The Worthlessness of Arts Degrees

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
YEah, opera singing.

Except I'm not a tenor, I am a baritone.

I reckon that is at least 8 parts talent. Sure, training and hard work are important too, but they don't help much without talent.

[*End Is Forever*]

MBA = Marginally Beyond A-Level.

[MikeH]

Arts degrees are a total waste of time. Still we always need burgers and teachers.

I can't be arsed to read the rest of this thread.

[Fidel]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
MBA = Marginally Beyond A-Level.

umm, you mean Mediocre, But Arrogant?

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
"'What do you say to an arts graduate?'
'Big Mac please' "

Better then what you say to a certain sciences graduate:

"Here is your unemployment check"


Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Ooooh, get you. Actually I have only been unemployed for 2 months, the month after I quit is a little bit hazy, I was trying to get my life figured out...

[Urban Ranger]

You should have done that before you quit.

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


I still sing in my spare time on an amateur basis. Making money as a classical vocalist is extremely difficult, particularly enough money on which to totally support one's self.

Extacly! I'm a Soprano with a 3 1/2 octive range but trying to make a living off of singing without teaching......well it's hard. I sing with some local musicans here in town every once and a while and have just recently gotten into the Austin Musical Theater but past that it's really hard to make ends meet on a Vocal Performance major. So I went to Bussiness School after that.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Strictly speaking, Law is an arts degree. It's rarely considered worthless, however.

[TCO]

Evan at top schools (HBS, etc.), the MBA tends to be a pretty fluffy degree. Part of the issue being that (for some people) MBA school is basically number crunching for liberal arts weenies.

I don't want to be too crude here. Of course there are people at MBA school who have great quant backgrounds. There are alos lots of useful things that one can do without a quant background. And there are liberal arts students that can handle quant fine. But...for an example...the most hard core derivatives class at Kellogg is taught without calculus. This boggles the mind....

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Tiamat



Extacly! I'm a Soprano with a 3 1/2 octive range but trying to make a living off of singing without teaching......well it's hard. I sing with some local musicans here in town every once and a while and have just recently gotten into the Austin Musical Theater but past that it's really hard to make ends meet on a Vocal Performance major. So I went to Bussiness School after that.

Yeah. The good news for me is that, the lower down the voice registers you go, the more in demand you are. Superb sopranos are a dime a dozen, so it's cutthtoat for them. As a baritone, I can generally have an easier time getting singing gigs, as there just aren't as many of us.

And true basses are so in demand it's amazing...but those are the rarest voice of all!

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny
Strictly speaking, Law is an arts degree. It's rarely considered worthless, however.

Not worthless, just verminous

[JohnT]

GP, you sound like my uncle. As far as he's concerned, math is what it's all about and if you're not good at it, you are a second class intellect. Actually, a number of people on this thread sound like him come to think about it...

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm glad I'm not a math/science major. Most of them I've met at university are the absolute geeks of the place. Engineering students are the worst. They go the furthest in having no life.

[JohnT]

You know what I told my uncle? "People like me hire people like you."

Pissed him off to no end.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh, btw, you got me to register at Straight Dope by reading a post of yours in an X-Files thread .