Neither of those degrees you exampled, are useless. In order to become a qualified psychologist (be it clinical, educational, forensic to name but a few specific fields) you need a good BSc before you can progress onto further training and qualifications
Well I wasn't really saying they were not valid for certain areas. My mistake for not explaining clearly. Yes you are right, if you want to become a psychologist you need to go for it. I mentioned psychology because over here, many people enroll in the psychology course when there are very limited prospects and the chance of pursuing a career that is related over here is quite slim. It is also the case abroad. Most people don't enroll in it with the intention of becoming psychologists either but with the intention of having a degree in something, just for the sake of it. That was my point.
And even ifsomeone wasn't to embark on a career which is directly related to their university course, the experience gained re independant learning, critical thinking and even just furthering one's love of knowledge on a particular area,
I fully agree with that. The thing is that now its simply not enough as everyone is doing it. Its not really helping anymore and in many cases its does not count for much either as their is a big difference between theory and application at the work place. What amuses me is that some here expect to find a good job just because they decided to study for a degree that they liked. Pursuing knowledge is a good thing, but it has nothing to do with what's available in the job market unfortunately. One should do it when settled.
the degree is by no means useless. The main problem isn't that too many people are going to universities and finding that the job market, in the current economic climate, is too saturated so therefore, scrap 'useless' degree courses, but rather the attitude that the only point of going to university is to do something directly relating to that degree upon graduation.
Again I apologise for my use of inaccurate terms. Yes you are right about it not being useless, I was implying it within the context of finding a job. But do tell me, why bother going to university to do something that is not going to give you a chance of finding a job, when you are not financially stable? As are most students here for example? And then why complain that we cannot find good jobs after?
Topic: what was your first job like?