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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These articles are so misleading.  So you have an English degree from an Ivy or SLAC and got a 6 figure job out of college - whoop dee doo! What about the English major who went to community college then to a 3rd tier state university? Many of them are better off majoring in something practical.  [/quote]

I went to a third tier liberal arts school and then law school at Wash U. on a full ride. I got a very nice Biglaw job out of school and then went to a boutique firm before I started having kids.  I make good money.

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...because you have a law degree. [/quote]

*shrug* I fully expect my kids to go to grad school or professional school.  Don't you?[/quote]
It's unnecessary if you get it right the first time around. [/quote]

But if you just get an engineering degree, you didn't get it right. You have a person who is technically trained and can support themselves by working in their field, but they aren't educated enough to do anything else. They aren't ready to advance to management because they can't communicate or think across disciplines. They can't innovate well. They aren't ready to run a business. They aren't ready to be writers or voters or leaders because all they know is their field.

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I wouldn't expect anyone coming straight out of undergraduate or graduate school to know how to be an instant CEO. Nobody at the entry level is immediately ready for a promotion. But, even the lowly engineer has to take English, humanities, and social science classes. And they know so much more on top of that. That is why an engineering major requires more credits, and is so much more difficult than a history major. [/quote]

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