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->'''Peter Parker:''' Why are you so broke?\\
'''Miles Morales:''' I'm a kid. What's your excuse?\\
'''Peter Parker:''' I thought a degree in Neogenics would get me a good job. The neogenics bubble burst. Nobody even brings up Neogenics anymore.
-->-- ''Blog/TextsFromSuperheroes''
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->''"If they had told me to study '''English literature''', THAT I could have understood. That's my field. But no, they told me to study the '''English language'''. Utterly, Unreasonably, Unjustly Unbelievable! Only the other day, I was told to send a report about my first year here. I tendered a blank piece of paper."''

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->''"If they had told me to study '''English literature''', THAT I could have understood. That's my field. But no, they told me to study the '''English language'''. [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Utterly, Unreasonably, Unjustly Unbelievable! Unbelievable]]! Only the other day, I was told to send a report about my first year here. I tendered a blank piece of paper."''
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->''"You are a genius if you can finish a five-year course in ancient Babylonian astrology in only two years.\\
You are an idiot if you think anyone is going to hire a guy with a major in ancient Babylonian astrology."''
-->-- '''Magazine/{{MAD}}'''
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->''If they had told me to study '''English literature''', THAT I could have understood. That's my field. But no, they told me to study the '''English language'''. Utterly, Unreasonably, Unjustly Unbelievable! Only the other day, I was told to send a report about my first year here. I tendered a blank piece of paper.''

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->''If ->''"If they had told me to study '''English literature''', THAT I could have understood. That's my field. But no, they told me to study the '''English language'''. Utterly, Unreasonably, Unjustly Unbelievable! Only the other day, I was told to send a report about my first year here. I tendered a blank piece of paper.''"''
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->''If they had told me to study '''English literature''', THAT I could have understood. That's my field. But no, they told me to study the '''English language'''. Utterly, Unreasonably, Unjustly Unbelievable! Only the other day, I was told to send a report about my first year here. I tendered a blank piece of paper.''
-->--'''Soseki Natsume''', ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney''
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'''Peggy''': Oh, how nice for you. Well that'll get you a job in a factory when you get out of college.\\
'''Girl''' (giggling): That's what my mom says, too.

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'''Peggy''': Oh, how nice for you. Well Well, that'll get you a job in a factory when you get out of college.\\
'''Girl''' (giggling): '''Girl''': [giggles] That's what my mom says, too.
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->'''Girl''': Well, right now I'm majoring in Philosophy and Classical Music.\\
'''Peggy''': Oh, how nice for you. Well that'll get you a job in a factory when you get out of college.\\
'''Girl''' (giggling): That's what my mom says, too.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
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->''"Had anyone at my reunion complained about [[GrumpyOldMan the complacency of today’s students]] or bragged about how they got through school without taking on staggering debt, I could have reminded them that the class of [[TheEighties ’84]] was the last to have a higher percentage of grants than loans. Today’s imbalance leads too many students to buy the lie that the humanities are exclusively for rich kids. They worry that those in the 99 percent studying Creator/{{Aristotle}} or Creator/VirginiaWoolf are destined for permanent residency in their parents’ basements and, if they are lucky, [[AlmightyJanitor positions as baristas.]]"''

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->''"Had anyone at my reunion complained about [[GrumpyOldMan the complacency of today’s students]] students or bragged about how they got through school without taking on staggering debt, I could have reminded them that the class of [[TheEighties ’84]] was the last to have a higher percentage of grants than loans. Today’s imbalance leads too many students to buy the lie that the humanities are exclusively for rich kids. They worry that those in the 99 percent studying Creator/{{Aristotle}} or Creator/VirginiaWoolf are destined for permanent residency in their parents’ basements and, if they are lucky, [[AlmightyJanitor positions as baristas.]]"''"''
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->'''Scientist:''' I've got a degree in homeopathic medicine!\\
'''Civil Defense Vehicle:''' You've got a degree in baloney!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
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->'''Boomstick:''' But before Jack could put his training to good use, Aku pulled a bitch move and zapped him hundreds of years into the future.\\
'''Wiz:''' What a waste. Just like when you spend four sleepless years struggling through college, and then find out too late that nobody cares about your English major!\\
'''Boomstick:''' I thought you graduated from the school of [[MadScientist evil science]] or something.\\
'''Wiz:''' Well, you still have to pick a major...
-->-- ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', "WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack vs. Anime/AfroSamurai"
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-->-- '''A school janitor''', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''

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-->-- '''A school janitor''', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''
''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
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->''Too much of what is called "education" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''
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->''Too much of what is called "education" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''
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->''"Imagine paying thousands for a degree (if you pardon the expression) in cultural studies or gender studies and [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance being dumb enough to think you're educated]]. [[KnowNothingKnowItAll And then to think that that somehow allows you to talk down to people who weren't stupid enough to squander their time and money.]] How moronic would you have to be?"''
-->-- '''Pat Condell'''

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