Who Said Your College Degree Wouldn’t Be Worthless?
The worth of a college degree is derived from the person standing behind it and his/her achievements and potential, not the piece of paper itself.
From CNN:
My college degree is worthless
Rosalyn Harris, an unemployed single mother who had never gone to college, thought getting a degree would be the ticket to a new life. So at age 23, she enrolled in a two-year criminal justice program at for-profit Everest College in Chesapeake, Va.
But the wealth of job opportunities the school had touted never transpired, and all she ended up with was more than $22,000 in student loan debt. She said classes were terrible, she didn’t receive any of the training she needed, and as a result, she spent months after graduation searching for criminal justice jobs without ever getting a call back.
Desperate to start paying some of her bills, Harris eventually applied for any entry-level job she could find. A full year after she graduated, she finally found a minimum wage job stocking shelves at Victoria’s Secret.
Comments
Lifestyle choices: “an unemployed single mother”
Did she do her research about the school, or the field she was studying?
OTOH – At least she tried. . .
Earning a degree is often a door opener. It is not a guarantee to get a job. That still depends on the individual. 30 years ago I earned an MBA at a time when some had the opinion that an MBA was the key to career riches. Of course, it wasn’t, but I did fill my toolbox with many useful tools that later proved their worth many times. Likewise, earning the CPIM (Certified in Industrial and Production Management) and CQE (Certified Quality Engineer) added more very useful tools. Getting the Professional Engineer license didn’t add any tools, but it did open door for one job because the key interviewer was also licensed.