tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post2383370804993867275..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Yes, Berkeley "Haas" a Business SchoolCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-65996581262142224792017-05-22T09:16:39.458-07:002017-05-22T09:16:39.458-07:00The University of California, Berkeley, has become...The University of California, Berkeley, has become the vanguard of the Pyramid Scheme in post-secondary education.<br /><br /><br />PoCoTexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037685265565526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68830303191755474422017-05-15T22:58:21.195-07:002017-05-15T22:58:21.195-07:00Business school is obsolete.
You can get tailore...Business school is obsolete. <br /><br />You can get tailored and specific information ran by serious entrepreneurs over the web. <br /><br />Sure they charge you, but no where near to the extent of paying some theoretician who thinks <br />he knows what business is all about. <br /><br />You will not become a qualified teacher in entrepreneurship by reading about it. <br /><br />The day will come (many entrepreneurs are agreeing on this) where the demand of college will plummet. The infrastructure and foundation is broken, and many teachers will be laid off.<br /><br />So if you are an education major under the age of 40, prepare for a world of hurt (: Steven Magallanesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-79901344008074246282017-05-15T21:10:44.629-07:002017-05-15T21:10:44.629-07:00Thinking back on it, I have told that little story...Thinking back on it, I have told that little story about my friend the cop a few times over the years. Know what? Every time I told it to a lawyer, I had to explain in detail the terms mean, median and mode. Ans lawyers consider themselves very smart people.<br /><br />Me? I'm just a middle aged woman. My degree is in Urban Studies, of all things, and I went to public school. But things were different back then. I can't believe how little is demanded of students now.LBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801426778490250668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-58131649337110427762017-05-15T12:27:48.381-07:002017-05-15T12:27:48.381-07:00You know what Captain?
I was in line and god, did...You know what Captain?<br /><br />I was in line and god, did the cashier take forever. At first, I didn't notice because I was responding to an urgent work email on my smartphone while waiting in line. That's when I was wondering what the hell was taking so damn long?! Some stupid customer was complaining that the prices were not right. That this bottle of wine was 50 cents off and that cup should be 25 cents off...<br /><br />It was just irritating. What was worse was these 2 girls complaining that they had degrees but they were working minimal wage jobs. And that's when it hit me - I remembered your article that retail is going to go away. Well, it's not the companies that are causing this. It's the goddammmmm customer! <br /><br />If you got customers holding up a damn line, then truly retail is dying. Just look at the all stupid stories you read on reddit - "I don't work here lady" or "Tales from Retail" and that's exactly why Retail, is D-E-A-D. And worse of all is the stupid degree holders working the damn jobs.<br /><br />You know what I did when I got home? I went on the website of my online stock broker and bought Amazon.com stock. Yup. I'm going to profit off of the customers running these stupid retail companies run by worthless degree holders to the ground!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-25595985850529996892017-05-15T11:22:11.886-07:002017-05-15T11:22:11.886-07:00In ll the years I have heard the rationale thar ST...In ll the years I have heard the rationale thar STEM students need to be "well rounded" by taking arts and humanities courses, I have NEVER heard of the corollary demand made of Liberal Arts students-- that they must become well rounded by taking hard science or math classes. Indeed, many of them gravitated to the left side of the campus because they hated/feared/couldn't do math. <br /><br />It's amazing how innumerate they are. Most cannot read a graph or do simple percentage calculations. I had a friend who had served as a police officer in a college town, where cases of rape of female students by inhabitants of the surrounding vibrancy were not uncommon. Testifying at trial one day he completely flummoxed the defense attorney who was cross examining him. "Officer Dastardly, what is the average rapist like?" (Trying to get him to make a racist statement)<br /><br />"Average"?<br /><br />"Yes, average" (contemptuously, ha ha what a dumb flatfoot, playing to the jury)<br /><br />"By average are you asking the mean, the median or the mode"? replied my friend, completely baffling Lawyer Ignoramus.LBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801426778490250668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-77028381566620847652017-05-15T11:04:28.599-07:002017-05-15T11:04:28.599-07:00If there ever is a detonating nuclear war, I hope ...If there ever is a detonating nuclear war, I hope the professors of Haas are survivors in a cold, frozen-over California that never sees the sun again.Sorcerygodhttp://www.templeofsorcery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82268185459154122502017-05-15T10:11:42.046-07:002017-05-15T10:11:42.046-07:00As an engineering major, we did like to make fun o...As an engineering major, we did like to make fun of the 'libtard' arts, but I do admit I wish I could have taken the drawing class with an afternoon lab years ago. I think an engineer could benefit from it. Other than that, I can read history on my own from less approved sources if I like. I guess a decent business writing course could be helpful to some. Again, I can read great literature if I like on my own. A Texannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55578219960121330192017-05-15T08:32:59.523-07:002017-05-15T08:32:59.523-07:00Scott Adams, of Dilbert comic fame, graduated from...Scott Adams, of Dilbert comic fame, graduated from the Berkely School of Business. p35flashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-33474298746918090102017-05-15T08:32:20.501-07:002017-05-15T08:32:20.501-07:00In the early 80's, I was an undergraduate at a...In the early 80's, I was an undergraduate at a top ten engineering school, top 1-3 in several disciplines. As part of a "broad education" initiative, the accrediting board required students to take Liberal Arts classes. You could take pretty much any sophomore or higher level course in any college other than Science or Engineering. The requirement? 