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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]depends, if you have a stupid major like liberal arts, english etc... then yes.

Also the only place that employs the worthless public policy, poly sci etc... masters in the federal government[/quote]DS has a stupid liberal arts major in languages.  Why in the world would a stupid major company in the global business community need someone who has a dumb LS degree and speaks three critical languages?  Wow!  I'll mention that in my email to DS when he arrives in Singapore to assist with cultural/business affairs that he is soooo just wasting his time with his worthless degree.  The world needs more enlightened people like you.  [/quote]

unclench.[/quote]

Agreed -- calm your shizz down, PP. Most of us with other degrees took liberal arts classes as part our of gen eds and had to pursue a language in college in addition to more specialized coursework. It's critical for the development of good analytical thought and diverse knowledge to have that liberal arts background, but a LOT of people (like, everyone) have that background and so it's usually less useful in distinguishing yourself in the workplace. I, for one, found time for a psychology minor and two languages in addition to my hard science undergrad (and yes, I have a masters, to make this somewhat germane to OP's question, and it has provided me with a huge career boost).

P.S. Singapore is heavily English-speaking, so unless he's working with like, construction workers there, I'm not sure how he's going to use those three languages.[/quote]Maybe you should calm your shizz down.  I think you missed my point as I was being facetious towards a comment that liberal arts degrees are stupid.  Anyone who partakes in any intellectual pursuit should not be considered worthless.

Your comments which have no basis or knowledge what DS is doing in Singapore are meaningless.  On a final note, while you may think DS is undistinguished because you also took languages, we will leave it to the company that writes his checks to decide whether his fluency in Russian, Chinese, and Korean is beneficial to their company.  Good luck in your endeavors.  [/quote]I have no dog in this fight but many of the negative comments you are getting is because Americans, unlike the rest of the world, are not bilingual and feel that if you don't speak English than you are ignorant.  Other countries look upon us favorably that we have even taken the effort to learn their language.  If you think not, go to another country and make an attempt to use their language.  They love it!  Your son sounds like he is successful without a master's degree (not sure if he has one though).

And to OP, it certainly doesn't hurt to have an advance degree which would make you more marketable unless it's in accounting as a previous poster stated.[/quote]

PP who told you to calm your shizz down. Your son is undistinguished. DH is Asian and plenty of undistinguished Americans get jobs there with relatively poor language skills.

Good luck getting over your oddly angry feelings![/quote]

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