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Don Surber reveals a lesson about college degrees:

First up is Jackie Mroz, 22, of Oregon City: “She put everything she had into her studies at the University of Oregon, graduating in 2009 with degrees in international studies and sociology and a double minor in nonprofit administration and African studies. She studied abroad in Senegal, took challenging courses, earned a 3.8 grade point average and raced through college in three years.”

I am no expert, but I cannot see much of a market for sociology or knowing how to run a business that doesn’t make money.

While on the other end of the scale:

Next up is “John Yeier, 24, who graduated from the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls on Saturday. He’s the sole member of his class with a degree in embedded engineering, which integrates computer software and hardware in cell phones, cars and other machines. He will work on small plane navigation system software for Garmin AT in Salem.”

Take a look at his conclusions which make a lot of sense. I think that our society’s attempts to insulate our children from the realities of life is counterproductive. We may be able to delay those realities, but they can’t be repealed. If we don’t teach them this, then life will do it for us, without favoritism or mercy.