Current Events > so my local university offers BA ''celtic languages and culture''

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hold on, in which way would this lead to a career? we're not even a celtic country lol. I wonder what kind of idiots chose to spend a few thousand on this bachelor

Idk. A Celtic museum maybe? lol

The money those idiots paid helps keep people employed.

What do you have againt being employed, TC? Do you hate employment?

HEY EVERYONE! THIS GUY WANTS YOU ALL TO LOSE YOUR JOBS AND STARVE!
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Just another "get a degree in something you find interesting but has no real world usefulness, and pay us mega bucks for it, because you can't handle a real degree" degree.
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The same people throwing their parent's money away on other bs degrees like gender studies, dance, liberal arts and communications. I.e. idiots.
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The goal of university isn't to prepare you for a job, and education for its own sake isn't a bad thing.
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I imagine it could lead to a job in anthropology or linguistics with a specialisation on Celtic culture or language.

you know that dancing? where you dont move youre upper body?

JE19426 posted...

I imagine it could lead to a job in anthropology or linguistics with a specialisation on Celtic culture or language.

Yup the Zodiac Killer wrote his cryptograms sometimes using ancient Celtic alphabets.

Every single paper is "Larry Bird" over and over again.
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DrizztLink posted...

Every single paper is "Larry Bird" over and over again.

that team is shit and I Hate them. people say it wrong. it's not selltics. it's kelltics. because of that dumb team I have actually twice in my life met someone who thought the culture actually supposed to be called that. in high school a teacher mentioned the selltic peoples. and one time I was talking to someone about Saint Patrick and they said that he drove out the snakes and selts. never mind that ireland is FULL of "selts" even today. they didn't get what they were talking about

Is there anything you don't shit your pants over?
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shockthemonkey posted...

Zikten posted...

DrizztLink posted...

Every single paper is "Larry Bird" over and over again.

that team is shit and I Hate them. people say it wrong. it's not selltics. it's kelltics. because of that dumb team I have actually twice in my life met someone who thought the culture actually supposed to be called that. in high school a teacher mentioned the selltic peoples. and one time I was talking to someone about Saint Patrick and they said that he drove out the snakes and selts. never mind that ireland is FULL of "selts" even today. they didn't get what they were talking about

Do you feel the same way about Celtic FC?

How is Celtic FC pronounced?

DrizztLink posted...

Is there anything you don't shit your pants over?

Math. Fuck math
I just ignore it

shockthemonkey posted...

Zikten posted...

shockthemonkey posted...

Zikten posted...

DrizztLink posted...

Every single paper is "Larry Bird" over and over again.

that team is shit and I Hate them. people say it wrong. it's not selltics. it's kelltics. because of that dumb team I have actually twice in my life met someone who thought the culture actually supposed to be called that. in high school a teacher mentioned the selltic peoples. and one time I was talking to someone about Saint Patrick and they said that he drove out the snakes and selts. never mind that ireland is FULL of "selts" even today. they didn't get what they were talking about

Do you feel the same way about Celtic FC?

How is Celtic FC pronounced?

Ill let ya guess

Selltic. If so then fuck that too

even if some irish or scottish people say it that way, I don't care. it's not the majority way. I don't know why a basketball team followed some minority pronunciation.

COVxy posted...

The goal of university isn't to prepare you for a job, and education for its own sake isn't a bad thing.

This and besides, literally any degree can be useful if you put it towards something related.
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COVxy posted...

The goal of university isn't to prepare you for a job, and education for its own sake isn't a bad thing.

The goal of a university is increasing their profit margin. But whats the goal for most people trying to get a college degree? Its so they can land a good job. No one said education for its own sake is a bad thing, but lets not pretend most people without academic interests goes to college for education for its own sake as opposed trying to land prospective employment so they can be functioning adults
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Kazi1212 posted...

COVxy posted...

The goal of university isn't to prepare you for a job, and education for its own sake isn't a bad thing.

The goal of a university is increasing their profit margin. But whats the goal for most people trying to get a college degree? Its so they can land a good job. No one said education for its own sake is a bad thing, but lets not pretend most people without academic interests goes to college for education for its own sake as opposed trying to land prospective employment so they can be functioning adults

Let's not pretend that this degree wouldn't be useful in any field whatsoever, or that all universities are in greedy-ass Murrica
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Kazi1212 posted...

