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Blue Labrador
Feb 17, 2011

Are you ever too old to get a Master's degree? I double majored in my undergrad about 7 years ago with English/Theatre, with focuses in Creative Writing and Dramaturgy, but I've held off on further education for both financial reasons, as well as because I feel like I need a career trajectory to justify pursuing extra degrees.

Every former professor I've talked to has tried to hammer home the fact that academia won't feed mouths, but, like... I'm not interested in having a family, and I have no grand delusions that I'm going to be a millionaire. Is academia so depressing that you straight up think it isn't worth pursuing? If you're still at it, why? I love learning for learning's sake, and I like to think that's still worth it on some level.

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