I also cannot stand that they complain. They complain they cannot get a job at this pharmaceutical company in sales or at this business as a computer support personnel. Well did you not think you would need at least a business degree to do that? It infuriates me.
Get a degree in something you want to do. If you don't know what to do, then get an education degree so you have something to fall back on. That is the most flexible degree. You can do a lot with it and that doesn't necessarily mean teaching children. You can work for a non-profit. They are always looking for education majors. You also can work at any company in training, teaching employees or new clients what ever that company wants. You have options.
Let's face it, you are most likely not going to be the next Van Gogh or make the NY Times Best Sellers list. A degree in English or Art is probably not going to help you get a job unless you want to teach those things and then your only option is English or Art teacher. I am not saying don't follow your dreams!!! I am saying dreams take money. Living requires money. If you cannot make a living you cannot follow your dreams. You can paint and write in your spare time. You can still follow your dreams and fulfill your goals with another degree. If you are THAT talented, you really don't need a degree in it to be successful!
Use your brain. Get a degree in something that is going to be able to earn you a living! Believe me if you don't, you will regret it.
And parents, don't let your children fall into these traps! Don't live your dreams through them. Be practical and make sure you pay for an education that your children can use.
One more note -- it is ok not to go to college. If you child doesn't want to go. Don't make them. It never works out and only wastes your money. There is nothing wrong with going to technical or vocational school! Have you seen how much mechanics and plumbers make these days? Brake a pipe or get stranded on the side of the rode and you will find out! And everyone loves to make fun of people who go to beauty school. However when you hand them $200 for 1 1/2 hours to color your hair, you change your perspective.
Do something productive, get a degree in something that can help you make a living, and you will be successful no matter what your goals in life!
I did follow my own advice
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My mom and I were out for a walk one evening shortly after I graduated from college (with a teaching degree) and ran into the neighbor/classmate/rival and her father on the way to her grandfather's house to tell him that she, who'd just graduated from Dartmouth (little ol' me had gone to local private college) had gotten a job. Doing what? We inquire. Editing is the response. My mother blurts out, "Oh, well you'll certainly use your degree in French for that!"
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