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| 'Liberal Arts Degrees' Renamed 'Non-Essential Worker Degrees' |
| 2020-04-14 |
| Hurtful cuz it's F'n TRUE [Babylon Bee] More colleges across the country have been renaming their liberal arts degrees "non-essential worker degrees" in a bid to be more honest about what exactly the course of study entails. "We wanted to be a little more honest about what you can expect from a liberal arts program -- sorry, a non-essential worker program," said Charles C. Kettlebrook, Dean of Winstonhamington University in Philadelphia. "Whenever people need to be sent home, to be frank, you'll be the first to go. It will be kind of nice for you, sometimes, actually, since you'll get to stay home and collect a check from the government instead of going out and being productive." The colleges confirmed that nothing has changed in the actual studies being offered by the liberal arts programs, but now they can't be sued for false advertising. "You'll know right from the get-go that the pottery, French literature, or zero-gravity space station basket weaving classes you're taking are completely useless and non-essential." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Re: shelves of books. My older brother's favorite retirement hobby is photography as he is not much of a reader. So, "find a fun hobby" ... |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-04-14 19:08 |
| #7 Ouch. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-04-14 13:34 |
| #6 BP, I know ,right? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-04-14 13:05 |
| #5 Worker? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-04-14 11:45 |
| #4 Fortunately these Non-Essential Worker Degree Programs allow you to minor in Coffee Service. |
| Posted by: Bubba Claing1437 2020-04-14 11:02 |
| #3 Looked at my book shelves. Mostly titles by old dead white guys. Not something institutes of "higher" learning teach anymore. |
| Posted by: Bubba Claing1437 2020-04-14 10:59 |
| #2 That sounds like a jail cell. Yikes. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-14 06:07 |
| #1 I know it's the Bee. But after 14 days in quarantine without a book, a movie, a song and not even a painting on the wall you might want to rethink "non-essential". |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-04-14 04:59 |