Is It Possible To Enter The Middle Class Without A College Degree? (Page 2)

Outbackjack: It is good to get an education and this should be free.Afterall they want our children to be the next generation of slav.... err I mean workers.

Dont sweat to much on joining the arspirational effluent middle class.

Bunch of pretentious wankers!

Stewart75: Trust me................ get your degree my friend.................. though don't waste your time on an 'arty farty' degree...............

.............. you must go Science, Engineering, Medicine or Law...............

duncan124:
Arty degrees, if it is are a degree, increase the salary by the same amount as other degrees.

But are not mentioned as often as the workplace has as many who people achieve as much but with any qualifications and many unqualified others.

The prestigious given to Science, Engineering , Medicine or Law is Backus in the work place those people are given status to protect the work from vandals. Architecture is both an art and a science with an engineering component.

Stewart75: You need higher/levels/grades/intelligence to get into Uni to do Science, Engineering, Medicine or Law............... of course.............. and the courses are much longer............. though trust me............ it's worth the long run................... if you're bright enough that is...............

Snowy_: An Arts Degree isn't a waste of time. Many teachers who teach our kids for higher learning have an arts degree followed with and education degree.Many lawyers have an arts degree before pursing law school as it allows them the thinking to be able to pass the bar exam. Personally, I think the world would be a boring place with out the Arts or people who didn't pursue the arts. I can't imagine the world without Music. Not saying that every musician has an arts degree, but many music teachers do.
I think the world needs diversity.

Stewart75: They're double majors, Snowy............ and/or double degrees.............. you don't get my point...................

Edit: do you know the difference Snowy...?.................

duncan124:
I think in the UK every school teacher has to have some ability in the Arts including drawing and painting.

In the past studying 'Law' was the route chosen for people studying music.

OCD_OCD: degrees in computer science are a dime a dozen in the US

duncan124:
Ed Balls got a degree in Economics but he is n't worth much....

Stewart75: Duncan............... my uneducated friend.............. may I suggest you stay outta this thread...........

Seriously............... just saying.................

Stewart75: OCD_Granny.............. may I also suggest you stay outta this thread...........

Seriously............... just saying.................

OCD_OCD: stew.........You........just say........a lot of......claptrap.........just saying...............

Snowy_: Yes Stewart I get your point. However, I don't agree. An Arts degree isn't a waste of time and many don't double major and have good careers.

Stewart75: A double major is part of one degree............ so you don't get my point Snowy..............

Comrade_: hmm best approach is to speak to persons who are in the field you want to get into as there is more to it all than having the qualifications. Not saying that qualifications are not important, just that in modern times an extra is needed, example inter/intra-personal skills and a bunch of other shitty things. The issue is it is easy to get qualified and most people are but we have learned that more is needed in selecting the 'best'.
Safe option is yes, get a full education. It is a competition and in a place as the US you are competing with outsiders also.

Snowy_: Yes I do. However I don't wish to argue .

Stewart75: No you didn't, Snowy............... though you do now...............

Stewart75: Getting back to OCD_Granny.................

................. OCD_Granny................. there are many fields in Computer Science in 2012............ things have changed since when you were growing up in the 1950s old girl................

Snowy_: I have a degree which is in Science ,if that makes you happy. It was in the health field.

Stewart75: So have I................ mine is in Computer Science............ I also have a diploma in Information Technology...............

My science degree was in the school of Science, my IT diploma was in the school of Business.................. they are totally different.......................

Stewart75: For the dumb dumbs............ Business is also referred to as Commerce........ just thought I should explain that.......................

Snowy_: Yes I know. I was on your friends list ,however I don't seem to be now.
I know most Engineers usually have an engineering degree followed with a business one. The 2 seem to compliment the other and are a good combination. I know many engineers.

Stewart75: You're still on my friends list, Snowy........... go check..........

Snowy_: OK.
All this thread was about was this young man was wondering if a college degree was necessary to enter the middle class.

Stewart75: Exactly............... I was just giving him my advice...............