Another blast from the VHS past: here's a clip from a 1992 episode of Kilroy, featuring me in my student union activist days, opining about graduate unemployment:
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Like a young Pacino...
Like the hair.
It's quifftastic!
ah, yes, the waining days of "big hair".....
but, have your feelings changed since then? do you still feel your education was something of a waste?
I think that's a very common feeling among young people, esp. if they've majored in something more liberal arts-ish than "practical." I was attending a community college at the time, and had friends who were going into specific fields, like engineering and pharmacy, because of the job prospects. For them, college was like a glorified trade school--not about critical thinking at all. IMO it takes a bit of flailing around before one finds out where to use all that critical thinking.
Me...I was a biblical lit major. Could've gone to Div school, but figured it was way too costly. Ended up on the Internet consulting on a bunch of estoteric stuff that might as well be forming a new canon. who knew?
I think those comments were in the context of looking at an awful job market, and really wondering if I'd get a job with an English Literature degree.
Ironically, it was my extra-curricular activities (editing the college magazine) that got me the job, not the degree, but my degree was certainly very helpful in shaping the way I thought about my career. Fodder for another post, I think.