I have a BFA ... used to say it was my Bad Fuckin' Attitude, but now it's my Big Fat Ass!!!
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > i.e BS, MS. PHD. > > Bull Shit, More of the Same, Piled High and Deep > > 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) >>> <#-1500183003_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) >>> <#-1500183003_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) <#-1500183003_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) <#-1500183003_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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