College!!!!!

typical of poli sci majors

 

The burden of studying political science and history is that it's enlightening. You're immune to the kool aid.

 

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Are you sure about immunity? Many times profs concoct their own kool-aid that fits their beliefs/ideologies/agenda.

If you are are referring to study and investigation from a variety sources, then that is a sound approach.

Test all things, hold fast to that which is good.

IOW, Chew the flesh, spit out the bones.

Also, learn how to think, not what to think.

 

Now you see, I think the opposite.
It means you are actually BUYING INTO the Kool Aid, by participation. Different view I suppose...

 

Schit. I knew I forgot to do something!

 

its NOT enlightening. You study OPINIONS (at least in poli sci ) for 4 years (cause if it takes you 5 you truly are retarded).

 

Join the Army!

 

History is not really the study of opinions. To some extent it's different evaluative interpretations of data. But there is a historic method. OF COURSE history reeks of the prevailing attitudes of the time it was written, but you're trained to interpret methods and materials and historiography (history of history) to dispel the notion that "our history" in the present is necessarily the right perspective, just an evolutionary part of the overall dialogue on a subject. But original research is data, compiled primary sources to support a hypothesis.

Enlightening is in the eye of the enlightened. I view the world differently than you. An electrician or an engineer can "see what's in the walls". A doctor has insight into what's in your body. A historian has insight into where we came from and why the current state is the way it is.

Maybe you missed the part about transferring or working 30 hours during school. Staying employed and coming out with minimal debt and having it take 5 years is pretty smart.

 

i was speaking in terms of full time students not you specifically. probably should have clarified.

 

Another thing to consider: alumni networks. Going to a school with alums in the right places can be even more valuable than your degree. I've been able to cold approach people from my alma mater and many will do anything to help. It also helps if your resume ends up on the desk of a manager and he sees you went to the same school. It's not as unlikely as people think.

If you go to a small school, or one that doesn't have a particularly robust alumni reach, you could be missing out on easy in's at a job.

 

that's only going to help you in certain majors. Liberal arts not being one.

 

Public office/government positions

 

and what about civil service exams?

 

#Abandonner

 

The bulk of my career has been in public service or grant funded work.

The other half was in niche industry sales/marketing. The criteria for that field seems to be a pulse and no shame. There are some A+ guys there, but a lot of F- as well.

And remodeling. Good for the wallet. Not for them knees and back. But seriously everyone in their 20s should quit their desk job and remodel for a year.

 

Sums up America's burgeoning asshat culture:



This school got in Formation: The University of Texas at San Antonio is offering a class on Beyonce's visual album Lemonade

UTSA fall course is titled 'Black Women, Beyonce and Popular Culture'
Professor Kinitra Brooks developed and is teaching the class that meets three times a week
Course started with exploring how Lemonade is a 'meditation on contemporary black womanhood'
It is now advancing and diving into the 'theoretical, historical, and literary frameworks of black feminism'
Brooks says students 'will work harder in this course' than 'ever before'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ce-s-visual-album-Lemonade.html#ixzz4LjVGXKPN

 

I've always considered Beyonce one of the most provocative philosophers of our time...

 

yes, her literary repertoire is most def.