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re: Overheard on a large state university campus
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:40 pm to Mo Jeaux
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:40 pm to Mo Jeaux
No, I have a practical perspective. Look at statistics and at historical data. Paying tens of thousands of dollars to get a degree in a hobby is odd. If you want to dabble in history, take online free non-credit classes through Hillsdale, Oxford, whoever. Read tomes and tomes! Watch documentaries, travel to historical destinations, read the top 100 books of all time, etc.
There are many much cheaper ways to become a 'well-rounded person.' You are a very rare exception.
There are many much cheaper ways to become a 'well-rounded person.' You are a very rare exception.
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Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:42 pm to conservativewifeymom
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I want a job where there is little work and the pay is good.
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I'm majoring in History
as someone with a phd in history who works as a history professor, i can confirm that i do lots of work for little pay.
go into STEM or finance young people!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:43 pm to conservativewifeymom
So, the liberal arts model should be killed according to you apparently. Despite the role that universities have had in Western Civilization, they should be replaced by solely technical and professional schools, huh?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:44 pm to MoarKilometers
Masters in International Business. Fluent in 3 languages. Worked as grant manager writing proposals and managing funding for dept on large university campus. Now teaching econ, writing, and.....history. Which I learned on my own because it's one of my hobbies.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:44 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I even know this one................learn the "History" of "Global Poverty" as it relates to what, slavery maybe, and then the whole reparations thing to rant and rave about?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:45 pm to conservativewifeymom
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a minor in Global Poverty.
A field which creates a field.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:46 pm to Mo Jeaux
I highly favor a Classical education at all levels through high school. After that, it's time to get practical.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:46 pm to Bandit1980
And that's what I call 'critical thinking.' Bravo!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:48 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:Ive always said if you get a degree, that only qualifies you teach others how to get that same degree—you fell for a ponzi scheme.
What jobs out there and in the future do you foresee requiring a degree in history?!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:50 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Masters in International Business. Fluent in 3 languages. Worked as grant manager writing proposals and managing funding for dept on large university campus. Now teaching econ, writing, and.....history. Which I learned on my own because it's one of my hobbies.
No offense, but it seems like your Masters was a waste too. I would think that your job could be done by just about any smartish person with just about any liberal arts degree.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:53 pm to Mo Jeaux
You think so, huh?!?! How much do you know about grant management and accounting? Proposal writing? Collaborations with foreign research partners, recruiting and hiring foreign researchers, etc, etc?!?!
Think a 'smartish' grad with a degree in History could do that?!? Think again.
Think a 'smartish' grad with a degree in History could do that?!?
Think again.Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:56 pm to conservativewifeymom
Generally, yes. Grant management and proposal writing? Typical corporate paper pushing. Oh sure, there's a "correct" way to write a proposal, but you learn that by doing. You didn't learn it from your Masters degree.
Your collaborations and hiring? Typical HR stuff.
Your collaborations and hiring? Typical HR stuff.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:59 pm to conservativewifeymom
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but I want a job where there is little work and the pay is good
Sounds like welfare
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:59 pm to rhar61
Because history is a fricking hobby(quote)
If you are takin about American History before it was revised to fit the current narrative/agenda, you can haul your commie lovin arse to china!
If you are takin about American History before it was revised to fit the current narrative/agenda, you can haul your commie lovin arse to china!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:04 pm to conservativewifeymom
My degree is Bachelor of Criminal Justice. The agency I worked for didn’t require anything specialized, just a sheepskin. I wish I had gotten a history degree, far more interesting than C.J.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:07 pm to GruntbyAssociation
Well, I have to agree with that.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:08 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:well. After graduating in history, will get a PhD in poverty
I'm majoring in History with a minor in Global Poverty.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:11 pm to Old Money
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I have a history degree and I guarantee I make more than many of you.
Sounds like you’re not a historian then
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:24 pm to conservativewifeymom
BA in History with a minor in Global Poverty = An Individual Poverty Degree
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:27 pm to conservativewifeymom
My favorite classes were my History minor. Loved chatting it up with my FDR-loving history professor. Back when difference in politics was just a thing like difference in sports fandom.
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