Trashed
How do you know spring semester is over in Albany? By the piles of trash along Hudson and Ontario. Crews have to work overtime to get the student ghetto back in shape post-graduation. And it seems sometimes, they find some pretty weird stuff.
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I don't know who these kids think they are, but take it from me: your SUNY Albany BA diploma isn't worth the paper it's written on. 5 years from now, you'll be so broke, you'll be wishing you hadn't wasted all that stuff. Even that deer carcass. Because according to the Native American display down at the State Museum, deer skin can be made into a pretty reliable pair of pants.
... said Pantaloons on May 22, 2008 at 12:07 AM | link
Pantaloons -- They'll have the same job prospects as kids from 2nd and 3rd tier liberal arts schools and 10% of the debt. Go SUNY!
... said beaverstreetjugbag on May 22, 2008 at 9:14 AM | link
I agree with Beaverstreet. SUNY is a great starting point for kids who don't have a ton of money. Many of the students are very bright and continue on to graduate programs and/or fulfilling careers.
... said Amanda on May 22, 2008 at 11:39 AM | link
Bachelors degrees in general have lost value over the last ten years. Especially if it's liberal arts. Especially from a state college. You need a masters these days to impress employers- something I didn't know while I was a SUNY Albany undergrad- and something these wasteful kids will soon realize.
... said Pantaloons on May 22, 2008 at 12:32 PM | link
Baiting the responsible and hard working SUNY students by equating their Bachelors degrees to items worthy of being discarded as trash is unbecoming of you, Pantaloons.
... said fixlr on May 22, 2008 at 1:31 PM | link
I'm just speaking from personal experience. After I graduated from college (2002), I worked at Borders. 90% of the staff had a BA. And they were all there making 6 bucks an hour.
And saying that comment was unbecoming of me was very unbecoming of you. And I don't even know what that means (thanks to my BA from SUNY Albany).
... said Pantaloons on May 22, 2008 at 9:51 PM | link
I don't think Pantaloons was trying to demean anybody's degree. SUNY Albany is a decent value, but the school made some pretty stupid decisions a few years ago, and its reputation as the # 1 party school in the country really did it some damage (and I'm sure the non-students who live downtown aren't crazy about all that trash).
When the school calls me up for donations, I say "Yeah, I'll give you money when that degree I got from you starts earning some."
... said Sky Captain on May 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM | link
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... said igotnothing on May 22, 2008 at 11:18 PM | link
It's never just the degree or the institution -- it's the person. Let's not forget that. There are winners at UAlbany and there are losers at Harvard.
I was a professor at a lower-tier public school and am now a professor at an upper-tier private school... I can tell you from experience that such sweeping generalizations are never appropriate.
... said Fred on May 23, 2008 at 9:12 AM | link
You can be the nicest, competent & motivated person on Earth. But you're not going to make money with a 4 year degree in history or fine arts from a state college unless you know someone. Call it a sweeping generalization if you want, I call it the modern world.
And that's why (after trying to earn a living off of my BA) I just applied to nursing school. And not just for the sexy nurses outfit I'll get to wear. Rawr!
... said Pantaloons on May 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM | link
Pantaloons:
I agree that certain majors are less marketable than others.
But let's not confound that with the institution from which the degree was earned, which was where this whole debate started.
P.S. Good luck earning your RN!
... said Fred on May 23, 2008 at 10:33 AM | link
Fred- fair enough. I raise my glass to you.
As for everyone else who got mad at my comments, keep in mind my name is "pantaloons". Please don't take me seriously.
Hey, this will be the 12th comment on this thread. Go us for making AOA more appealing to advertisers!
... said Pantaloons on May 23, 2008 at 9:44 PM | link