An Education in this day & age IS necessary..... yet I've seen it so often around us....people who go to college.. and still they struggle to find jobs that pay enough...15+ yrs later.. still chipping away at their college loans...
With our 1st son.. he wanted to be an Accountant.. then changed course...Bummer...basically he has a worthless degree.. he kept saying this to me.. so one day I googled "worthless degrees".. and there it was >> Psychology at #2.. worthless !!! Now I just agree with him.. and there he is... $17,000 more to go...
What is he making ...$12 an hour... Oh he's doing OK....even has some savings..racking up the overtime .....but he's looking to get a job in shipping /receiving -it pays more!
2nd son .. is taking Chemical Engineering (1st year) but his grades have slipped due to a bad Breakup.. he will loose a $12,000 scholarship if he doesn't get them back up ... we can't afford to carry this.. (as we'll have another son starting this year too).. so the dilemma is..
Should we just have him go to the lowest cost PA school in our state, Drop the Engineering..
Is a CHEMISTRY degree worth very much.. I really don't know.. After 1st son's mistakes.. just feeling pretty lousy about prospects in this day & age.
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