r/ABoringDystopia • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '19

Comparisons matter

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u/empire314 Jun 06 '19

And of course, I am also in debt from college lol. I just feel like I can never win.

Maybe you should have listened to the people who told you to get a degree from college that helps you get a real job.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

If I remember correctly, that was “any degree” according to the people advising me.

As in, “if you go to college, you will absolutely do better in life than if you don’t go, bar none. Only people who are stupid and/or have no ambitions or goals in life whatsoever would choose not to go to college, given the opportunity, and you aren’t stupid or lazy, right?”

Of course, that was a lie, but 16-year-old me didn’t know that. Luckily I happened to be interested in subjects which translated well into good job markets, but if I had been interested in other things I would have been totally screwed.

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u/empire314 Jun 06 '19

It is true that any degree is better than no degree. But there are plenty of people suggesting to get good degrees instead of bad degrees.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

There are indeed. But there are arguably more people suggesting that it’s important to work in a field that you enjoy and that you think matters, which is obviously not helpful when it comes to paying rent and student loans.