Let’s be Honest DCUM Moms: Half of your kids should not be going to college

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wants to be a pilot and get a degree in aviation maintenance. Seems fairly AI-proof. This kid could not last a day in a 9-5 office job anyway, so we were never going to waste $300k on a liberal arts degree. The aviation idea is more stable than the other ideas he's thrown out, like a park ranger, ski patroller, or rafting guide.

He sounds like he’s 10, so I wouldn’t worry about it. I wanted to be a cowboy and I’m a girl. Now I’m a neuroscientist at a pharmaceutical company - go figure.

That’s an obnoxious comment. Who are you to judge a teen on his dreams? You work at a drug company. Is that supposed to be impressive?

Why would she worry about her son becoming an aviation mechanic and working his way up to commercial pilot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Majority of SAHM 's have a college degree and because of that they married educated well off people. Or in my BIL case he married my sister with a big job as he had a college degree and was a stay at home dad most of his life.

So there is value even if you dont use it.

That’s not why a degree is valuable. Nobody has mentioned the value of learning a whole lot more than what you were taught in high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who on DCUM is graduating with six figures of debt? I don’t know anyone.

The majority of doctors have debt with a third of doctors having about $250k in debt. Most health professionals- dentists, physical therapists, nurses.

Students who went to graduate school are most likely to have high debt, many have six figure loans. Bachelor degree graduates have much lower amounts of student loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The original post is the "dumbification" or whatever.

What is this nonsense - is this a foreign psyop - telling Americans that education is "dumb" and don't get one?

Yes. It’s part of Putin conquering us. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

College is to meet a spouse and lifetime post-college social circle. Everything else about it is window dressing. You can get a “business” or “engineering” or “nursing” degree at any degree mill local regional college for cheap. Parents are paying big bucks for the curated dating pools and friend groups; in other words, avoid your kid dating and socializing with lower and middle class if at all possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College is to meet a spouse and lifetime post-college social circle. Everything else about it is window dressing. You can get a “business” or “engineering” or “nursing” degree at any degree mill local regional college for cheap. Parents are paying big bucks for the curated dating pools and friend groups; in other words, avoid your kid dating and socializing with lower and middle class if at all possible.

This is why the divorce rate is so high.

[Anonymous]

Go to college for life experiences and critical thinking, so you can spot and ignore troll posters like this in a second.

[Anonymous]

Pôster might be a troll, but she is right. She never said college is bad. She is only stating the obvious. Our economy is not big enough to support the current number of college graduates. So instead of graduating with a film degree from jambalaya state, you might as well go to a Trade school and save your money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pôster might be a troll, but she is right. She never said college is bad. She is only stating the obvious. Our economy is not big enough to support the current number of college graduates. So instead of graduating with a film degree from jambalaya state, you might as well go to a Trade school and save your money.

You see, people who need to save their money don't usually graduate with a film degree from jambalaya state - trust funders do and they can afford it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pôster might be a troll, but she is right. She never said college is bad. She is only stating the obvious. Our economy is not big enough to support the current number of college graduates. So instead of graduating with a film degree from jambalaya state, you might as well go to a Trade school and save your money.

You see, people who need to save their money don't usually graduate with a film degree from jambalaya state - trust funders do and they can afford it.

You would be surprised…..go to any state school….and check the kids studying degrees where there is zero chance of a payoff…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pôster might be a troll, but she is right. She never said college is bad. She is only stating the obvious. Our economy is not big enough to support the current number of college graduates. So instead of graduating with a film degree from jambalaya state, you might as well go to a Trade school and save your money.

You see, people who need to save their money don't usually graduate with a film degree from jambalaya state - trust funders do and they can afford it.

You would be surprised…..go to any state school….and check the kids studying degrees where there is zero chance of a payoff…..

Hmm… how does that actually help society if taxpayers keep funding basket-weaving degrees?

[Anonymous]

I agree and think half of listed job requirements should not include a bachelor's degree.

Since when was it a requirement to have a college degree to be a receptionist? Or hang art for a nursery school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok you go first. Don’t send your kid to college.

Good luck with that!
PS- some of us can afford college.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pôster might be a troll, but she is right. She never said college is bad. She is only stating the obvious. Our economy is not big enough to support the current number of college graduates. So instead of graduating with a film degree from jambalaya state, you might as well go to a Trade school and save your money.

You see, people who need to save their money don't usually graduate with a film degree from jambalaya state - trust funders do and they can afford it.

You would be surprised…..go to any state school….and check the kids studying degrees where there is zero chance of a payoff…..

Hmm… how does that actually help society if taxpayers keep funding basket-weaving degrees?

Useless degrees are in fact a drain on society.

[Anonymous]

This thread should be locked UNLESS OP is willing to hold her kid back from college.