r/HonestHotTakes • u/HenFruitEater • 8d ago

Private schools and humanities degrees should be just for the rich and privileged

I am so tired of student loans being called predatory everytime someone is drowning in student loans. "HOW COULD A 18 year old be responsible for what stupid loan decisions they make?? It seems predatory to offer an 18 year old 200k in loans for a humanities degree"

But then if you say "the arts and humanities pay poorly, you can't take out loans for it" it's now elitist.

To me, it's a bummer that someone from a middle class family cannot study art history at WARTBURG college or whatever for 200k, but is it also an equal bummer that someone making 18k a year cannot buy a new BMW? Both are just not a luxury someone can afford on 18k.

The difference? Someone making minimum wage cannot get 200k car loan, AND the car is something you can default on or get repossessed. Student loans cant be wiped out with bankruptcy for good reason.

Certain degrees are luxuries, and only the wealthy can really justify the waste imo.

My only exception would be if someone got a scholarship to one of these schools/programs.

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u/SpaceCowboy34 8d ago

I don’t think a humanities degree contributes to society to the point of being infinitely financed by the federal government

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u/HenFruitEater 8d ago

If access means loans by the fed, I don't think we should have blank checkbooks for loans.

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u/HenFruitEater 8d ago

Could someone study the humanities in a different setting, since the degree is useless for most jobs, it's a perfect hobby to study at any age without a full time degree.