Meanwhile at my daughter's alma mater.
Meanwhile at my daughter's alma mater.
Yes and no. By and large, I completely agree with you, but there are times when having a piece of paper with your name on it opens doors that otherwise would be completely shut to you. I would not have gotten my current job without at least a bachelor's. Having a master's meant that I instantly earned $12k more a year because reasons. Not at all saying that's right, or the way the world should operate, but it is sometimes how the world operates.
I worked in university administration for over 5 years before recently doing a complete 180 and radically changing career paths. A bachelor's degree means absolutely nothing to me unless it was in a stem major and they had a solid gpa. I saw way to many kids stumble through 4 years and walk across a stage to place much value in what they mean. I've also hired and trained recent grads and many were worthless. No work ethic. I would hire a middle aged person with 20 years of real world life experience any day over a recent grad with a bachelor's degree in fluff.
I would say that incurring major debt to get a degree is extremely foolish unless it's a sure thing it's going to pay off ie. an M.D. or something. I was paid to go to school for undergrad (ROTC scholarship) and as a university employee, my masters was free. I have absolutely no regrets, but I also have absolutely no education incurred debt, so my degrees have only been to my benefit.
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