Discussion: Is Nursing the Most Basic Major? - Page 7

artpop

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Originally posted by LionH3art

This wtf

Imo history, philosophy, literature studies and such nonesense are bs

the entire concept of university is based on philosophy making it one of the most important degrees. guess you've never thought about why phd lit means doctor of philosophy.

highwayuni

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Originally posted by artpop

the entire concept of university is based on philosophy making it one of the most important degrees. guess you've never thought about why phd lit means doctor of philosophy.

Okay but it doesn't really have that much real world application. Unless you have links with a company or are a stellar student then it would be really hard to get a job with that degree.

LionH3art

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Originally posted by artpop

the entire concept of university is based on philosophy making it one of the most important degrees. guess you've never thought about why phd lit means doctor of philosophy.

In the paradigm we live in where uni is defined by what it is now philosophy as a major is worthless

It was a cool course for the summer tho

artpop

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Originally posted by highwayuni

Okay but it doesn't really have that much real world application. Unless you have links with a company or are a stellar student then it would be really hard to get a job with that degree.

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/201...nities/403555/

Pandora

Not when people study things like Fashion, History, Philosophical-based courses and other impractical things. They're cute and interesting courses but compared to something like nursing they're worthless lol.

artpop

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Originally posted by LionH3art

In the paradigm we live in where uni is defined by what it is now philosophy as a major is worthless

It was a cool course for the summer tho

Worthless to who? You and your complete lack of understanding of what a philosophy degree is and what it provides? Or worthless to the billions of people on this planet who's lives have depended upon the critical thinking skills of those scholars from the past and those today who have such transferable skills and can seek out employment in many sectors?

LionH3art

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Originally posted by artpop

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/201...nities/403555/

Hunty when you are 20+ years in the field philosophy is dead

+ they give poor information about the sample (p.e. how were the ppl selected..) Could be easily manipulated.

Wotamin

my mom worked as a nurse until not long ago and she always told stories from her work and when you listen to them you realize how hard this work can be

LionH3art

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Originally posted by artpop

Worthless to who? You and your complete lack of understanding of what a philosophy degree is and what it provides? Or worthless to the billions of people on this planet who's lives have depended upon the critical thinking skills of those scholars from the past and those today who have such transferable skills and can seek out employment in many sectors?

I do understand. However understanding the concept science doesn't make you a professional of a science. That's why I'm sceptic about the future of people who choose philosophy as their major. No harm intended, really. It's great that your skills are so transferable in many sectors, but what's the philosophy sector?

artpop

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Originally posted by LionH3art

I do understand. However understanding the concept science doesn't make you a professional of a science. That's why I'm sceptic about the future of people who choose philosophy as their major. No harm intended, really. It's great that your skills are so transferable in many sectors, but what's the philosophy sector?

Understanding the concept of science? Theres a lot more to philosophy to be honest, like last year we covered logic (inductive, deductive reasoning etc) which is something I can use in many career options. There isn't much of a 'philosophy sector' and the intention isn't really to be a philosopher but to use a subject which I and others who take it enjoy and use it to further our career goals.

jackieshann

philosophy is a good degree when paired up with something like econmics or history imo.

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Originally posted by highwayuni

Why exactly should we feel inferior by being a nurse?

They're very different careers. Doctors help diagnose and treat the illness but nurses make sure that the PERSON (not just the illness) is well looked after. And nurses nowadays aren't just stuck to being a "doctors assistant". Nurses can run their own clinics, go into management positions and lots of interesting specialist areas. It's a really exciting career path to be a part of now.

And you can make a lot of money out of nursing if you have the drive and do it right. My mother is a nurse and she works for an agency which pays like 2x the amount that normal nurses make. At one point she was making over £65k a year.

well idk if it's just me but whatever sector i end up working in i want to be the best; if i decide to work in finance i want to make sure i become a CFO, if im a teacher i'd make sure to become the head of my subject department, if i worked in the health profession i'd want to be the top dawg which is the doctor and im sorry i dont want to hurt your feelings but that's the truth

nursing is a respectable degree and i admire mary seacole / nightingale and all the other iconic nurses of our time but to me i'd never become one.

YouDaIcon

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Originally posted by LionH3art

This wtf

Imo history, philosophy, literature studies and such nonesense are bs

History, English, and Philosophy are the three best majors for getting into Law School.

YouDaIcon

The obvious answers are Psych and Comm. Psych is by far the most popular major. You can't work in the psych field without your Master's or Ph.D

Changes

It's pretty disrespectful to call a career of taking care of people basic.

But it does seem like everyone goes into nursing. It's not really my thing, but I respect people that do it even if they're only it for the money/benefits.

WERKER

I do nursing and everyone underrates the amount of work that we do, it is extremely hard work and it isn't for everyone. I'd love to see half of the people commenting in here saying how easy it is, do a week doing what we do. We get hardly any funding, I am expected to pay rent for my student accommodation, travel the UK going to hospital placements for months at a time and have to pay for myself there whilst money is being wasted on my term-time address which I need annually. I wouldn't change it though I love it there are a shortage of nurses and I'm 90% guaranteed a job afterwards.

BlooRiverAnimal

Not at all.

downbywednesday

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Originally posted by YouDaIcon

History, English, and Philosophy are the three best majors for getting into Law School.

They're not to be discredited but English and history are not the "best"

Science majors are actually more respected in law school applications.

Repo

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Originally posted by that G.U.Y.

Communications and Psychology are the basic majors tbh

As someone who's taken psych and Comm classes, this is so beyond untrue

jackieshann

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Originally posted by downbywednesday

They're not to be discredited but English and history are not the "best"

Science majors are actually more respected in law school applications.

That article is BS. English, History and Language graduates are by far the biggest pool of candidates picked to have training contracts (at least in Europe) - the transferable skills you learn from those degrees are actually an asset whereas science degrees are not.

If anything that article shows how useless natural science degrees are if you don't plan to go into research (who would want to inflict themselves the pain of research work anyway?)

YouDaIcon

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Originally posted by downbywednesday

They're not to be discredited but English and history are not the "best"

Science majors are actually more respected in law school applications.

Correction: I was referring to within Liberal Arts schools.