Thinking of a Masters in 2015

[Prloko]

No, I completely agree! What happened to the certificate programs in those fields like ultrasound and nursing? We had both here in the 90's. Now there are no ultrasound schools here at all. It's all about $ apparently. Why does an ultrasound tech or an RN need a 4 year degree? They don't. I have friends now that have been RN's for years that are now being forced into getting a degree to keep their jobs. How stupid! Is English Literature going to help them give a shot? No! Some idiot came up with the idea that to learn certain occupations you have to complete a 2 or 4 year degree. It's really idiotic! There are basically no job training schools anymore. Do plumbers need a associate degree? No! Sorry you are having to fight this same fight! It's even more frustrating for someone with a lot of experience in a field to be denied the opportunity because of a degree.

There was a time where either your employer or a trade union/association provided you training. Colleges where institutions of higher learning where renaissance men and women learned about the world and all the finer things (sciences, literature, etc.), and learned how to think. Now employers are unwilling to develop their employees and expect them to leave within 5 years. Now training has become the onus of the employee and colleges have been relegated to trade schools status, and once respected trade schools are now shrugged off as "degree mills".

Now, learning the Arts and Sciences is passed off as "useless".