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Lol, just a fun thread. A lot of my peers do not listen to any real rap, hiphop, r&b that's not super-mainstream (i.e. like any song frequently played on the radio). I'm going to not count listening to super easily accessible titles. A lot of them think it's weird when they get in my car, and they hear Lloyd Banks or some random titles/not-popular titles from a famous artist.
I'm wondering do any of you guys have graduate degrees and ALSO listen to rap, hiphop, or r&b music seriously? If so, high . If you DO listen to that kind of music, an interesting poll:
- what is your graduate degree in/what field do you work in? if you graduated from a top 30 in undergrad or grad and/or are very successful, pls disclose! always interesting to know
- do you know peers who also listen to this kind of music seriously?
- what's your favorite song now? what's the last song you listened to?
(note: I also listen to classical music hahaha, so if my iphone is on shuffle, passengers are like , rap music then Handel or Vivaldi, bahahahaha... I try not to shuffle my iphone music).
Last edited by soci3tycat; 05-06-2013 at 07:20 AM..
I have a few colleagues who listen to rap. My personal taste runs more along the lines of death and black metal, so not exactly mainstream either. We are college professors.
I have a Masters Degree in International Studies, and I listen to a wide variety of music, including rap:
I love finding new music and listening to it. One of my friends from grad school works part time as a DJ, and is always playing all sorts of different and interesting music.
I know you said this was just for fun, but I am not sure what connection you are trying to make between education/degrees and music?
I have a Masters Degree in International Studies, and I listen to a wide variety of music, including rap:
I love finding new music and listening to it. One of my friends from grad school works part time as a DJ, and is always playing all sorts of different and interesting music.
I know you said this was just for fun, but I am not sure what connection you are trying to make between education/degrees and music?
Post is for fun. What prompted it? I noticed around my peers that most don't listen to rap music. They enjoy talk-show radio, news, maybe some popular mainstream music. I wanted to see if others noticed this in their peer groups whatnot. I went to top 10 schools for undergrad and grad school. IN GENERAL, my average peer/colleague during grad school are a big more cut-and-dry and very serious (not saying that's bad or good).
So far on this post, no one has responded by being a serious listener to that genre, but this is a new post! Hopefully I'll see a range of answers in the future, as it's always interesting to hear others' experiences/etc.
If I were to say any connection, well, no connection can be made or proven besides through a study of some sort. This isn't a study at all, perhaps a very small poll at best. If I were to create some sort of hypothesis for study? Hmm... well I would specify the target group to be individuals with graduate degrees. To narrow the target group, I would specify by studying "those who received degrees from top 30 grad schools"--not because I think schools outside of that don't matter, just because I'd try to make my study directly relevant to my direct peers/situation. I think if anyone were interested in executing such a study, it should be executed separately across professions. I'd feel the results would largely vary per profession and in interesting notable ways. I guess hypothesis would be: "individuals with graduate degrees from top 30 schools in the legal field (insert any profession) are less likely to seriously listen to rap music," with my definition of "seriously listen to" as being defined a few posts ago. And to measure this, of course, I'd have to measure against some "norm." I guess to reduce variability, it could be measured 2 variables to measure against: "those who work in the legal field with graduate degrees outside of top 30 schools," and/or "those who work in the legal field without graduate degrees."
So many things are possible without a study, hence why I stated I wouldn't jump to creating any connections. It could be that many lawyers listen to rap music, but just the lawyers I'm around don't. It could be that most lawyers don't listen to rap music compared to other professionals. It could be that most professionals don't listen to rap music. There's an endless list of potential connections. No one can know without conducting a study/seeing the data. This is not a study nor is it viable data. It is just a post I posted FOR FUN, because it was an interesting personal observation--nothing more.
For anyone reading this post who is about to say "omg you think just because people have grad degrees they don't listen to rap music!"--no. I just constructed a basic setup for a hypothetical study that I will never actually run lol. A hypothesis for a study is something you construct to just test out, sometimes you can test it thinking your hypothesis will be confirmed, sometimes you expect the data to show otherwise. I didn't disclose expectations for that hypothesis. I just noticed among my peers it's less popular, but that is not a study or significant data for any connection at all. For those of you about to spread negative energy: I don't need to receive flak for this -.- I've noticed many people on CD are combative. The hypothetical study is in response to someone asking me about a possible connection between grad degrees and studies!!
Last edited by soci3tycat; 05-06-2013 at 11:31 AM..
Post is for fun. What prompted it? I noticed around my peers that most don't listen to rap music. They enjoy talk-show radio, news, maybe some popular mainstream music. I wanted to see if others noticed this in their peer groups whatnot. I went to top 10 schools for undergrad and grad school. IN GENERAL, my average peer/colleague during grad school are a big more cut-and-dry and very serious (not saying that's bad or good).
So far on this post, no one has responded by being a serious listener to that genre, but this is a new post! Hopefully I'll see a range of answers in the future, as it's always interesting to hear others' experiences/etc.
If I were to say any connection, well, no connection can be made or proven besides through a study of some sort. This isn't a study at all, perhaps a very small poll at best. If I were to create some sort of hypothesis for study? Hmm... well I would specify the target group to be individuals with graduate degrees. To narrow the target group, I would specify by studying "those who received from top 30 grad schools"--not because I think schools outside of that don't matter, just because I'd try to make my study directly relevant to my direct peers/situation. I think if anyone were interested in executing such a study, it should be executed separately across professions. I'd feel the results would largely vary per profession and in interesting notable ways. I guess hypothesis would be: "individuals with graduate degrees from top 30 schools in the legal field (insert any profession) are less likely to seriously listen to rap music," with my definition of "seriously listen to" as being defined a few posts ago. And to measure this, of course, I'd have to measure against some "norm." I guess to reduce variability, it could be measured 2 variables to measure against: "those who work in the legal field with graduate degrees outside of top 30 schools," and/or "those who work in the legal field without graduate degrees."
For anyone reading this post who is about to say "omg you think just because people have grad degrees they don't listen to rap music!"--no. I just constructed a basic setup for a hypothetical study that I will never actually run lol. A hypothesis for a study is something you construct to just test out, sometimes you can test it thinking your hypothesis will be confirmed, sometimes you expect the data to show otherwise. I didn't disclose expectations for that hypothesis. I just noticed among my peers it's less popular, but that is not a study or significant data for any connection at all. For those of you about to spread negative energy: I don't need to receive flak for this -.- I've noticed many people on CD are combative. The hypothetical study is in response to someone asking me about a possible connection between grad degrees and studies!!
It's not about "negative energy" or "flak", geez are you a millenial? Anyways, I don't mind people asking fun questions, but this is maybe something you should have asked in the entertainment forum and you probably would have gotten a better response. I guess I just don't see the correlation here either, sorry.
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. If you DO listen to that kind of music, an interesting poll:
, rap music then Handel or Vivaldi, bahahahaha... I try not to shuffle my iphone music).
