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Originally Posted by val-holla-ing

i think my biggest issue is that i'm trying to do too much while i'm in school. i work two jobs and i play in two bands outside of school. i really think that if i quit one of my jobs or just got a better one, i wouldn't be nearly as stressed out.

ok, idea (maybe)

get your ba in liberal arts, get a better job, then go back for your 2nd ba in music? ??

(is it possible?)

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

now, if you had stayed, you would still have no debt, and you would still have bought a house, but you'd have a college degree also.

Maybe so, but youth is precious and highly perishable.
Not to mention the general uselessness of a liberal arts BA.
In my entire 7 months of recent unemployment, I saw maybe one or two jobs that I would have perhaps applied for were it not for degree requirements, and they paid no better than what I make now.

Of course, in val's case, I would recommend sticking with it, since grad school is on his list of priorities and obviously undergrad completion is a good idea in that case.
I personally loathed college so much that I would not have even entertained the idea of grad school. I am perfectly happy with my standard of living, and the statistical likelihood of slightly higher financial security with the degree was not a significant enough incentive given my particular set of priorities.

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

and to contrast your particular friend with the mfa who works at a coffee shop,

I must again clarify that he is an ART PROFESSOR who works at a coffeeshop.
The guy is 40 years old and has been at it his entire life. How long do you have to pay your freaking dues, for God's sake? Ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Of course, in val's case, I would recommend sticking with it, since grad school is on his list of priorities and obviously undergrad completion is a good idea in that case.

YEAH!!! now dont go & tell him that grad school sucks... that's my job

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I must again clarify that he is an ART PROFESSOR who works at a coffeeshop.
The guy is 40 years old and has been at it his entire life. How long do you have to pay your freaking dues, for God's sake? Ridiculous.

yes but what kind of professor is this professor? adjunct? assistant? associate? full professor?

from what you tell me, he's gotta be an adjunct, unless he's got 9 children or an expensive habit to support... i know A LOT of professors in their early careers and a) they all live wel & buy homes etc, b) they are too busy publishing and attending conferences to have another job

[SynthethicalY]

That makes me wonder if I should change my major to English, so I can teach in a college.

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

That makes me wonder if I should change my major to English, so I can teach in a college.

don't

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tbu...radschool.html

[SynthethicalY]

Good read.

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[SynthethicalY]

Ha!

Let me finish my speech outline. I need one more sentence and I am done.

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