In recent years, there have been complaints that most people do not feel adequate to live their lives successfully. As if there is too much pressure to know a lot straight out of the gate. So, to tackle that problem, universities have created programs to get their student fully ahead in life. Not just to prepare them for the workforce, but also in every aspect of their lives.
At the current moment, there aren’t any graduates from any of such degrees, due to the rigor of them, and because they keep adding more requirements every semester. The logic behind it, as the Dean of Humanities at UNT mentions, “ Every year we find out more and more things that people do not know about. We do not want to send them out there unprepared.”
In general, the programs have three categories that the students are expected to master- one being social, Everyday tasks, and finance. Not every university is going to teach all three with the same amount of depth, which depends heavily on the Dean’s interest. At NYU, under Scott Galloway’s advice, the social aspect gets the most classes and funding. Considering how he is known for being worried about young people not having sex, that affects society negatively overall. With more people having sex, the economy can increase; the stock market included. At Texas A and M, they take more time with finance, since the belief is that finance will help with the other two categories. Money can indeed buy temporary love, as well as workers who can cook and clean for you.
The current estimate of graduating with such a degree is an estimate of 10 years, and one can only start taking it in their senior year. That only happens because the demand is so high for those classes. Both men and women desire to take those classes, since they are all anxious about the future. The long coursework happens because of how much detail said programs have become, with the suggestions of students and faculty alike. The “Cloth Folding Course 1 “used to take a week to finish, but now it takes a full semester to finish. In this case, at first they go through cloth folding history, then they study the different kinds of folding techniques, and then they have to show a full presentation and thesis on the preferred folding techniques. Afterwards, they get timed and judged on neatness. After passing the said course, they go on to level two, where they learn to fold for a nuclear family.
Looking into these additional classes, a student would be paying an additional ten thousand dollars per year for tuition fees. Idris, a 35-year-old student, explains, “ It (like) gives bargaining rights, you know. It’s proof you are worth it”. He then clarifies,” Worth it to the ladies. ( laughs)”. He is not the only one who feels as such; far more men than women do believe that this education will give them an edge in the world of dating. When asked what exactly makes Idris think will give them the edge, Idris responds, ” Being better at fucking. Everyone wants to have a partner that can clean like a five-star cleaning crew, and treats you as if you were in a romance book.”
All of them are expected to graduate when they are at least 35. That is what makes the feeling towards the programs so divided. A newlywed couple named Jolene and Scooter, who met in the program, feel like it’s worth it. Since they can both trust each other to be able to cook, fold clothes, have sex, and communicate like pros. Then there are others who feel like they have no choice but to trust the process. Finally, there are those who feel like the debt is not worth it. The feeling is, why pay if one can learn these things through their lives on their own?
