Patriot Act Roundup: American Local News and College During COVID-19

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Hasan Minhaj has been on a roll covering the troubling decline of local newspapers in America and whether a college degree is worth pursuing amid a pandemic and how they treat the people who work there.

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OP Note: I'm extremely mad at my undergrad alma mater's treatment of grad students.

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[cbluechicken]

As someone who has finished grad school twice, I would never ever do it again. It's grueling and so much academic bullshit. Not to mention, I was literally the ONLY black person and I dealt with a lot of white bullshit. I'm glad I did it though bc it's given me a dual career I have now but boy do grad schools treat their students like shit.

[zoaster_toaster]

What are your degrees in?

[cbluechicken]

Marine conservation/policy work

Education

[zoaster_toaster]

I'm so sorry you had to deal with that bullshit during grad school. <3

[ahkna]

Now that I'm 35, I deeply wish I hadn't done a university degree and went into a trade instead.

[felicityhaircut]

I'm a little older than you but same! I wish I knew about our public transit agency jobs sooner bc apparently some ppl worked there straight out of HS and were able to retire in their early to mid 40s.

[joaniemaloney]

I'd be funnelled through expecting to go to uni all my life so yeah, I wish I could've saved a lot of time and money if I had gone straight to college & worked from there. I never realized there were so many options. i'm in my 30s now & finishing up a college program & the fact that I can get experience as a part of my program and having all this applied knowledge was a revelation. I wish I had thought about it more and given more options.

[ahkna]

that's exactly how i feel

[hglove]

I don’t have a degree either (for reasons too messy to explain) and now I can’t attend uni either because I also have two small children, but I am doing a degree from Open University. I started last year, and it will probably take me longer than 3 years to finish, but I am glad I am doing it. I couldn’t decide what to study so I am doing an Open degree which lets you choose a few different modules and make a degree that caters to you. I am mostly doing courses related to Science because that is what I enjoy. Point is, look at an Open Degree and go for it!

[alienjive]

I’m glad I have my BA and I’m grateful to not have any debt but I don’t think I can ever go to grad school. At this point in the world I can’t justify the taxation on my life lmao.

[zoaster_toaster]

I only went to grad school because after an internship with the city of LA gave me actual career direction in working with non-profits on policy matters (because I basically yolo-ed my way through undergrad without thinking of what I was gonna do with my life oops) I was told in order to have a career in that field I needed a masters in public administration or social work and social work was less math. I was lucky I had a good experience at grad school but it's incredibly stressful and I was at a school that cost waaaaay too much (again oops).

[therearewords]

I'm busy with my second bachelor and already eyeing a masters, but more because I enjoy learning than out of necessity.

And because over here you pay approx 2000 dollars a year, instead of 10.