Thursday, March 19, 2009

Study this.

Think your current offering of Masters programs isn't new, fresh or interesting? Then check out Liverpool Hope University in England because there you can get an MA in The Beatles: Popluar Music and Society. Oh yeah, The Beatles. The band. Not entomological studies. When someone offers a degree in Cindy Lauper, I'm so there.

I'm forced to ask this question: Where would one go after getting that degree? I mean, what phenomenal career awaits beyond the hallowed halls of those studies? I got my undergrad in education and godforbid I wanted to do something other than teach. I went looking for work and it was like I had a degree in Ballroom Dancing or something equally inapplicable to the business world. I felt SO unemployable as each rejection followed another. Do you think they would have looked at me differently if I were more knowledgable about The Beatles and their impact on popular music and society? Please don't say yes, my dreams have been trampled enough.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder if a Doctorate program is in the works

Lei Ana said...

'Cause wouldn't that be awesome?!?