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Yet people with a college degree still out-earn, on average, those that don't. Are there some ridiculous courses out there...sure. But I have never run into someone who says "boy I wish I didn't have this college degree...". More often than not a college education at a reputable institution entitles a person to a career that they enjoy, rather than one that just pays the bills and keeps them trapped in the working, lower-middle class.
I was an undergraduate over 30 years ago. Back then I took a class (I don't remember the exact name) on spirituality vs. popular culture, expressed through rock and roll music, and there were plenty more classes like it. We all found jobs just fine. Interesting and unusual elective courses have always been offered, and they're part of the college experience. You're whining about nothing. Unless you work in a field that requires ongoing certification and continuing education, most employers NEVER, EVER look at or ask for your transcript to see specific courses you took. They just want proof of the degree.
Do you understand the difference between taking core classes, electives, and classes in your major? In order to get a BA in a specific field, you have to take so many hours of required course work in that field, as well as required core classes in areas like English, History, Math, Science, etc. Once you get through the required classes, you can take "electives" in a wide range of fields that might interest you. It's a small number of classes, but those courses can really broaden your college experience.
The goal of an undergraduate degree is to teach you information in a specific field, but more importantly it teaches you to research, think critically, debate, and broaden your outlook. If kids are having trouble finding jobs, it's not because they took an elective in college. It's because we're recovering from a near depression, and we still don't have ENOUGH jobs.
Yet people with a college degree still out-earn, on average, those that don't. Are there some ridiculous courses out there...sure. But I have never run into someone who says "boy I wish I didn't have this college degree...". More often than not a college education at a reputable institution entitles a person to a career that they enjoy, rather than one that just pays the bills and keeps them trapped in the working, lower-middle class.
Your mind keeps you trapped. Eve though you are poor you think you know it all. You reject good advise coming from people who are better off trying to pry your mind open. Your prison is a mental one continuously reinforced by the people you listen to, the people you run with, the way you live, the way you think. The bars can be broken but they are hard to see. Rich people know this and that is why they say that welfare keeps people down.
You will never listen because it is hard to change your thought patterns and it is natural for you to wallow in your own self pity. You are what you think and liberals take advantage of your victim mindset and reinforce your victimhood view. You will never get ahead or be happy until "you" change what you think.
The Middle Class: As they become more successful they buy liabilities using bad debt which keeps them trapped in the rat race.
The Rich: Buy assets which puts money in their pocket.
1. "What If Harry Potter Is Real?" (Appalachian State University)
This course will engage students with questions about the very nature of history. Who decides what history is? Who decides how it is used or mis-used? How does this use or misuse affect us? How can the historical imagination inform literature and fantasy? How can fantasy reshape how we look at history? The Harry Potter novels and films are fertile ground for exploring all of these deeper questions. By looking at the actual geography of the novels, real and imagined historical events portrayed in the novels, the reactions of scholars in all the social sciences to the novels, and the world-wide frenzy inspired by them, students will examine issues of race, class, gender, time, place, the uses of space and movement, the role of multiculturalism in history as well as how to read a novel and how to read scholarly essays to get the most out of them.
2. "God, Sex, Chocolate: Desire and the Spiritual Path" (UC San Diego)
Who shapes our desire? Who suffers for it? Do we control our desire or does desire control us? When we yield to desire, do we become more fully ourselves or must we deny it to find an authentic identity beneath? How have religious & philosophical approaches dealt with the problem of desire?
3. "GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity" (The University Of
Virginia)
For this introductory course to argumentative essay writing...
4. "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame" (The University Of South
Carolina)
he central objective of this course is to unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga. Specific attention will be devoted to the role of: business and marketing; entertainment law; the old and new media; fans and live shows; gay culture; religion and political activism; sex and gender; and the city of New York. this is not a course in Lady Gaga but in sociology; and it is not a course about Lady Gaga as much as about the culture of the fame as exemplified by the career of Lady Gaga. T
5. "Philosophy And Star Trek" (Georgetown)
Star Trek is very philosophical. What better way, then, to do philosophy, but to watch Star Trek, read philosophy and hash it all out in class (and on Blackboard)? That’s the plan. This course will center on topics in metaphysics that come up again and again in Star Trek. In conjunction with watching Star Trek, we will read excerpts from the writings of great philosophers, extract key concepts and arguments and then analyze those arguments.
6. "Invented Languages: Klingon and Beyond" (The University Of Texas)
7. "The Science Of Superheroes" (UC Irvine)
Physics 21: Science from Superheroes to Global Warming
Have you ever wondered if Superman could really fly? What was Spiderman's spidey sense? How did Wonder Woman's invisible jet work? What does it really mean for something to be a scientific "fact"? Explore how science works and what constitutes "good" science through case studies drawn from a wide spectrum of people's experience, for example superheros, movies, and real world issues such as global warming. The case studies will provide the chance to act as science critics as the students develop a better appreciation for science and the scientific method.
I was an undergraduate over 30 years ago. Back then I took a class (I don't remember the exact name) on spirituality vs. popular culture, expressed through rock and roll music, and there were plenty more classes like it. We all found jobs just fine. Interesting and unusual elective courses have always been offered, and they're part of the college experience. You're whining about nothing. Unless you work in a field that requires ongoing certification and continuing education, most employers NEVER, EVER look at or ask for your transcript to see specific courses you took. They just want proof of the degree.
Do you understand the difference between taking core classes, electives, and classes in your major? In order to get a BA in a specific field, you have to take so many hours of required course work in that field, as well as required core classes in areas like English, History, Math, Science, etc. Once you get through the required classes, you can take "electives" in a wide range of fields that might interest you. It's a small number of classes, but those courses can really broaden your college experience.
The goal of an undergraduate degree is to teach you information in a specific field, but more importantly it teaches you to research, think critically, debate, and broaden your outlook. If kids are having trouble finding jobs, it's not because they took an elective in college. It's because we're recovering from a near depression, and we still don't have ENOUGH jobs.
Exactly! Nobody graduates with a degree in Lady Gaga or the Science of Superheroes, but it does teach critical thinking skills. Outside the box, as it were. Some of those courses sound pretty interesting.
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Interesting and unusual elective courses have always been offered, and they're part of the college experience. You're whining about nothing. Unless you work in a field that requires ongoing certification and continuing education, most employers NEVER, EVER look at or ask for your transcript to see specific courses you took. They just want proof of the degree. 
