This is horseshit. May be you guys have a point that there isn't enough trade school and not enough directed learning in higher education, but I don't think I want to hire a psychologist (your example) with no degree. The degree is the certainty that they have learned something. What you consider soft studies have a place in academia, whether you agree with it or not.
Were the freshmen at that campus considered fresh meat and fresh cash because of their declared majors? Hmm.
I don't think ZRH was talking about psychologists without degrees, I think he was talking about psychologists with degrees from lower tier universities and whether the programs are comparable, which they probably are. At least that's how I read his post.
People are going to start realizing trade schools are a better choice for more people. We have enough useless business majors. We need some mechanics, plumbers, etc.
We need ninja assassins and attractive strippers.
Quality plumbers are few and far between. Genuinely skilled tradesmen are going to be much harder to find once they start retiring and no one's filling their shoes.I don't necessarily think this is true.
When was the last time you had trouble finding a plumber or mechanic?
I thought he was talking about buffalo seeds.
Trades often make more money than office jobs without the bullshit and the student loans. Who's laughing now?
Why not?
Yeah but they look so gross checking in next to me at the Hilton. Ewww
Because it would be about the same experience as talking to some bum standing in line at McDonalds.