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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The pp who posted that a CS degree guarantees a lucrative job while a religious studies major will be unemployed is dead wrong.

A degree in gender studies from HYP with great grades, projects, internships etc. will virtually guarantee a lucrative career. Whereas a CS degree from a no-name college and middling grades will probably get you some sort of job but a career that goes nowhere.

The major means little. It’s the intelligence, initiative, diligence and ingenuity of the student that determine how successful a person will be in his or her career.

The GOP wants cogs, not independent thinkers because when people learn to think for themselves, they often move away from the GOP. I know I did.

The GOP has a fundamental belief that people are rich because they are better people. They do not want to share their wealth with the poor because they think the poor are less valuable humans, responsible for their own poverty.

That’s a huge generalization, but based on my experience as a Republican and with other Republicans, that’s generally how people like Betsy DeVos and her ilk think. That’s why they don’t see any point in educating these “lesser” people. Why throw good money after bad, they reason. [/quote]

I will say that my undergrad is in history. The ability to write and speak coherently on technical topics has very much set me apart from my peers when working in high tech. I will argue if a student can manage a liberal arts degree with technical skills, they are more desirable.

DeVos et al, do want to defund education. The GOP at the State and local level are obsessed with reducing taxes, which leaves little money for education.[/quote]

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