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Any major outside of STEM, Law, or Med is not worth going to a university for. (discuss.online)

submitted 2 months ago by lriv724@discuss.online to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Take it from a criminal justice major who ended up going into student loan debt because I felt like I just downright “needed” to get it from a university. NOTE, I’m not saying don’t go to college, I’m saying unless you are majoring in one of the fields I named, you’d be better off enrolling at a JUCO or Community College. Now if you have a scholarship then that’s a different story. I was originally in a community college but ended up transferring because that school only offered associate degrees (my other excuse for leaving lol). College as a whole is way too fucking expensive to begin with but I feel as though it would be more worth it if you were in the majors I mentioned. I do realize that there are many graduates who have majored in other fields and feel content and that’s great.

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I went to school for clowning.

I graduated and toured a clown show.

I've won a bunch of awards and had a career in clowning.

I also learned a bunch of transferable skills and took a day job in marketing after successfully marketing a bunch of tours. Now I earn good money, am on the path to directorship and am well respected in the artistic and business communities.

Maybe one person's experience is not universal and there is no right or wrong answer about how to approach education, training or certification.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've won a bunch of awards and had a career in clowning.

I also learned a bunch of transferable skills

Did you become a Reddit moderator?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I wasn't pathetic enough