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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll pay for a useful degree. If my kids wants to waste four years on a degree that won't land them a job afterwards, well, then they can pay for that themselves.  [/quote]

That is so incredibly controlling and sad. How do you know what will land them a job or not? I have so many friends with liberal arts degrees who have gotten very wealthy. [/quote]

Not PP, but most people I know with lib arts degrees that have gotten wealthy had either a) a degree from an Ivy or b) family connections. So yes, the well connected can do well regardless of degree. The other thing I will add is that the world in not the same. 40 years ago Peter Jennings could walk into a newspaper office and get a job as a journalist, now they won't hire you as an assistant even with a masters from Columbia. So if my kid says he wants to major in journalism, I want him to understand the impact of his decisions. We don't have connections.[/quote]

I am not well connected but got an MBA from a top school and [b]have done well despite my liberal arts degree[/b]. I know plenty of successful people from my college. [/quote]

have done well [b]thanks to my[/b] liberal arts degree

^^^Fixed that for you.[/quote]

It was an intentional statement given the attitude of the PP. No correction necessary.

And to the PP who noted that I required an MBA - I can assure you it paid off far more than an undergrad computer science degree would have. Are you implying that graduate degrees are unecessary for kids who aren't liberal arts grads? I suspect that's not the case. [/quote]

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