. Some professor couldn’t throw their own subjective opinions into their grading.
What the fuck is a scrupple? LOL. My simple social science mind can’t comprehend such big words.
[response to another post]: To anyone who thinks economics is not used in the business world ought to take a look around Wall St. and elsewhere in the financial sector. There are one or two millionaires running around with social science degrees. And I’m not quite certain, but I think maybe MBAs might be faring quite well against engineers and scientists in the salary game. So, while the social sciences may be bullshit, at least they are profitable.
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You mean economists and mbas are profitable. I�??m guessing here, but as a whole, people who graduate with a social science degree don�??t make a lot of money. This is fine, since a lot of people who go into social science aren�??t looking to make a tonne of money.
This is how I see it, an undergraduate degree in social sciences is probably useless, but social science is useful. When I was at university, all the slackers seemed to be in the social sciences.
Top medical schools are now recruiting humanities majors over pre-med majors. Why? Those with experience in the humanities tend to approach patients holistically rather than as symptoms. Better bed side manner and better treatment. Oh, students with humanities backgrounds also are scoring higher on entrance exams.
Just remember that a university education is supposed to be about much more than training for a particular job.
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
Top medical schools are now recruiting humanities majors over pre-med majors. Why? Those with experience in the humanities tend to approach patients holistically rather than as symptoms. Better bed side manner and better treatment. Oh, students with humanities backgrounds also are scoring higher on entrance exams.
Just remember that a university education is supposed to be about much more than training for a particular job.[/quote]
I don’t know anything about med school, but it’s hard to believe med schools are recruiting more humanities over pre med. I am probably totally off, but I’m guessing the majority of the selection committee for med school were pre med students and they probably have a bias towards selecting pre med students.
While students with a humanities background might be scoring higher on the exam, you have to realize that these students are probably the top of their class. My friend�??s brother studied economics and went to med school, but he was also extremely smart and was pretty much good at everything. The fact that his dad is a doctor probably helped a lot too. He scored in the top 1% and it had nothing to do with him studying economics, it was due to the fact that he was just smart and hard working. If you look at the number of students taking the exam, pre med probably has more students than all the other majors combined and they probably also have lesser quality students taking the exam too.
I think today�??s employers are looking for specific majors when they need to fill a position. If an employer is looking at 2 potential hires, they�??re probably going to go after the person who majored in the field that gives them the background knowledge.
Hopefully this makes sense, since it�??s late and I�??m sleepy as hell.
I’m an econ major, and love it because it makes sense to me, and I’ve gotten an A in every single econ class so far.
But even though I read T-Nation at least 2 hours a day I got a C- in strength training physiology. I’ll be the first to admit that Bio stuff is way harder than social sciences. It’s too bad, because I really want to be a psychiatrist, but I know it will never happen, at least without wasting a couple a years retraining, and working my ass of.
[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
I’m an econ major, and love it because it makes sense to me, and I’ve gotten an A in every single econ class so far.
But even though I read T-Nation at least 2 hours a day I got a C- in strength training physiology. I’ll be the first to admit that Bio stuff is way harder than social sciences. It’s too bad, because I really want to be a psychiatrist, but I know it will never happen, at least without wasting a couple a years retraining, and working my ass of. [/quote]
phisiology is a tough class no doubt about it. But just because it doesnt come as easy to you as econ does dont just rule it out as a possible future. I felt that way when I toke up a second major in exercise science/Physical Therapy. Started out as a business major and just didnt see myself doing that the rest of my life. I have to spend an extra year in undergrad to finish the science major but at this point have no regrets, even though i’ve been taking 18+ credits every semester the last 2 years and summer courses. In the end it will pay off. So my advice is to think wisely before you give up on your dream
[quote]Rasclot123 wrote:
When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are knowns as the Arts. This includes actual Art, English, History, Classics, and Philosophy. These can of course be broken down further into Film, Womyn�??s Studies (yes the spelling is correct), Communications, Gender Studies, and so forth.
It is important to note that a high percentage of white people also get degrees in Political Science, which is pretty much like arts, and only seems to have the word �??science�?? in it to make white people feel better about themselves.
These degrees enable white people to spend four yeas of their lives reading books, writing papers and feeling great about themselves. It is a known fact that Arts students firmly believe that they are doing you/society a favor by not getting a job and reading Proust.
They use this to protest for reduced tuition, more money for the arts, and special reduced student rates on things like bus passes.
But what about the white people who study Science, Engineering or Business? Unless they become doctors, they essentially lose white person status (and can only be regained by working at a non-profit).
So why would white people spend all that time studying and working to get into college if they are just going to read books that they might have read in their free time? Because white people have it made.
They can take that degree and easily parlay it into a non profit job, an art gallery job, or work in publishing. If the pay is low, no problem, their parents will happily help out with rent until they magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.
White people can also take that degree and go to graduate school (future post) and eventually become a professor or adjunct professor where they will still require parental support.
