[OldPossum]

Rather than go for a “garbage degree”, our son went for an ME (Mechanical Engineering) degree...

This is a common theme on FR threads about college degrees. I just wonder whether you and others are cognizant of the reality that not every college student is capable of handling the mathematics (particularly that) required to get those engineering degrees.

[Carling]

Howie66 did clarify his comments to me, and I think he was speaking in a general sense. I simply don't understand math enough to be an engineer. It never interested me, probably because I didn't immediately understand it. However, I've always been able to analyze multiple variables in terms of business, and make sense of them immediately. This is why I now own my own consulting business, and am making a name for myself in the NW energy circles as someone who can piece together complex scenarios and find a relatively simple solution to them.

I think Howie66 would agree with me on this: a smart, hard worker will always be successful in the USA, no matter their degree (or lack of degree,even).

[Howie66]

My son went for a degree that suited him. Just because it’s Engineering doesn’t mean that ALL other degrees are garbage.

I think that you can tell which ones are garbage and which ones aren’t. I gave a partial listing earlier. I think that you would concur. At least I would hope so.

[hal ogen]

And remember that only about 30% of those 24 and older have a college degree. Less than 1% have an advanced degree. 50% of people have an IQ below 100. Only about 3% of college graduates have an IQ of 100 or lower. Everbody can’t handle the intellectual rigor (what there is) and everybody doesn’t want to.

[newbie 10-21-00]

I think your missing the point badly. The point is why spend $50-200k for a degree in something like Czech language posted earlier.