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ClassicMixup: As a disclaimer, no, I am not originally part of this conversation, but since you are on an internet forum, you can expect people to start randomly posting to talk to you. If you want to have a private conversation with someone, do it through private message. I know this won't sway your opinion at all, but I just can't keep quiet toward your miserably misled attitude any longer.
Yes, while humanities degrees are often seen as 'the easy way out' for people that just want a degree under the assumption that they're going to get a job upon graduation, some people also do so out of love for their subjects. While you loathe the idea of getting a degree in philosophy, some people would major in it, just out of love for the subject. The fact that you're bashing the idea of people wanting to take English classes because you claim it's too much work is pure ignorance; if they're interested in the subject matter, they won't mind. The OP did not designate a specific type of class; he just wants something that is reputed for being interesting, or a good, valuable course to take.
That is one end of the spectrum. As for the people that go to college just to get a degree to get a job, there are several critical factors you're forgetting. You have a 3.9 in CHASS. Good for you. What else do you have on your resume? How effective are you at communication? I have a 4.0 in Engineering, and based on what I've seen from you, I know that I can communicate more effectively than you and I assume I would do significantly better than you in an interview. I also have extensive internship experience, extracurricular involvements, and two minors under my belt. Let's say I go apply for every job that you apply to after graduation... who do you think will get the job? Basically, if all you have to show on your resume is a 3.9, you're forgetting that employers also have access to your transcript, and will know if all you did was fluff your so-called "college experience" with blowoff classes. Furthermore, if they see essentially nothing else on your resume, then this will be the kiss of death for you, because I guarantee you will be competing with people with significantly better credentials than you. If an employer looks at your transcript and sees a mess of classes with no meaning, I guarantee you will be dropped to the bottom of the stack, far behind the other CHASS majors who may have had lower GPA's, but exhibit the sense of passion and dedication you clearly lack through their more rigorous schedules and more impressive resumes. I do understand your argument for not having to try in college, but you fail to realize that even if you're winning the battle right now, you will lose the war.
Second, you're forgetting the state of our economy right now. Sure, you could argue that our nation will be out of the recession by the time you graduate, but how can you be so sure of that? Even if it is, that still won't decrease the amount of competition you'll face for jobs. If you haven't noticed, the job market is becoming more scarce. Just because you have a degree does not mean you're going to get a job, despite what you've been brainwashed to think. The fact that you're in a degree which you yourself admit is a useless degree should have been an obvious cue for you. We are in an era in which a college degree no longer guarantees that you will succeed, and the people that have the better degrees will be the ones that take your job.
Finally, that garbage you're throwing out there about humanities degrees not preparing you for a certain job is unjustified. Sure, you won't be working in a chemical plant or anything that involves calculus, but you forget that once again, you have competition. Think of it this way: you apply for a job in sales or something like that. You stroll in, flaunting your arrogance and interview with the employer, emphasizing your 3.9 in CHASS. He asks you questions about your qualifications and experience. You bullcrap your way through the interview somehow and you happen to get the job. Once you get on the job, you learn that interpersonal skills, communication, writing, etc. are very important for your job. Your arrogance about how you beat the system in college makes all your coworkers scorn you. Bragging, with no basis, about how you're better than everyone else will make you the ass of the office really quick, and they will make your lives miserable. I also assume you will probably try to beat the system again at work, thinking that "all I have to do to get my paycheck is do the bare minimum. I just gotta do my 8 then hit the gate." Any report that you have to write will be of miserable quality, because since you always took the easy way out, you will not be ready for the type of work your employer requires you to do. Your boss will question your qualifications and will see you're not getting along with your coworkers. After a while, you will likely be released from the job, and even if you don't get fired, I guarantee you will be miserable. You will likely be marginalized by your coworkers and you will be working at a job for the sake of working at a job. Tell me, I know you have said you just want a job when you graduate. What kind of job are you looking for exactly? If you graduate with the mentality of just getting a job, I promise you will be miserable, because all the jobs you want will be taken by people with more drive and better credentials. If in five years you are happy and successful, I will send you a video of myself eating a boot.
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For the sake of being on topic, to the OP:
-I second taking intro to philosophy. I had Driscoll, and she had a really unique persona, but she also made sure you knew how to think in her class. Only two papers and two exams were the basis of the grade, so you have time to actually absorb and appreciate the readings. If anyone has better teacher recommendations, look into those as well.
-If this is your last semester at State, you probably have a pretty solid registration time, so getting into some of the higher-demand PE's will be easier for you. I recommend finding a couple PE's you'd like to try out and fitting them into your schedule as a way to just have some fun.  10/17/2010 9:27:24 PM
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Maybe he is suffering from...
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Low Cyber Self-Esteem (a.k.a. The Guy Who Everyone Hates but Who Never Leaves)
There's a place for everyone on the Internet to feel at home. When you can fill a message board with fans of The Wonder Years porn, there should be no such thing as an outcast.
Yet, each forum, chat room or other online community seems to have a person or people who just don't fit in. It's not that they are necessarily horrible people, they're just the square trying to fit into the triangle hole. They get ridiculed constantly.
Now you may figure this is no different than the picked-on nerd in high school, but unlike that kid always getting squished into a locker, these people are free to leave the website at any time.
But they never do.
In Real Life it's Called...
Self-Abasement and/or Attention Seeking Behavior.
Someone with the need for self-abasement feels that they should be perpetually punished for their wrongdoings. They're like the albino that whipped himself in The Da Vinci Code, only instead of drawing blood they draw "Fuck you noobtard" comments. It's either a subconscious way to feel like they're paying back the world for their sins, or they're just so out of self-esteem that they can't muster the energy to defend themselves.
If taken to an extreme, it can even turn into Online Erotic Humiliation where the abuse turns into sexual arousal. So the next time you tell someone to go fuck themselves, you might have just given them the material to do so.
But maybe more common than that is good ol' Attention Seeking Behavior, which every single person who's ever spent just one evening with a child will be familiar with. The outcast, like the child, knows that hate is not the opposite of love, apathy is. All that negative attention is still attention, and the abuse is still several steps better than being ignored.
So Why Does it Happen on the Internet?
So we've established that when you say, in person, "Jimmy, go away, you're a retard" that Jimmy is just happy that somebody used his name and acknowledged his existence. Even if the only reason you used his name was to tell him to go die in a fire.
"Who's a super fag? Jimmy's a super fag, that's right. Go Jimmy!"
But when you type it on a message board, it's that much better. This isn't just attention, but attention that's being broadcast around the globe via the World Wide Web. The "we hate Jimmy" thread on a popular forum might be read by thousands of people. If that many people are reading about him, he must matter (hell, think of all the TV personalities who have made a career out of being hated).
The attention-seeker gets what he wants, and the self-abaser gets an erection big enough to actually interfere with the signal on his wireless keyboard.
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Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_17522_6-new-personality-disorders-caused-by-internet_p2.html#ixzz12jPeqCkB10/18/2010 1:13:32 PM |