If they are REALLY ambitious and need to make money, they can take that degree and go to Law School.
But the real reason white people need these degrees is so that they can sound smart at parties. Of course it trickles down to making connections, getting hired, knowing rich people, and so forth. But ultimately it all begins by saying �??reading Henry James was the most rewarding part of undergrad.�??
Using this to your advantage can be very difficult as attempts to talk about the books they skimmed while hungover can expose you. It is best to say that you were a first generation college student and your parents demanded that you study math, chemistry, economics or computer science. You had to read Joyce on your own.
~stuff white people like.com[/quote]
Lol either your a racist prick, or troll. hmmmm
I feel all fields of study have their place in academia, but some just go out of their way to justify their existence. In essence they take the meat of their topic and mix it with a ton of garbage. So many theories in all fields rely on assumptions/observations and pass them off as facts.
[quote]vicktimised wrote:
Rasclot123 wrote:
When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are knowns as the Arts. This includes actual Art, English, History, Classics, and Philosophy. These can of course be broken down further into Film, Womyn�??s Studies (yes the spelling is correct), Communications, Gender Studies, and so forth.
It is important to note that a high percentage of white people also get degrees in Political Science, which is pretty much like arts, and only seems to have the word �??science�?? in it to make white people feel better about themselves.
These degrees enable white people to spend four yeas of their lives reading books, writing papers and feeling great about themselves. It is a known fact that Arts students firmly believe that they are doing you/society a favor by not getting a job and reading Proust.
They use this to protest for reduced tuition, more money for the arts, and special reduced student rates on things like bus passes.
But what about the white people who study Science, Engineering or Business? Unless they become doctors, they essentially lose white person status (and can only be regained by working at a non-profit).
So why would white people spend all that time studying and working to get into college if they are just going to read books that they might have read in their free time? Because white people have it made.
They can take that degree and easily parlay it into a non profit job, an art gallery job, or work in publishing. If the pay is low, no problem, their parents will happily help out with rent until they magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.
White people can also take that degree and go to graduate school (future post) and eventually become a professor or adjunct professor where they will still require parental support.
If they are REALLY ambitious and need to make money, they can take that degree and go to Law School.
But the real reason white people need these degrees is so that they can sound smart at parties. Of course it trickles down to making connections, getting hired, knowing rich people, and so forth. But ultimately it all begins by saying �??reading Henry James was the most rewarding part of undergrad.�??
Using this to your advantage can be very difficult as attempts to talk about the books they skimmed while hungover can expose you. It is best to say that you were a first generation college student and your parents demanded that you study math, chemistry, economics or computer science. You had to read Joyce on your own.
~stuff white people like.com
Lol either your a racist prick, or troll. hmmmm
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Not racist, it is taken from a blog written by a white guy. I heard about it on NPR (#44).
The ability to laugh at one is a priceless commodity.
typo, should be oneself
[quote]vicktimised wrote:
Rasclot123 wrote:
When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are knowns as the Arts. This includes actual Art, English, History, Classics, and Philosophy. These can of course be broken down further into Film, Womyn�??s Studies (yes the spelling is correct), Communications, Gender Studies, and so forth.
It is important to note that a high percentage of white people also get degrees in Political Science, which is pretty much like arts, and only seems to have the word �??science�?? in it to make white people feel better about themselves.
These degrees enable white people to spend four yeas of their lives reading books, writing papers and feeling great about themselves. It is a known fact that Arts students firmly believe that they are doing you/society a favor by not getting a job and reading Proust.
They use this to protest for reduced tuition, more money for the arts, and special reduced student rates on things like bus passes.
But what about the white people who study Science, Engineering or Business? Unless they become doctors, they essentially lose white person status (and can only be regained by working at a non-profit).
So why would white people spend all that time studying and working to get into college if they are just going to read books that they might have read in their free time? Because white people have it made.
They can take that degree and easily parlay it into a non profit job, an art gallery job, or work in publishing. If the pay is low, no problem, their parents will happily help out with rent until they magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.
White people can also take that degree and go to graduate school (future post) and eventually become a professor or adjunct professor where they will still require parental support.
If they are REALLY ambitious and need to make money, they can take that degree and go to Law School.
But the real reason white people need these degrees is so that they can sound smart at parties. Of course it trickles down to making connections, getting hired, knowing rich people, and so forth. But ultimately it all begins by saying �??reading Henry James was the most rewarding part of undergrad.�??
Using this to your advantage can be very difficult as attempts to talk about the books they skimmed while hungover can expose you. It is best to say that you were a first generation college student and your parents demanded that you study math, chemistry, economics or computer science. You had to read Joyce on your own.
~stuff white people like.com
Lol either your a racist prick, or troll. hmmmm
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He was quoting a stupid website.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I’ll wear the plaid skirt you bring the yard stick.
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I got your yardstick…