15 credit hours, or about 5 courses. Usually, your adviser twisted your arm pretty hard to make sure micro or macro econ was one of the courses. It was nice to have one course a semester that wasn't STEM, and doubly nice to wreck the curve for the Intro to Psych or Science Fiction as Literature courses.<br /><br />When Liberal arts students talked about how "narrowly focused" the STEM diplomas were, I'd ask how many science, math, and engineering courses they took. In most cases, it was 1 math or stat, one general science. And these are the people who want to tell us how to fix society?sysadmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208769396923431693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-32904398288360640472017-05-15T06:24:06.528-07:002017-05-15T06:24:06.528-07:00"Look kid, I know you think just getting that..."Look kid, I know you think just getting that bachelors in theater is going to help, but nowadays you REALLY need to get a doctorate if you want to be successful."<br /><br />CLASSIC! Can I use that with a newby Poly Sci graduate I know. He can't find a full-time job...wonder why? ? His new plan is to...go to law school? But, mommy and daddy aren't going to pay for that "experience". I say, have fun with that $100K debt kiddo. <br /><br />Theatre? Ok, I do have a friend who earned a BA and MA in Theatre Production. He has done very well with his career financially, but, he has stated to me over the years, that everything he learned in this bidness, he learned On The Job-OTJ. He started out building sets (he's a helluva carpenter now-all OTJ training), and then moved forward from there. But I suspect, that he may be one of the lucky ones in regards to his career in the "Theatre".<br />Jim Scrummynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45146013518560585882017-05-15T04:47:51.317-07:002017-05-15T04:47:51.317-07:00"Look kid, I know you think just getting that..."Look kid, I know you think just getting that bachelors in theater is going to help, but nowadays you REALLY need to get a doctorate if you want to be successful."<br /><br />You should've told him that he needs parallel majors: say, Theater AND Literature (or Communications, or somesuch) and of course PhDs in both if he's to be taken seriously and stand out from the competition.liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-89863625606175229622017-05-15T03:21:58.399-07:002017-05-15T03:21:58.399-07:00But what did he say AFTER that? Or did he just gi...But what did he say AFTER that? Or did he just give you the "deer in the headlights" stare?David Jravishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318863315534783964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-10494604163491858342017-05-14T21:07:51.108-07:002017-05-14T21:07:51.108-07:00I've been encouraging every pro marxist low li...I've been encouraging every pro marxist low life I come across on farcebook to "just go for it" and get that worthless degree. "Look at it this way Becky you only live once and college will give you memories and friends that will last a lifetime!" LOL. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019820642290153281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-31880461365525182362017-05-14T18:33:49.285-07:002017-05-14T18:33:49.285-07:00The article criticizes Berkeley business program f...The article criticizes Berkeley business program for being one year of courses in business, one year in the major field within business, and two years of general education. That is what most business programs around the country look like. Many other degrees are like that. Berkeley is different because of the liberal content of the courses. The real issue is whether someone with a high school education needs two more years of liberal course work.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-50128067433844737592017-05-14T15:15:02.409-07:002017-05-14T15:15:02.409-07:00I suppose this tells you how bad the OTHER busines...I suppose this tells you how bad the OTHER business schools must be these days if Haas is highly ranked...Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45928895496712438082017-05-14T15:00:10.726-07:002017-05-14T15:00:10.726-07:00"Look kid, I know you think just getting that..."Look kid, I know you think just getting that bachelors in theater is going to help, but nowadays you REALLY need to get a doctorate if you want to be successful."<br /><br />Bwa-ha-ha!<br /><br />You're evil.<br /><br />Salute! :)Will S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02714519301979594160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82364354647371241312017-05-14T14:08:57.607-07:002017-05-14T14:08:57.607-07:00"Look kid, I know you think just getting that..."Look kid, I know you think just getting that bachelors in theater is going to help, but nowadays you REALLY need to get a doctorate if you want to be successful." - ROFLMO made my day! I'm going to start using that one. Make them double or triple down on stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-51022727568277730622017-05-14T12:30:27.988-07:002017-05-14T12:30:27.988-07:00The STEM division if UC Berkeley should break away...The STEM division if UC Berkeley should break away from UC and form its on college. Sort of like a UCBerkeleyExit.Billboard21stCenturyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373665025408215537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-63340711883160004522017-05-14T11:28:47.940-07:002017-05-14T11:28:47.940-07:00Do you need a business degree to start a business?...Do you need a business degree to start a business? No. My dad was a college dropout and was self made man. I admire him for that. He rose to the position of General Manager/CEO of a company where he was mistreated by the owner. He branched out on his own to an office the size of a studio apartment with a typewriter, some letterheads and a secretary. From his business experience and from the "school of hard knocks", he became very successful in business. College degrees and credentialism have become the bane and the curse of our time. Job interviews have become joke as well. Pointless affairs where the applicant has to say right words and monkey around for the audience even to get a hearing. I too encourage young people who are college bound to veer away from college degrees and go into the trades or do something practical, which may come in good use when hard times hit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com