College degrees that don't pay

By Blake Ellis, staff reporter

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/pf/1008/gallery.low_paying_college_degrees/index.html

Last updated August 06 2010: 3:41 PM ET; retrieved Saturday, August 07, 2010

   First the condensed version: Education, Social Work, Religious Studies, Athletic Training, Recreation and Leisure, Horticulture, Art, Interior Design & Culinary Arts. I’ve re-ordered them … do you see a pattern?
   Education, Social Work, Religious Studies = some of the greatest good a society can ensure itself … but we don’t need to reward such? Oh, it’ll be fulfilling enough.
   Athletic Training, Recreation and Leisure, Horticulture = playing outside. Honestly, I don’t see it as equal priority, either (except from an exterior design perspective).
   Then the applied arts: Art, Interior Design & Culinary Arts. The “art” used in Art was photography, so in actuality these are all applied arts. I guess we are supposed to pay our bills with self-actualization.
   So, in conclusion, another reason why our culture is wack. One third of the least of jobs are positions where we illuminate our culture through artistic expression, another third is where we hold up our fellow man directly. Yeah, let’s keep payin’ the mutual fund manager – he shuffles other people’s money (redistributing wealth / legalized gambling) producing nothing!