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I have a degree in medicine (which is basically just a glorified trade skill). So I do well. If I didn't, I would have started my own business (which I still might do).
Most people have degrees in basket weaving. These people want partners that also have degrees in basket weaving for social status.
OP, I wouldn't sweat these people. They are following the herd and not thinking for themselves.
This statement is so cliche and judgemental. I'm surprised someone with a medical degree still types things like this. What a sad world.
I don't think I've ever met a single person with a degree in basket weaving. Is this some sort of lame-ass metaphor for fields of study that you don't like? I'm sure the top universities of the world are lining up to find out what they need to do for their programs to get the daxcalidouchebag non-basket-weaving seal of approval.
I don't think I've ever met a single person with a degree in basket weaving. Is this some sort of lame-ass metaphor for fields of study that you don't like? I'm sure the top universities of the world are lining up to find out what they need to do for their programs to get the daxcalidouchebag non-basket-weaving seal of approval.
This is a cliche that comes from Matt Leinart. Remember when he was back at USC and talking about the importance of education and how he wanted to stay and finish his degree? the only class he took was basket weaving.
Basket weaving is just a 1 credit gen ed, no one majors in it.. and hey it could be something fun to learn. I don't see a problem with learning something new.
This is a cliche that comes from Matt Leinart. Remember when he was back at USC and talking about the importance of education and how he wanted to stay and finish his degree? the only class he took was basket weaving.
Basket weaving is just a 1 credit gen ed, no one majors in it.. and hey it could be something fun to learn. I don't see a problem with learning something new.
The point of this thread has long since been lost in the tedium of splitting hairs over the relative importance of a degree.
The OP has noticed in his experience women who have online dating profiles tend to have a preference for men with degrees. He wondered why. I think the question was long since answered. The answer being that 1) using degree status is a filter used when online dating to cut the potential pool of people down to a more managable level, 2) it is seen as a positive filter because obtaining and holding a degree may point to positive character traits as well as allow some generalized financial assumptions. 3) That in any specific case, the holding of a degree or not is not a good indicator in and of itself to make assumptions about the generalizations with which are made when using it as a filter.
Whether we think an individuals degree choice is good, bad, or indiferent is really not relevant to why degrees are used as filters in online dating.
This is a cliche that comes from Matt Leinart. Remember when he was back at USC and talking about the importance of education and how he wanted to stay and finish his degree? the only class he took was basket weaving.
Basket weaving is just a 1 credit gen ed, no one majors in it.. and hey it could be something fun to learn. I don't see a problem with learning something new.
When I was in college (which was when Matt Leinart was probably in elementary school, by the way), we sometimes called these courses "underwater basket weaving" as a joke. You're right, though, that it was not a major. In fact, those classes often didn't even count toward ANY major. They were taken when somebody needed an extra hour to get up to full time status for financial aid reasons or something like that, or just wanted to do something fun. To refer to any entire legitimate college degree as "basket weaving" just demonstrates ignorance of the highest order.
Leinart took ballroom dancing because he needed 2 credits to earn his degree. He was a sociology major. I doubt USC's sociology degree program is full of "fluff" courses. Whether or not you want to believe whether USC allows it's football players to skate thru to keep them eligible or not is up to you. (No doubt some schools do).
I suspect using Leinart as an example here is not being genuine to any of the discussion anyway. He is an exception to the rule. (He is also a very rich and successful person who HAS a degree... if you call being a career NFL backup to the tune of $16 million in earnings "successful").
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