MIKE PALIK: Students, under pressure to get gainful employment
after their school experience (in order to pay back student loans, etc),
will recognize that certain fields allow them to succeed (i.e., at the very
least get a job, at best make fabulous amounts of money and living a very
comfortable lifestyle) and others fields, not so much. Hopefully,
psychology is not one of those "not so much" fields.
Ron Blue: I would agree that practical survival requires that education
must
pay for itself and allow the repayment of student loans. Jobs are usually
related
to producing a good or service that someone in the economy is willing to pay
for
and how much they are willing to pay is related to perceived economic and
psychological
value.
It turns out that we are approaching the age of robots that will be superior
to humans
and on the toad toward that event students with traditional knowledge in
psychology
will be viewed as valuable and offered jobs. This high deman area will
reduce supplies
in traditional area of psychology. As we move to an economy based on valued
added taxes
on the product or services created by a robotic work force income will be
deflected into
social programs which will increase the pay and status for psychologist.
The mathematics of garbor wavelets and science classes in analog (am and fm)
electronics will be extremely important for psychology students to take.
Ron Blue
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Lehigh Carbon Community College
[email protected]
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