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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
chris73:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 26 Aug 2018, 19:04 ---
With regards to the comic, I'm getting the impression that no one has ever said "No" to Claire. I'm not saying she's spoiled or anything like, but I feel like no one has ever sat her down and said that sometimes dream never come to pass. Part of growing up is realising that yeah, those dreams crash and burn, but its not the end of the world. You build up from that, you find a new dream and you reach for that. And if that dream burns, you build up again and reach further. You are always building on the past to make it to the future.
And here, it just feels like if Claire doesn't pass the exam, she has nothing else to reach for.
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In NZ from roughly the late 80s onwards there was a massive shift away from apprenticeships and trades as options for schoolkids and was replaced by an almost fervent belief that University was the be all and end all and that without a degree (any degree) you'd be doomed to a, at best, mediocre life
This did a massive disservice to a lot of people who ended up going to university and then dropping out, with massive loans of course, and discovering that there are other options (my path started in the military) out there for everyone
I'm wondering if Claire can only see one way, the way of the librarian, as the only path to happiness and fulfilment?
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 26 Aug 2018, 19:19 ---In NZ from roughly the late 80s onwards there was a massive shift away from apprenticeships and trades as options for schoolkids and was replaced by an almost fervent belief that University was the be all and end all and that without a degree (any degree) you'd be doomed to a, at best, mediocre life
This did a massive disservice to a lot of people who ended up going to university and then dropping out, with massive loans of course, and discovering that there are other options (my path started in the military) out there for everyone
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You're only about 15-20 years behind America, then. The slow strangulation of the trades in favor of the fervent belief in a college education started in the late 60's-early 70's.
I have a Ph.D. in mathematics from a major university.
I teach part time as an online adjunct. My career did not go as planned, and I lost all three of the tenure track positions I'd held over the years. Part of that is a change in the academic landscape, along with several choices I made that in hindsight were ill advised (basically, I aimed too high, and slid off the target without sticking).
Life sometimes takes you places you'd rather not have gone. Claire's right to be scared, but she has Marten.
Oh, and what's this about "if we weren't dating"? I'd say living together is about two steps past dating...
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 26 Aug 2018, 19:19 ---In NZ from roughly the late 80s onwards there was a massive shift away from apprenticeships and trades as options for schoolkids and was replaced by an almost fervent belief that University was the be all and end all and that without a degree (any degree) you'd be doomed to a, at best, mediocre life
This did a massive disservice to a lot of people who ended up going to university and then dropping out, with massive loans of course, and discovering that there are other options (my path started in the military) out there for everyone
I'm wondering if Claire can only see one way, the way of the librarian, as the only path to happiness and fulfilment?
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Same in Ireland from around the same time. I finished Secondary School in 2003, and from when we started in 1997, it was drilled into our heads that college and university were the only worthwhile options available to us. No one ever said we had options, that apprenticeships or training schemes were viable. Just get into Uni or an Institute.
Which, looking back, was complete bollix.
chris73:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 26 Aug 2018, 19:40 ---
You're only about 15-20 years behind America, then.
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Ain't that the truth :-D
chris73:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 26 Aug 2018, 19:55 ---
Which, looking back, was complete bollix.
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Yeah so many kids get made to feel like failures if they're not suited to uni plus get saddled with student loans to pay off with nothing to show for it
Someone really screwed up
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