But whats the goal for most people trying to get a college degree? Its so they can land a good job.

And people may go to a mechanic and complain that their table service was awful, but perhaps they shouldn't have gone to the mechanic expecting to be served food.
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RebelElite791 posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

COVxy posted...

The goal of university isn't to prepare you for a job, and education for its own sake isn't a bad thing.

The goal of a university is increasing their profit margin. But whats the goal for most people trying to get a college degree? Its so they can land a good job. No one said education for its own sake is a bad thing, but lets not pretend most people without academic interests goes to college for education for its own sake as opposed trying to land prospective employment so they can be functioning adults

Let's not pretend that this degree wouldn't be useful in any field whatsoever, or that all universities are in greedy-ass Murrica

Sure, nothing is binary. But how likely is it this degree will lead to gainful employment or other uses compared to other degrees? How likely is it a university isnt greedy? Probably not as likely as the other scenario
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EternalDivide posted...

The same people throwing their parent's money away on other bs degrees like gender studies, dance, liberal arts and communications. I.e. idiots.

Communication major here doing just fine ;)
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Not everyone goes to college for the sake of finding a good job and if it's your parents money who cares?

COVxy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

But whats the goal for most people trying to get a college degree? Its so they can land a good job.

And people may go to a mechanic and complain that their table service was awful, but perhaps they shouldn't have gone to the mechanic expecting to be served food.

What? Im missing something here, can you elaborate what you mean? Are you saying its a bad idea for people to want a degree for employment opportunities because thats not what college is about?
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I took a Celtic literature class, but it wasn't my major. It was a good class. I guess everyone should try to work in factories for $15/hour then complain when a CEO moves the job to Mexico. Maybe you should hustle as hard as you hate.
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Kazi1212 posted...

What? Im missing something here, can you elaborate what you mean? Are you saying its a bad idea for people to want a degree for employment opportunities because thats not what college is about?

I'm saying that people who go to college simply for the sake of employment, expecting the university to provide a direct path to employment, have misunderstood what they signed up for.

I'm saying that to the extent to which this is the expectation is the extent to which unfortunate market forces are allowing administration of universities to use their power and influence to force curriculum and funding in that direction, since people are more likely to attend if they are told they will get a job after.
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Kazi1212 posted...

Sure, nothing is binary. But how likely is it this degree will lead to gainful employment or other uses compared to other degrees? How likely is it a university isnt greedy? Probably not as likely as the other scenario
I don't know my gimmick

I imagine it will lead to gainful employment for someone who's going to specialize or teach in that field, and likely plans to go for their Master's or Doctorate.

And sure, all unis get their money somewhere, but many if not most are not like the US, in that the students pay little to no tuition and indeed receive money to attend.
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COVxy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

What? Im missing something here, can you elaborate what you mean? Are you saying its a bad idea for people to want a degree for employment opportunities because thats not what college is about?

I'm saying that people who go to college simply for the sake of employment, expecting the university to provide a direct path to employment, have misunderstood what they signed up for.

I'm saying that to the extent to which this is the expectation is the extent to which unfortunate market forces are allowing administration of universities to use their power and influence to force curriculum and funding in that direction, since people are more likely to attend if they are told they will get a job after.

If thats not what college is for, then most people got duped, and these universities are even more vile than I realized for pushing this cultural idea that you need a college degree for gainful employment.
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Kazi1212 posted...

these universities are even more vile than I realized for pushing this cultural idea that you need a college degree for gainful employment.

It's not nearly that simple nor is it actually true that universities are pushing that idea lol.

None-the-less, there does need to be a cultural shift to maintain the university systems, increased access but decreased cultural pressure to attend.
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Uni prices are way over priced. Univerisity of Miami can be around 60K a year for tutition fees. I don't see the majority of young students going to uni just learn something if they're just gonna be in debt for the rest of their life.

If you're an older student who's financially stable then getting uni knowledge may appeal to you but every uni student I know are hoping to use their degree for career related reasons.
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