Most of those degrees would require you to continue your education and get into the teaching profession, otherwise ... very little money or opportunity!!
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Latest from Planck's Constant <http://plancksconstant.org/> > ------------------------------ > > 13 Worst College Majors > <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanksConstant/~3/gItOzkpO0gw/13_worst_college_majors.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 21 Jan 2016 07:22 PM PST > > I have been in the jewelry business for half a century and I can tell you > that any jeweler who tells his customers that a diamond engagement ring > is a good investment is a plain, flat-out, lying scammer > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2011/05/are_diamonds_a_good_investment.html>. > And he knows it. > > Likewise, those who run colleges and universities that charge outrageous > tuition fees for courses they know will not benefit students in terms of > career advancement or monetary gain also know they are scamming those > students. Such courses should come with a warning label that what the > students learn therein will be completely useless in the real world and > therefor are a waste of money. > > When snack manufacturers scam us with over-puffed, under-filled, and > over-priced bags of potato chips > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2014/03/buying_empty_space_in_products_creates_a_low_fake.html>, > they at least offer a notice that the contents of the bag may have settled > and that the bag is not filled-to-the-brim with chips. Also it doesn't cost > us $24,000 a bag. > > If chip-makers were completely honest then their advertisement for a > one-ounce bag of chips would look like this: > [image: funny lay's potato chips] > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/iamges/sub15/lays-chips.jpg> > Photo Credit: eBaum's World > <http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/82734773/> > > If college administrators were completely honest they would advise > students that with a degree in Black Studies their potential job prospects > would look like this : > [image: homeless] > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/iamges/sub15/homeless.jpg> > Photo Credit: Revolutionary Paideia > <http://revolutionarypaideia.com/2013/07/05/educating-the-homeless-education-without-borders/> > > Some colleges and schools are not only dishonest, their activities border > on the fraudulent - thousands of students have applied to have their > student loans forgiven, claiming their colleges defrauded them (1) > <#2072631067_71166503_1090654948_fn1>. > > So if you want to major in Peruvian rug-weaving, then turn instead to one > of the educational channels on cable or satellite TV. In a few hours you'll > know everything there is to know about the subject without throwing away > thousands of dollars and you'll still end up with the same job with or > without that degree. > > In no particular order, here are 13 College Majors that will aid you in > ending up homeless and destitute: > > > 1. *Art History* > > I do not know, nor have I ever met anyone, who has a job that requires a > degree in art history. Of course, if you can render an authentic-looking > painting of Scarlett Johansson naked > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2014/07/faked_naked_photos_of_scarlett_johansson.html>, > I may be willing to part with a few bucks, so the degree may not be > completely worthless. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Journalism* > > Most of the news we read from liberal journalists is fabricated or so > heavily biased that it's worthless. Thus, in the future the media will > figure out a way to have robots invent the news without paying journalists > anything at all. Newspapers are dying anyway, so the future looks bleak > even without robots. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Psychology* > > Who'd be crazy enough to hire someone with a psychology degree? > ------------------------------ > > > - *Black Studies* > > Al Sharpton ain't hiring any dudes with that degree. What he does need is > Jews with degrees in law and accounting to help him wiggle out of being > charged with illegal activities. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Philosophy* > > Yeah - that's what I need in my businesses: someone who can advise me as > to what I Kan or Kant do regarding the thousands of new annual government > regulations and laws > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2011/08/the_excessive_proliferation_of_criminal_laws.html> > . > ------------------------------ > > > - *Music Therapy* > > Well, this one could be slightly useful. I do need a good mixtape to > encourage my customers to spend more in my jewelry stores - the Pandora app > keeps stalling the music until one of my salesgirls clicks on an ad. Would > $10 suffice? I'll probably want to change the compilation every few months. