Young college graduates, who decide to get their start in the entertainment biz.

[friendsoulmate]

I was watching the ET channel the other day, and they were interviewing young college graduates who decided to start their career in the entertainment business as performers/entertainers (women wrestlers in this case), instead of searching for a job and working the 9 to 5 in an office cubicle, in the field they spent years studying for in college, such as math/engineering or whatever. Why did they want to study these career-type majors in college, when they weren't serious about using this after college? It is as if their college education was just handed to them easily, and they received their college diploma in vain, because they weren't serious about using it. If the performer/entertainer college graduate decides to leave the entertainment business for some reason, then how would the former entertainer do a job search for their related field and have an employer, back near their hometown, take them seriously after they explain, for example, they have appeared in TV commercials and extras in movies for the past five years, but their entertainment career never really took-off in the direction they wanted it to, so one needed to use their college degree as something to fall back-on. What would be the best way for the former entertainer to get a new start in an office? An unpaid internship maybe?

[Snny]

Why did they want to study these career-type majors in college, when they weren't serious about using this after college? It is as if their college education was just handed to them easily, and they received their college diploma in vain, because they weren't serious about using it.

Sometimes people make decisions after OR during college that the field is just not right for them. It usually happens during an internship experience. There are also some cases that parents force their children to get a degree in college... in a field they may not want to major in and they are emotionally blackmailed into going through it regardless (parents threatening to kick their children out or financially cut them for good). Also... most of the professional fields have severe cuts anyways... who are we to judge? If it works out for somebody, why not?

[bluelava1]

Sometimes people make decisions after OR during college that the field is just not right for them. It usually happens during an internship experience. There are also some cases that parents force their children to get a degree in college... in a field they may not want to major in and they are emotionally blackmailed into going through it regardless (parents threatening to kick their children out or financially cut them for good). Also... most of the professional fields have severe cuts anyways... who are we to judge? If it works out for somebody, why not?

 

well stated. to the op, i see your reasons for finding that kind of situation irritating and you'd be justified in thinking maybe the person's college education was merely "handed" to them, which may or may not have been the case. but it's very true that so many people really are forced to go into a a field of study their not really interested in because parents are pressuring them . bottom line, it's no one's place to judge.

[Snny]

but it's very true that so many people really are forced to go into a a field of study their not really interested in because parents are pressuring them.

Yep. I once worked for a summer career opportunity camp for high school students and I would always get a few students who absolutely did not want to be at the camp, but their parent made them go there. These were kids with straight A's in school and mom and dad wanted them to become doctors, politicians, attorneys, court judges, stock brokers, etc. when they rather be social workers, teachers, psychologists, police officers, writers, etc.

 

Also, I have been forced to get a college degree or I had to come up with the money to pay the bill from a part-time retail job. So yea... I think that has a lot to do with people getting college degrees now because people have associated college degree = career and that EVERYONE has to obtain one like it's a new high school diploma.