Would you be annoyed—“Fun” as response to MSW degree?

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Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot. A service-oriented degree like MSW is exactly the opposite of "fun."

It’s a soft degree, an easy ticket to a cushy civil servant gig. Nursing requirements and long hours in a hospital are much harder and grosser than msw.

What’s a “soft” degree? Does that mean not prestigious, not rigorous, low barrier to entry, low IQ, etc? Maybe that’s why the person said “fun”? Like condescending.

Avoiding any and all science and math coursework. Avg student has low SAT score, low or no GMAT/GRE, low barrier of entry into master’s program. Don’t play dumb.

So getting a PhD in education and calling yourself “Doctor,” as in Dr Jill Biden and legions of FCPS principals who insist upon being addressed as “Doctor.”

Social work and teaching… largely dim bulbs.

Which school do you teach at?

There is hard data showing college students with the lowest SAT and GRE/GMAT scores go into teaching and social work. You'll claim test scores are meaningless and don't measure anything. Everyone with low scores says that, of course.

My DD scored in the 99 percentile on her SAT and entered college with a years’ worth of AP credits, graduated college with honors in 3 years, and chose to get her MSW. What do scores measure or mean to you?

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OP, I can see someone saying that (and I'm interested in getting an MSW myself!) I can see saying it out of awkwardness. Just not knowing what to say. Earlier today I said something like that to a recent grad, who said she'd majored in business and marketing or something. I've got nothing to say about that, and just said "cool" or something like that. I thought afterwards that I should perhaps have thought of good followup questions, but didn't in the moment. We're all works in progress.

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Anonymous wrote:My best friend once said she thought having a birth doula sounded “fun” but she didn’t have the time to find one before her due date. I, um, gently told her that the birth wouldn’t be fun, with or without a doula.

But I don’t think you should read too much into it.

You don't know that. Some people really do have beautiful birth experiences (could be called fun), and your chances are higher with a doula. You remind me of my rigid grandfather who was enraged when we said school was fun. Apparently no good school should be "fun"!

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Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot. A service-oriented degree like MSW is exactly the opposite of "fun."

It’s a soft degree, an easy ticket to a cushy civil servant gig. Nursing requirements and long hours in a hospital are much harder and grosser than msw.

What’s a “soft” degree? Does that mean not prestigious, not rigorous, low barrier to entry, low IQ, etc? Maybe that’s why the person said “fun”? Like condescending.

Avoiding any and all science and math coursework. Avg student has low SAT score, low or no GMAT/GRE, low barrier of entry into master’s program. Don’t play dumb.

So getting a PhD in education and calling yourself “Doctor,” as in Dr Jill Biden and legions of FCPS principals who insist upon being addressed as “Doctor.”

Social work and teaching… largely dim bulbs.

Which school do you teach at?

There is hard data showing college students with the lowest SAT and GRE/GMAT scores go into teaching and social work. You'll claim test scores are meaningless and don't measure anything. Everyone with low scores says that, of course.

My DD scored in the 99 percentile on her SAT and entered college with a years’ worth of AP credits, graduated college with honors in 3 years, and chose to get her MSW. What do scores measure or mean to you?

That's nice, dear. Perhaps you should google the meaning of median and anecdote.

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Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot. A service-oriented degree like MSW is exactly the opposite of "fun."

It’s a soft degree, an easy ticket to a cushy civil servant gig. Nursing requirements and long hours in a hospital are much harder and grosser than msw.

What’s a “soft” degree? Does that mean not prestigious, not rigorous, low barrier to entry, low IQ, etc? Maybe that’s why the person said “fun”? Like condescending.

Avoiding any and all science and math coursework. Avg student has low SAT score, low or no GMAT/GRE, low barrier of entry into master’s program. Don’t play dumb.

So getting a PhD in education and calling yourself “Doctor,” as in Dr Jill Biden and legions of FCPS principals who insist upon being addressed as “Doctor.”

Social work and teaching… largely dim bulbs.

Which school do you teach at?

There is hard data showing college students with the lowest SAT and GRE/GMAT scores go into teaching and social work. You'll claim test scores are meaningless and don't measure anything. Everyone with low scores says that, of course.

My DD scored in the 99 percentile on her SAT and entered college with a years’ worth of AP credits, graduated college with honors in 3 years, and chose to get her MSW. What do scores measure or mean to you?

Stop feeding the troll. I recognize this one through her favorite use of “dim bulbs”.

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Anonymous wrote:Your friend is an idiot. A service-oriented degree like MSW is exactly the opposite of "fun."

It’s a soft degree, an easy ticket to a cushy civil servant gig. Nursing requirements and long hours in a hospital are much harder and grosser than msw.

What’s a “soft” degree? Does that mean not prestigious, not rigorous, low barrier to entry, low IQ, etc? Maybe that’s why the person said “fun”? Like condescending.

Avoiding any and all science and math coursework. Avg student has low SAT score, low or no GMAT/GRE, low barrier of entry into master’s program. Don’t play dumb.

So getting a PhD in education and calling yourself “Doctor,” as in Dr Jill Biden and legions of FCPS principals who insist upon being addressed as “Doctor.”

Social work and teaching… largely dim bulbs.

Which school do you teach at?

There is hard data showing college students with the lowest SAT and GRE/GMAT scores go into teaching and social work. You'll claim test scores are meaningless and don't measure anything. Everyone with low scores says that, of course.

My DD scored in the 99 percentile on her SAT and entered college with a years’ worth of AP credits, graduated college with honors in 3 years, and chose to get her MSW. What do scores measure or mean to you?

Stop feeding the troll. I recognize this one through her favorite use of “dim bulbs”.

Steer clear of anyone who uses mean girl insults to get a rise out of people. The best course of action is ignoring.

[Anonymous]

Congrats to your daughter, OP. She is going into a field where she will be sorely needed, and she will make a difference in people's lives. Just ignore the people who don't get it.