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Dance* > > Unless you can move like Fred Astaire, dance to a different degree. > However Pole Dancing will earn you a good living. > ------------------------------ > > > - *English Literature* > > This one puts me in a quandary - let me tell you why. I believe most > English Lit majors find out that their degree is so worthless that they end > up being porn stars which actually can be quite rewarding - even those who > suck at their job earn an average $120,000 a year (2) > <#2072631067_71166503_1090654948_fn2>. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Latin* > > I studied Latin, ancient Greek > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2012/08/a_visitor_suggests_i_go_to_sunday_school_classes.html>, > Hebrew, French > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2007/02/dinner_tuxedoes_and.html>, > Polish, Urdu, German > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2013/10/learning_german_is_easier_if_you_already_speak_eng_1.html>, > Arabic > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2011/05/only_arabs_can_truly_be_muslims.html>, > and a dozen or so other languages in my youth. I didn't do it to get a job > since English is the only useful language for business success > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2011/04/the_triumph_of_the_english_language.html> > - I did it for the same reason that I studied most subjects that are > useless: I'm a curious guy. As for learning something useful for business > success, I majored in mathematics and became a successful computer > programmer. > > But studying Latin or any other language with the idea that you might get > a job is ludicrous. Colleges should be forbidden from allowing anyone to > major in any language. Studying German as an elective for example is OK, > but choosing it as a major should be Verboten. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Film* > > Nothing will develop. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Religion* > > The only guys making money in religion are "Televangelists." However a > degree is not required and most of them are greedy, shameless frauds who > only take advantage of those they scam by promising them rewards they will > never attain. That is to say, "Televangelists" are just like college > administrators. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Sociology* > > Some of my readers may complain that without a degree in sociology they > can't get a job as a corrections officer. Ahhh, a world without corrections > officers - that's a good thing. In 20 years there won't be a need for > corrections officers in America. As for why, look for a future article. > ------------------------------ > > > - *Anthropology and Archaeology* > > If you paid more than $24 for a degree in archaeology I fear that you'll > never dig yourself out of debt. > > > ------------------------------ > > This has been a Thursday 13 > <http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/meta/thursday_thirteen/> post [# 122] > and is updated on some Thursdays. > > > ------------------------------ > > ENDNOTES > > (1) <#2072631067_71166503_1090654948__fn1>: > > Wall Street Journal, 20 Jan 2016, Thousands Apply to U.S. to Forgive > Their Student Loans, Saying Schools Defrauded Them > <http://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-apply-to-u-s-to-forgive-their-student-loans-saying-schools-defrauded-them-1453285800> > > Americans are flooding the government with appeals to have their student > loans forgiven on the grounds that schools deceived them with false > promises of a well-paying career—part of a growing protest against years of > surging college costs. > > In the past six months, more than 7,500 borrowers owing $164 million have > applied to have their student debt expunged under an obscure federal law > that had been applied only in three instances before last year. The law > forgives debt for borrowers who prove their schools used illegal tactics to > recruit them, such as by lying about their graduates’ earnings. > > ... > > In letters to the Education Department, borrowers speak of frayed lives > after taking on huge debts to attend schools that they say provided inept > instructors and failed to land them the industry jobs they promised. > > “I feel robbed of my life,” wrote one student who said she owes $114,000 > in federal student debt—most of it in her mother’s name—for her time at a > branch of the Art Institutes chain of for-profit schools. “Even after > paying my student loans on time and in full every month for over seven > years, I’ve barely made a dent.” > > (2) <#2072631067_71166503_1090654948__fn2>: > > Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct 2014, Hollywood Salaries Revealed, From Movie > Stars to Agents (and Even Their Assistants) > <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-salaries-revealed-movie-stars-737321> > > *PORN STAR $120K* > > That's what an "average" porn star makes in a year, according to Joanne > Cachapero of the Free Speech Coalition, the closest thing adult film has to > a guild. Big-name female performers — what Cachapero calls "top flight" — > can earn $200,000 or more (men, for once, earn less, though they tend to > have longer careers). But there's a limit to even the most successful porn > star's earning power. 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