I take it she has looked for work in the few areas where there might be employment in Music Theory : Teaching, college level Tutoring for a few extra bucks if she can play an instrument or can find a music composition major who needs help with theory Composition , viz song writing, chamber music writing for ensembles that want new original stuff to play Seriously --since these "prospects" are scarce at best-- what about something like the music biz ? "Record Labels," that sort of thing. Or music stores. If she can write and has an ear for good new stuff, she might try a few columns for the local paper, that is, reviews of new recordings, reviews of symphony performances. But even there, there is traffic ahead of her, and its not easy to break in. But, yeah, she picked approximately that field for which there are the least number of jobs per graduate. Off hand, I can't think of an area where job opportunities are worse. Billy ============================================= 3/8/2012 8:28:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
My daughter's choice was her major: Music Theory. NOT a high demand profession. David _ "It seems as though you can't go a week without some idiotic myrmidon yelling, 'there oughta be a federal law!'"—Neal Boortz On 3/8/2012 9:35 AM, Chris Hahn wrote: My daughter is in a similar circumstance; but I have to say, it is mostly her own choice. She likes living at Lake Tahoe and doesn’t want to move to the big city to get a professional-level job. From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) [_mailto:[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ] On Behalf Of David R. Block Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:55 PM To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Subject: Re: [RC] EDUCATION & COMPUTERS --The Future of Online Learning REPLY My daughter has a great education. No job opportunities, but a great education. She owes about 40K on it, working at a Wal*Mart salary. She made 13K this year and has to PAY $60 to the IRS. HOPE AND CHANGE!!! David "It seems as though you can't go a week without some idiotic myrmidon yelling, 'there oughta be a federal law!'"—Neal Boortz On 3/7/2012 4:19 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2012, at 14:11, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Ernie was saying about future complete replacement of in-person education by online learning. I don't see that happening at all. Of course not. I didn't say eliminate college. I said de-legitimize it. Right now there is an assumption that college = education. Both sides are false. Yes, there are great college educations : I fully expect to send my daughter to a four-year college. But many universities deliver a lousy or useless education (see: occupy wall street protesters ). And many non- traditional forms are superior in many ways to the typical college experience ( though still below the best). My goal is to break that assumption so colleges have to compete as one of several socially-acceptable forms of post-secondary education, experience and credentialing. E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://RadicalCentrism.org) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
