The problem is thinking that studying and learning has to be just geared toward

Apr 19, 2019
12:26:40pm

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employment rather than simply learning and becoming knowledgeable. Those degrees are not "worthless" at all. Getting an education shouldn't be about getting a job. We've lost site of what being educated is really about.

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Being an elite athlete is just as admirable to me as being an elite musician,

Odysseus

4/19/19 12:09pm

Well, when they create a degree in athletics, we can admit anyone we want.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:17pm

I think this is the answer. A graduate program for grad transfer athletes.

PJMort

4/19/19 12:19pm

I think that's how most schools handle it

Jesse Pinkman

4/19/19 12:42pm

It would be every bit as valuable as a degree in music, art, theater or poetry..

CoachSpeak

4/19/19 12:22pm

I think we should kill those other degrees, too, not add more worthless ones.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:23pm

The problem is thinking that studying and learning has to be just geared toward

CoachSpeak

4/19/19 12:26pm

They are too expensive to just be nice learning opportunities. You can learn how

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:29pm

And you can learn how to manage a facility....

CoachSpeak

4/19/19 12:33pm

I agree totally. IMO, college is really just about credentialism. It's an

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:38pm

I know the University as an institution is at an all-time low, but wow.

Plato

4/19/19 1:08pm

Completely agree...and then the people who graduate with those degrees

pilot17

4/19/19 4:51pm

I don't get why they even need to enroll in a grad program.......

mokelembembe

4/19/19 12:56pm

Its not about keeping players out...

TheLost

4/19/19 12:21pm

Ehhhhhhhh. Not so sure about that my friend.

Gerald-DeGroot

4/19/19 3:26pm

Why not? What’s better about being a top clarinet player...

CoachSpeak

4/19/19 5:25pm

Im talking about this part.

Gerald-DeGroot

4/19/19 7:08pm

Yea, agreed....

CoachSpeak

4/19/19 7:24pm

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