Posted on 06/02/2013 8:22:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Thank you, President and Trustees.
I have to confess that coming here to speak today raised a question in my mind: Now that high-school students are so accomplished and work so hard, would I even be admitted today to this eminent liberal arts school, from which I graduated 25 years ago? I was curious enough about this that I contacted an admissions officer here. I asked her to dig up my old application and give me a quick opinion.
This turned out to be a grave mistake. Not only was her answer "absolutely not," but a few days later I received a letter informing me that I had been retroactively denied admission to my own alma mater. To make matters worse, they culled through the entire cabinet of applications from my year and decided to revoke admission for 73% of my classmates.
If that includes any parents here today, I'm really sorry. I've printed out the non-admit list, and after my speech I'll nail it to the door of our 300-year-old memorial church, which has recently been transformed into the student-run coffee shop Jitters and Beans.
If it happens that you're on the list, you will have the opportunity to reapply, so you'll probably want to work on bulking up your application right away. A good start would be to show up tomorrow at 8 a.m. for dorm cleaning crew. And maybe this summer you'll want to get an unpaid internship at the charity that you pretend to care about the most.
My own sudden lack of credentials caused me to reflect on the fact that I—and apparently most of your parents—couldn't hold a candle to you when we were applying to college. So I want to pay tribute to the spectacular collection of new graduates sitting here today.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Wow - so some oldster who helped make the world the way it is doesn’t like what he sees?
I’m starting to understand why this nation is going down the crapper.
It’s nice to see liberal arts higher education in 2013 put in perspective.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars to extend childhood.
Nothing has changed. Either get a STEM degree, finance-accounting, trade certification or get married to someone who has one.
Liberal arts degrees usually are a curse.
I doubt it.
Thanks, the full article is quite funny, and mostly true.
The majority of the people running hedge funds or working at them have liberal arts degrees. Yes, the people working for them are often STEM or accounting types.
The majority of the people running hedge funds or working at them have liberal arts degrees. Yes, the people working for them are often STEM or accounting types.
Just awesome. He absolutely nails it. I know of several school systems which already hate that message — I already delivered my version of it to them. They REALLY didn’t like it.
We have a winner.
That tells me that for starting a hedge fund, promotional skills reign.
That makes sense and fits with the successful actor, musician, author template; most of whom are liberal arts oriented.
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