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Date of upload: Premiered Mar 8, 2024 ^^
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Thank you again, Fiction Beast. I actually felt small in university so I left to find success in business. After that fact I got into my own personal reading interests and have had my debut novel published. I am now attending The University of Pennsylvania to continue my literary studies. ITS NEVER TOO LATE!!!
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Testimony from a 2nd year University student:
First, when you asked if I've ever seen a professor laugh like a child, I immediately thought of the director of my philosophy department. He has a very good sense of humour and laughs often. Another philosophy professor I've seen cry laughing in class at a Charlie Chaplin clip.
I agree that classes are easy and shallow, but they do serve to drill in basic elements - for example, if an assignment involves a short analysis of a Kant text, you will ingrain some elements of Kant's thought into your mind probably more so than if you just read the text without writing an analysis.
I don't believe that my Social Science degree will help me to get a great job, but I seek creative success anyway. If I can get a mind-numbing clerical job, that will only give me more time to focus on creative endeavors like writing - I hope to become like Kafka, except healthier and happier.
Due to scholarships, part-time employment, and the Canadian post-secondary system, I won't be in debt when I graduate. These four years, and my formal education in philosophy, will help me to figure out what direction to take the rest of my life. I don't think I will ever regret going to University, because if I hadn't enrolled straight out of high school, I wouldn't have had such good scholarships, and if I had picked a more 'useful' major than philosophy, I don't think I would have been motivated enough to keep my grades up. This is a transitional period of adolescence, and I am fine with how it's going.
Good video though, it's an interesting topic and provokes reflection. I appreciate your work Fiction Beast š
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I got my dregree in Anthropology and East Asian Studies 46 years ago and agree with the points you spell out in the video. As you state, joy is so important in life; I add contentment is equally important to a well lived life. Thank you for your courage and creativity that producā¤ā¤es such thought provoking and informative content. Absolutely love,love your sense of humor! ā¤
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This is definitely the way I see it too. Probably because I lived it and watched my parents realise that the only one of their three children standing up to life, is the one who didn't get a degree and started work after high school. The other two expect things to be handed to them.
It's a struggle in a society that views higher education as 'better than' when the proof that it isn't is right in front of our eyes.
In the end it comes down to hard work, I think, whatever you do.
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Most awaited video..as a student, this thing always comes to my mind, why i am doing this all when i am going to die one day... Are people going to universities so they can be rational and pragmatic??if this is so..then I'd say it is totally wrong because even after gathering a lot of degrees they are not rational in thinking(exceptions are always there).
Sometimes i think, our education system is helping us to be the puppet of society and irrational in our ideas.(i can be wrong though!)
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YouĀ“re right. In my case, am not even a native speaker (you can guess by the way I write), but there are many useful skills that you can learn just spending wisely the time in internet. Unfurtunaly i come from a poor country (Colombia), but knowing a little bit of english allow me to be ahead of the rest with a decent salary.
I also am very thankful with you because iĀ“ve been learning about literature with your deep analysis, keep doing this content :)
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Although I agree with the notion that you should only study social sciences if you can afford it or your parents can pay for it, from an economic perspective, I do worry that only those from privileged backgrounds and, inherently, a non universal or majoritative outlook of the world would work in these fields. Representation is not about the optics or symbolism of it, but because we want people from all walks of life to contribute to social work and make it as true a reflection of the real world.
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Every time you mentioned a small person getting angry, I couldn't help but think of Ed from Full Metal Alchemist š
I went to a University in the U.S. and it was a pretty good experience for me overall. I got a STEM degree and a fairly decent job, and I made great friends. We're still friends to this day and help each other's businesses/side projects.
It was waaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive though.
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I think it depends on the quality of the university you choose and what you are aiming to gain out of it. For me, I should have gone to university in my 20s and I deeply regret it. I'm finally rectifying that in my mid 30s. I'm almost done with my undergraduate in psych/counseling and will be moving on to my masters in MFT as soon as I get accepted. I think the better question is to ask how often PhDs are worth it. Which in many cases and for many people it isn't. But, if you're like me, I've done blue collar work of varying kinds and I was always BORED out of my mind. It actually made it harder to focus and care about the work I was doing. If I had gone to university in my 20s I would have been far more likely to find work meaningful and interesting to me. As a general rule I would say University is still worthwhile and necessary for jobs in STEM and the Medical field, including mental health. At least if you are the right person for those fields. Otherwise find a trade, start a business of you're own. Do some community college when you need to learn more to aid you in your pursuits. Live your life in a way that gives you meaning rather than happiness. Paying off debt often has much more to do with financial savvy and good money management than it does anything else. Of course I've learned this over time and I think many University students just aren't taught to be frugal and try to live like their parents straight out of university. Which of course doesn't work. I should also add that at least in the U.S. many blue collar jobs are very much caught up in the "Layoffs balance the books" mentality and temp agencies literally conspire with larger manufacturing companies to just shuffle around low wage manufacturing workers who can't gain experience to demand better wages due to constantly getting layed off 2-4 times a year. So, it isn't as good as Mike Rowe makes it seem.
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@mongolica548
2 months ago
If the goal is clear in the beginning of the university can be one of the most wonderful experiences of one who pursue it truthfully. It was 5 years of Biomedical Science degree and I have found lifelong friends, wife and whole world of health science.
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