Today the Wall Street Journal published an article about corporate recruiters questioning the value of business degrees despite the fact that one in every five American students are business majors.
Seriously, how many more hoops does my generation need to jump through to get a job in this world?
Our frantic race to a jobless economy started in the 10th grade when we began wasting away our high school youth by getting tutored for SATs that became completely irrelevant to our lives the second we got into a school. I fondly remember being told that me and my friends needed to be kids, needed to get outside and get off our computers. This advice echoed through my head as I longingly stared at the blue sky and green grass from the window of my SAT tutor classroom. (Editor's note: this actually never happened because the classroom was in a basement). Upon entrance at our college, we flocked like blind sheep to majors that we thought were popular and would get us a job based upon the advice of others (hey, we were 18 at the time, we literally were blind sheep). Now, as we enter the work force, we find an economy without jobs because it got screwed up by an irresponsible older generation. Apparently, even if there were jobs, companies wouldn't hire us because they have decided that they don't value the skill sets we have acquired.
If we ever do get jobs though, we can look forward to giving all our money away to an unsustainable social security system to take care of the people that have secured this wonderful future for us.
Businesses today are looking for innovative, flexible thinkers with a well-rounded base of knowledge. Essentially, businesses want people with a liberal arts education, and thankfully, W&L lives up to its motto: "Not Unmindful of the Future" in the development of its curriculum.
As a Mass Communications major here, I am required to take 90 credits outside of the Journalism school. This has allowed me to take classes in a variety of subjects, and has left me with an education that is thorough and well-rounded. Unfortunately, students who do not go to a school such as ours may not be so fortunate.
I will conclude my gripes and belly aches with The Talking Heads' song "Road to Nowhere" because I think David Byrne says it best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtdBtZOG17E
- Bryan Stuke
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