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Libertytree
3rd February 2013, 09:19 AM
http://www.naturalnews.com/038933_college_graduates_food_stamps_unemployment. html#ixzz2JnvhSbTe
Saturday, February 02, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Shelling out tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for higher education may no longer be the surefire path to a great career that it used to be. A recent report compiled by the education resource group OnlineColleges.net found that more than 300,000 Americans with either Master's degrees or Ph.D.s were receiving food stamps in 2010 -- and many more are likely on some form of government assistance today as economic conditions since that time have only continued to worsen.

To give a point of reference as to how bad the situation truly is, there were fewer than 100,000 Americans with Master's degrees or Ph.D.s on food stamps in 2007, which means the overall number of people with extensive college educations on government assistance more than tripled in just three years. And if this trend continued at the same rate between 2010 and 2013, the total number of college educated on government assistance today has easily eclipsed more than half a million, and with no end in sight.

According to the latest government data, more than 5,000 people working right now as custodians have Ph.D.s they are not using, and another more than 100,000 people with at least a bachelor's degree currently work in some sort of custodial position. A whopping 80,000-or-so people with at least a bachelor's degree also currently work as attendants at amusement parks and other recreational facilities, while nearly 320,000 college graduates currently work as servers at restaurants and cafes.

"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly one in three college graduates (http://www.naturalnews.com/college_graduates.html) works in a job the Labor Department says requires less than a bachelor's degree," explains an infographic created by OnlineColleges.net. You can view that infographic here:
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2013/01/08/americas-phds-on-food-stamps/

Not enough jobs or not enough intuition?As you will clearly see, the numbers on the graph are shocking, to say the least. They point to a very serious problem either with our educational system or with our economic system, or both. Getting a Master's degree or a Ph.D. typically takes a lot of time, effort, and money -- so why are an increasing number of educated folks finding it so difficult to get a job in their field that they are having to resort to menial labor positions for which they are overqualified?

The most obvious answer is that economic conditions have become so dire that there simply are not enough available high-paying positions out there for people with college (http://www.naturalnews.com/college.html) educations. And for many college graduates and people with Ph.D.s, the prospect of finding a job in their field is just unusually slim, perhaps due to the fact that their area of study was too narrow and impractical. Getting a Master's degree in Native American studies, for instance, will more than likely not generate the same level or volume of high-paying jobs as, say, a Master's degree in biology would.

Another possible explanation is that today's college graduates simply do not possess the same level of drive and ingenuity that college graduates from previous generations had. This is merely speculation, of course, but it seems as though many college graduates lack the guidance and know-how to successfully navigate the working world following graduation. What do you think the primary reasons are that an increasing number of college graduates are unable to find well-paying jobs in their appropriate fields?

osoab
3rd February 2013, 09:45 AM
All PHd's and Masters holders working at a skewl are on government assistance.

Son-of-Liberty
3rd February 2013, 09:52 AM
Most of these masters degree holders are probably too entitled and arrogant to work manual labor so they sit on their asses and collect food stamps waiting until they can find a job applicable to their degree.

Shami-Amourae
3rd February 2013, 10:03 AM
I tried telling my cousin not to go to college and my aunt got super pissed off and yelled me out. Of course, she's paying to send him to an expensive Liberal Arts college with all of her savings.

My sister and I finished college, yet neither of us have ever used our degrees. Mme and my sister paid for our college "education" in full, but all of my cousins who are going now are getting it free from their parents.

College degrees are useless. I feel dumb for going but at least I learned from my mistake: It's been a life lesson to NOT do what society tells you is normal. You can't convince most people of this though. I don't know if I should warn people anymore, since no one listens. If you spend as much time to research and start a business as you do for just 1 college class you can become self employed.

BrewTech
3rd February 2013, 10:06 AM
Most of these masters degree holders are probably too entitled and arrogant to work manual labor so they sit on their asses and collect food stamps waiting until they can find a job applicable to their degree.

This, I suspect, is exactly right.

Getting an advanced degree means never having to get dirty, right? Taking a manual labor job would mean admitting that the degree is essentially worthless...

As a guy that never held a degree (although I've seen a shitload of schooling),I actually would have a lot of respect for a degree holder doing whatever they had to do to get by without having to use other people's money. I guess many would consider it to be too humiliating to actually work.

Maybe they just care too much about what other people think, thereby incurring massive debt for a piece of paper.

madfranks
3rd February 2013, 11:31 AM
When you are stupid enough to get a masters degree in classical guitar or Medieval English poetry, what do expect?

Sparky
3rd February 2013, 01:20 PM
When you are stupid enough to get a masters degree in classical guitar or Medieval English poetry, what do expect?
This gets more at the heart of the problem. College isn't useless or stupid. But it can be. When used appropriately, it's a very good thing. But we've come to the point in history where it's very often not used appropriately.

The problem is that the link between a means and and end has been broken, so most people going to college don't really have a plan of action or a motivation. They are on college auto-pilot. And the government and banks have become enablers for this. So we end up with too many college students borrowing too much money to study too many things for which their is no return on their investment. That's the real problem. Like most things these days, college has become terribly distorted from our society sending a message that everybody should go to college.

But that doesn't make college bad.

Ponce
3rd February 2013, 01:57 PM
A life time of self education if (to me) is more important than a college education because teachers can only teach what they know and not what you should really know.

As a dumb Cuban refugee with a 10th grade education I have done danm good...... as a matter of fact, after being retired for 14 years I am thinking of doing some part time work with my engine lathe because I am healthy and bored. April 2 i'll be 73..................live long and prosper Ponce :)

V

willie pete
3rd February 2013, 02:11 PM
When you are stupid enough to get a masters degree in classical guitar or Medieval English poetry, what do expect?

it's EXACTLY what I tell people frequently, I was in conversation the other day with someone regarding this subject, I've told nieces and nephews to major in the sciences, the odds of you having a well-paying job out of college is extremely High and if you're so inclined towards the medical/healthcare field, you'll also do EXTREMELY well







Feliz Cumpleanos Ponche

joboo
3rd February 2013, 02:28 PM
This story is misleading. Degree in what?

You have to shape your skills for jobs that exist, and are in demand.

Heck... China, India, Japan are training kids for jobs that don't even exist yet but will in the future.

osoab
3rd February 2013, 02:58 PM
This story is misleading. Degree in what?

You have to shape your skills for jobs that exist, and are in demand.

Heck... China, India, Japan are training kids for jobs that don't even exist yet but will in the future.

I thought Foxconn was building robots.

joboo
3rd February 2013, 03:44 PM
I thought Foxconn was building robots.

They still need people to understand how everything is designed, functions, and is programmed. Anything math/science/technology related is going to go a lot further than art, horticulture, journalism, writing, music, photography...etc. For degrees like that you're probably better off at just doing those things, and build a portfolio, rather than trying to get an expensive piece of paper saying you can.

Sparky
3rd February 2013, 03:57 PM
A life time of self education if (to me) is more important than a college education because teachers can only teach what they know and not what you should really know.
...

Fortunately, a person doesn't have to choose one or the other!

madfranks
3rd February 2013, 04:46 PM
A life time of self education if (to me) is more important than a college education because teachers can only teach what they know and not what you should really know.

As a dumb Cuban refugee with a 10th grade education I have done danm good...... as a matter of fact, after being retired for 14 years I am thinking of doing some part time work with my engine lathe because I am healthy and bored. April 2 i'll be 73..................live long and prosper Ponce :)

V

Cheers Ponce, my birthday is in April too!

PatColo
3rd February 2013, 05:42 PM
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more on topic:
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