I actually agree with K2k6...
While my degree was *very* hard going (40 hours a week), it was also the culmination of many years working and training in several different areas. However, and this is belied by the degree title, there was a lot of theatre history involved - which has ultimately given me an in-depth understanding of the theatre over the last 400 or so years.

My disseration was focused around theatre versus film as an educational assistant (I had, at one time, lofty ideas of being a teacher if the acting but didn't work out), so although I see K2k6's point, it is a little wide of the mark in my case.

However - I do believe that having a University degree doesn't, in many cases, carry the weight and/or respect that it used to, and think K2k6 hit the nail on the head as to why that is.

/message ends.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 10:06, Reply)