Does it make parents look better' if their child goes to university?

Norma_Desmond

I'm sure no degree is easy to the student, but be fair, if you're studying medicine, physics, engineering, classics, mathematics etc. then it does, erm, suggest that you have more intellectual clout than if you're on one of the raft of more simplistic courses on offer.

Sorry, but it just does.

I heard of someone taking an 'Art Therapy' degree recently - !!!!!!? :eek:

GwylimT

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

I'm sure no degree is easy to the student, but be fair, if you're studying medicine, physics, engineering, classics, mathematics etc. then it does, erm, suggest that you have more intellectual clout than if you're on one of the raft of more simplistic courses on offer.

Sorry, but it just does.

I heard of someone taking an 'Art Therapy' degree recently - !!!!!!? :eek:

Whats unusual about art therapy, people do suffer mental illness you know.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

pukkamum wrote: »

I certainly do not read the daily mail and I know for a fact that certain degrees are a lot easier to get than others.
If you truly believe that every person out there with a degree is highly intelligent and deserves a highly paid position, then you have no idea what you are talking about.
My sister did a media degree and quite frankly the work she put in to acheive it was minimal.

You do not know for a fact unless you have actually completed or written the guidelines for every degree! You don't have one yourself but continually harp on about how easy they are. Sour grapes more like.

Poppy9

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

I'm sure no degree is easy to the student, but be fair, if you're studying medicine, physics, engineering, classics, mathematics etc. then it does, erm, suggest that you have more intellectual clout than if you're on one of the raft of more simplistic courses on offer.

My DD is doing Neuroscience and it always gets the reaction of "wow" when people asking what she is doing because it sounds hard!

Funky_Bold_Ribena

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

I'm sure no degree is easy to the student, but be fair, if you're studying medicine, physics, engineering, classics, mathematics etc. then it does, erm, suggest that you have more intellectual clout than if you're on one of the raft of more simplistic courses on offer.

Sorry, but it just does.

I heard of someone taking an 'Art Therapy' degree recently - !!!!!!? :eek:

Crikey - have you ever actually DONE any therapy - it's one of the most hardest things to do, to get people who can't walk or talk to actually engage in something? Spending 6 hours of your day trying to get someone to do things that would take most other people 5 minutes. It's one of the hardest and most frustrating things to do.

SmallL

Also the 'hardness' of the degree depends on the strengths and weaknesses of a person.
I admire those who take dual-degrees, they often complete 75% of a 'full' degree in each subject but it shows a breadth of understanding and skill.

poet123

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

You do not know for a fact unless you have actually completed or written the guidelines for every degree! You don't have one yourself but continually harp on about how easy they are. Sour grapes more like.

To be fair, reading the grade requirements, syllabus details and prospectus tells you a lot about every degree.

Not all degrees are equal.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

poet123 wrote: »

To be fair, reading the grade requirements, syllabus details and prospectus tells you a lot about every degree.

Not all degrees are equal.

But very few are as simple as they are being made out. By people who haven't actually done one.

Norma_Desmond

GwylimT wrote: »

Whats unusual about art therapy, people do suffer mental illness you know.

Of course they do

But I'm sure pretty much anyone can be encouraged to go and sit in front of a Canaletto for an hour or paint a picture.........why a degree?

pukkamum

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

You do not know for a fact unless you have actually completed or written the guidelines for every degree! You don't have one yourself but continually harp on about how easy they are. Sour grapes more like.

And you know I don't have a degree how exactly?