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Originally Posted by Checkman
So the piece of paper does make a difference for anyone out there who is currently questioning whether it's worth it to continue the effort.
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Not that I want to discourage anyone from finishing college, but in this economy, a B.A. makes less of a difference in earnings than it used to. When I graduated from college, I took a job that I could have easily done when I was a high school graduate. In fact, one of my co-workers was an 18-year old girl who had just graduated from high school, and she had most of the same responsibilities I did (and earned the same paycheck). Right now, there are a lot of college graduates who are working at Starbuck's or doing unpaid internships where they perform menial tasks that the secretaries don't feel like doing.
Also, for all of you who are in high school now and going to college in the next 2 years: Whatever you do, don't be History majors (like I was). Or, if you are going to be a History major, double-major in something more practical - like Economics, Computer Science, Pre-Med, Pre-Law, etc. There's nothing that corporate employers find less desirable than someone with a Bachelor's in the humanities. Most of my friends in college were History, Political Science, or Sociology majors, and all went back to school within two years of graduation, just as I did.