This… absolutely sickens me. It’s bad enough when I hear my family members argue morals/politics/economics that they subscribe to for proximate lifestyle purposes—but when University students pull this, and then ignore the eminent Yvain when he councils them otherwise?
My only comforts are the harsh cold truth of schadenfreude, that such beings don’t deserve an extra 5%, and that at least I only wasted three years and $20 000 at post-secondary.*
*(My degree was non-technical; Humanities students who don’t want a PhD should drop out in second year, spend a year reading, and then lie on their resume.)
P.S. Excellent break down of the reasoning process, Yvain. I think you hit the nail on the head.
This… absolutely sickens me. It’s bad enough when I hear my family members argue morals/politics/economics that they subscribe to for proximate lifestyle purposes—but when University students pull this, and then ignore the eminent Yvain when he councils them otherwise?
My only comforts are the harsh cold truth of schadenfreude, that such beings don’t deserve an extra 5%, and that at least I only wasted three years and $20 000 at post-secondary.*
*(My degree was non-technical; Humanities students who don’t want a PhD should drop out in second year, spend a year reading, and then lie on their resume.)
P.S. Excellent break down of the reasoning process, Yvain. I think you hit the nail on the head.