<p>SAY: It doesn’t matter. Not everyone can do math/hard science, and if they could, there wouldn’t be jobs for everyone anyway. Maybe your pessimism is well-founded, but there is nothing to do about right now.</p>
<p>And I always felt I’d rather have a PhD (it happens to be in a Humanities field) and have a job I hated, then just have the job I hated. As it happens, I do like teaching at the college level and did find a job.</p>
<p>It’s not smart to go into debt for a humanities PhD, but most pay students a tight but sustaining wage and waive tuition, so it’s like having a low paying job you love. If at the end, no job materializes, you haven’t lost anything but have spent your four years happily fulfilling a dearly held ambition.</p>
<p>What is it to you anyway? Why are you intent on making this point here? You are not the only one with a brain who sees what’s happening in our society. People choose to respond to it, differently.</p>
<p>My parents were beside themselves that I got a PhD instead of attend law school, but since it wasn’t their dime, I made my own choice. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t have juggled a law practice with raising my children, but I’ve been employed as a college professor for 30 years and plan to go another 10.</p>
<p>All studies show that in 2020 there will be many job openings in higher ed because my generation will be retiring. Schools may do away with tenured faculty and people may float around in one year positions, but I am sure there will be some jobs to be had. If not, see point A.</p>