No SAT or ACT will be required for Harvard or 90% of top US universities this year

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[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I disagree. So many written statements, advertisements, are riddled with grammatical errors, or are poorly written. I agree that part of the problem is everyone is encouraged to go to college, and colleges weed out very few with laxed curricula and grading standards.

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You can disagree but, you're wrong. There aren't enough jobs for people with English Literature degrees to go around. It's true now and it would be true even if every single one of them spoke/wrote with perfect grammar, punctuation and spelling.

The argument you're making is in support of useless degrees that outside of teaching, editing and some writing, are used to promote filth. Advertising is nothing but, corporate messaging. It's used to entice people into consumerism. We don't need more of it we need a LOT fucking less of it.

[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Fuck off. Western literature is not useless. Nor is a classicsl education, which is not what universities are providing of late .

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Let's all run out and get English Lit degrees! Heck, tell your kids its the, "Golden Ticket." They'll hate you for it once they realise you gave them very bad advice but, you gotta find a way to live your dream!

[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Again it all depends on what the curriculum and grading standards are. The problem here is we have very different conceptions of what a college is or should be.

Also, it is not a positive development where employers do it have an interest tin training young employees abuse the concept of intern ship, etc.