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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised middle class, majored in a foreign language at a school I went to on scholarship, and now I make 500K (big law).

[b]But the point of college isn’t social mobility[/b] or making lots of money. Yes you need a job but there is so much more to it.  [/quote]

Only the wealthy say shit like this. For everyone else, the main point of college is social mobility. Sure, the other factors are nice, but they’re an afterthought. Shit like this is how you get underemployed Harvard grads. Embarrassing.

I don’t know any middle or upper middle class people who would say the main point of college is for something other than getting a job or going to grad school. [/quote]

+1. I wish my kids were going to college to become better people or learn about the world or whatever. I hope those things happen but that's not why they are going.
It's pretty much for their career (unless they meet some hot child of means and they get married!)[/quote]

I’m not sure that you are getting the distinction  between social mobility and getting a career, but even still, you can major in the humanities and still have a good career plan.

Also even people who marry rich people need a career plan, you don’t want your kid being one of those stay at home moms stuck in a bad marriage because they can’t afford to get out! [/quote]

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