Seems like an English degree would open more doors for her.
Just lay down the expected 20% tip and keep it to yourself.
The quality of job one gets depends on what degree one gets, internships and etc. And some fields pay better and are in more in demand than others. Consider nursing and accounting.
When I went to computer school in 1982, I had a tough choice. I could go to school for ten months and get a Cobol IMS DB/DC programming job that paid maybe $7 an hour, or I could become a driver for UPS for $10 an hour.
Fortunately, I still went with the former, but it was a harder decision than it should have been. 23 years later, I am a 51 year old with 10 years experience as a programmer, and 11 years experience as a consulting programmer and I now teach tools to programmers.
At the peak, it was a hefty six figures. It's still nothing to thumb your nose at. And one of my new friends is exactly my age and trying to find something, anything to help him financially, for he is struggling. His employer treets him like dirt, his hours are bad and his income is not particularly good, especially for a man who is 51 with a family.
He is a driver for Fed-Ex.
I am not boasting for I firmly believe the Lord was behind all of this. The decisions I have made throughout my carreer have fallen into place even though I didn't have a clue what the outcome would be. Even my current job was a blessing. As with the discovery of the computer school, my discovery of this job was completely an "accident," yet it was what I was looking for for most of my programming career. One resume, one job.
BTW, I majored in pinball in college. Never completed so much as a quarter. Seems the Lord looked past that.
When my baby bro who now is 35 something told me he wanted to be an english major, (he's the only member of our Colombian family born in US.) I told him study engineering. I said even a mediocre engineer can land a pen pushing job at a utility, while arts and sciences major are busing tables. I probably didn't have anything to do with it,(you should meet our mother), but he studied engineering , now he has a comfortable job, working as a civilian budget watch dog at Naval Base in Toon Town, I mean Orlando. I think Arts and Sciences is for folks with trust funds.
"I can make, like, twice what I'd make as a social worker waiting tables," she confided
Seems like an English degree would open more doors for her.
All she has to do is throw in some "you knows", and she will be considered one of the smartest women in the world, ala Hitlery! Maybe she should run for Senate or President!