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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) >> <#1018344659_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) >> <#1018344659_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) <#1018344659_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) <#1018344659_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. "Unlike mainstream performers," says Cachapero, >> "adult performers have less opportunity to diversify revenue by adding >> streams like merchandising and endorsements." >> >> >> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:yIl2AUoC8zA> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:dnMXMwOfBR0> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:W9dqtTZ0I2U> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:V_sGLiPBpWU> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:fzYkbJUCDZg> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:F7zBnMyn0Lo> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:qj6IDK7rITs> >> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PlanksConstant?a=gItOzkpO0gw:azaXEdP2NHg:gIN9vFwOqvQ> >> >> You are subscribed to email updates from Planck's Constant >> <http://plancksconstant.org/>. >> To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now >> <https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=uixhQRhSIok-TOsll-X8rgSjvww> >> . 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