I've had this discussion with my boyfriend more times than I can count. He has two great passions: art and science. I can go for a walk in the park and ask him to identify the trees, grass, rocks and insects around us and he can usually do it quite well and give a few more details on all of them. Then he could go home and make a painting of all of them and it will look amazing.
As he's gone through college, he looked at an art degree and he certainly has the natural aptitude for art to do it, but when you look at the job market for artists, it isn't good. I have a couple of fb friends who have art degrees and they regularly complain about having to get a crappy, entry level job, even after they spent all that time and money on a degree. And art isn't the only field like that. Most liberal arts degrees will be like that. I've heard a lot of feminists complain about how their parents criticize them for getting a degree in women's studies, but the reality is, if daddy spends $50,000 getting you a women's studies degree, that degree won't open a lot of professional doors.
Now, if you look at the science careers, even those aren't a guarantee to a good job; again, Lee has an interest for entomology, but when we looked up the job prospects for that field, it didn't look so great. But overall, a degree in the hard sciences will be able to pay for itself a lot better than many other degrees. There's a future in science degrees. Nursing and medical fields are also good degrees to get into, especially with Obamacare coming in and increasing the demand for healthcare.
And if you REALLY want the degree to pay for itself, business degrees and banking and accounting, those are generally the way to go.
As he's gone through college, he looked at an art degree and he certainly has the natural aptitude for art to do it, but when you look at the job market for artists, it isn't good. I have a couple of fb friends who have art degrees and they regularly complain about having to get a crappy, entry level job, even after they spent all that time and money on a degree. And art isn't the only field like that. Most liberal arts degrees will be like that. I've heard a lot of feminists complain about how their parents criticize them for getting a degree in women's studies, but the reality is, if daddy spends $50,000 getting you a women's studies degree, that degree won't open a lot of professional doors.
Now, if you look at the science careers, even those aren't a guarantee to a good job; again, Lee has an interest for entomology, but when we looked up the job prospects for that field, it didn't look so great. But overall, a degree in the hard sciences will be able to pay for itself a lot better than many other degrees. There's a future in science degrees. Nursing and medical fields are also good degrees to get into, especially with Obamacare coming in and increasing the demand for healthcare.
And if you REALLY want the degree to pay for itself, business degrees and banking and accounting, those are generally the way to go.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
