Charlotte WalkerI see the old “too many people are going to university to do Mickey Mouse degrees” trope is doing the rounds again. My son did a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance. Did he get a job in the creative industries? No. Is he earning a good salary? Also no. But he was greatly enriched by studying something he was passionate about for three years. What is wrong with just learning for learning’s sake? Education is not supposed to be merely a mechanism for churning out workers
Paul Carpenter 👾@purplepadma I think the predominant western attitude is that doing ANYTHING that doesn’t directly contribute to capitalism and/or making money is a complete waste of effort. You must make money, anything else is ultimately harmful to capitalism so therefore worse than doing nothing. Do not learn for fun, learn to work.
@xmetal Yes. I really hate that