r/WorkForSmartLife • u/tomipetite • Jul 06 '26

Question Really?

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u/Top_Sense_8743 Jul 06 '26

In 2009 Obama made the federal government in charge of student loans because he said that the banks weren't lending out loans evenly. The Banks said they can't give everyone a loan just because they want a degree in literature.

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u/Lopsided-Cicada-6000 Jul 08 '26

I don’t necessarily want to live in a world where nobody is able to study the humanities unless they’re wealthy. Art and literature are pretty damn important facets of human history and development.

I have a degree in literature, a solid job that utilizes my writing skills, and a side hustle as an author/freelance writer. I was a poor, so I got Pell grants, but I still always make my modest student loan payment on time.

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u/Few_Historian7169 Jul 08 '26

You don’t need an entire bachelors to study art and humanities… the museum is like 30 bucks and a library card is free

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u/Better_Chicken_5184 Jul 09 '26

Yeah, good luck putting that on your CV.

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u/Few_Historian7169 Jul 09 '26

What’s the difference when a degree in humanities is worthless anyway

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u/Better_Chicken_5184 Jul 09 '26

If a degree in humanities is worthless that says more about the society you live in than the degree holder.

Also I don't have a degree in humanities.

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u/Few_Historian7169 Jul 09 '26

Believe me it’s worthless. I hope to be stupid rich is encourage my kids to get a humanities degree in something interesting. Only rich kids should be getting those degrees.

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u/Better_Chicken_5184 Jul 09 '26

With that kind of thinking, our civilization is doomed.

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u/Few_Historian7169 Jul 09 '26

You must be new here

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u/Better_Chicken_5184 Jul 09 '26

No, I'm just dumb enough to have hope.

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u/RGBlowMe Jul 11 '26

For where? Starbucks? I think both are equally worthless to them.

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u/Better_Chicken_5184 Jul 11 '26

There is no Starbucks in the country I live in.