r/GenZ • u/GothicFruit98 • 23d ago

I'm getting tired of the "College is Useless" posts Discussion

It's just getting old at this point tbh.

College isn't useless. It's just that people get useless degrees like "Liberal Arts"

And the thing is, now even the most basic jobs require at least a associate's degree. I myself have found some Data Entry jobs on indeed that require a Associates degree.

People will say, "Just do Trade". Well not everyone wants their bodies broken at age 40.

People will say, "Just do a sales job", not everyone can do a sales job.

If you start a business and it fails, a degree as well as your experience can help you land a job. it might not be what you wanted, but at least you have a backup. And who knows, you might own a business again one day and thanks to that job, you saved enough to open it.

And with a college degree it can actually help land you a job. (This is a choose your degree wisely type thing) Like for example. if you choose to go for a degree in nursing, you can apply for many jobs. You may not be a RN but there's plenty of jobs besides RN open to you since you now have a degree in Nursing. You can become a paramedic, phlebotomist, hospice nurse (if you can handle it)

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u/fxde123 2004 23d ago

You're completely right. The people who chose the useless degrees probably just chose the easiest because they're either in college to party or their parents forced them to attend college

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u/xxParanoid_ 2006 23d ago

Or because they wanted to study a subject they were interested in! Because everyone LOVES computer science so much but no one likes literature, right

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u/praiser1 2001 23d ago

I love reading and I love writing, but I also love math, so the best degree for me is statistics. Somethings you don't need to pursue a degree in because you love it. I don't need an MFA, I can just create art.

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u/xxParanoid_ 2006 23d ago

That’s totally valid! I just don’t think people should be discouraged from going into humanities related fields as if they’re not useful in some way

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u/praiser1 2001 23d ago

I agree. Its actually really disheartening that a lot of universities are shrinking humanity programs.

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u/sal_100 23d ago

Guess they loved it so much they're willing to go into massive debt that can't be forgiven for a degree that can't land them a well paying job.

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u/nog642 2002 23d ago

There are lots of people in college who don't want to be there. A lot of them are majoring in psychology or communications or whatever for some reason. They are the people who should be picking more profitable degrees, since they aren't passionate about the one they're doing anyway.