what's happening guys it's Shane here so
I posted the video the other day on how
you can choose the best college degree
for you and a few things came to my
attention one people tend to get
extremely triggered when you tell them
they're getting a useless degree and two
you guys want to see a video on what the
most useless degrees are and I want to
be one of the few craters out there that
actually cares and listens to what their
subscribers want and so here we go
Opie is going to deliver and all I ask
in return is that you very gently tap
that like button I've been seeing this
very disturbing trend lately where
people are smashing the like button
and I just don't condone that sort of
violence
anyways all joking aside in this video
I'm gonna go over what degrees you
should absolutely avoid at all costs
but before I trigger a few more people I
just want to put a very very quick
disclaimer out there but she you should
always follow your passion listen if
your passion in life happens to be one
of the degrees that I mentioned in this
video that's totally fine you should
still follow your passion all I'm saying
is you should not go $50,000 in debt for
a piece of paper that's not gonna
benefit you at all and you will likely
end up serving coffee to people and
misspelling people's names and you can
still study the subjects you're
passionate about I mean top universities
in the world offer all these classes for
absolutely free you just don't get a
degree from them and you can learn all
you want about all these different
subjects for free without spending any
money going into debt and if all this
information is free from the top
universities in the world then why would
you ever spend money on it okay so that
was my disclaimer so without further ado
sit back relax and enjoy so number 10 on
the list is gonna be psychology and the
reason that I decided to include this on
the list even though you can get a
viable job I mean you can become a
social worker or something like that the
reason I decided to include this one is
because it is one of the top five most
popular majors even though it has really
really bad statistics and all of the
important categories like job openings
job satisfaction future growth potential
all of these things that are very very
important and I find psychology to be
extremely interesting I mean I took
extra classes on it and undergrad I
spent that extra money it's very very
interesting and I can see why so many
people like it but I don't recommend
actually majoring in it
and I'm probably gonna get a lot of hate
for this one because it is useful I mean
you can definitely argue on this but the
reason I decided to put it in is because
it's so popular and I just think it's
one where a lot of people fall into the
trap of thinking that they can make
money after graduating with this degree
and then they end up five to maybe even
six figures in debt and they can't get a
job so number nine on the list is going
to be drama and theater arts and you
might be surprised that this one isn't
further down on the list because it does
it made fun of a lot but the reason I
put this one further up is because it is
actually kind of difficult to teach
somebody how to act and all that sort of
thing from a book so this is one that
would be a little bit difficult for you
to learn just from the free material
that's online
you'd have to least you know get videos
from professionals or something along
those lines or maybe you might have to
hire somebody who works at a local
theater in order and take lessons from
them so that they can teach you all the
ropes and everything and because it's so
hard to teach someone this particular
skill from a book or even videos that's
why I kept it towards the top of the
list but that doesn't change the fact
that it's still a pretty worthless
degree that you are going to have a hard
time getting a job from so number eight
on the list is going to be language
studies and I'm probably gonna get a lot
of flack for this one because there are
some languages out there that you know
if you learn and you get really good at
you can make a lot of money as a
translator but the reason I put this on
the list is because you can easily learn
a language by getting a video program or
an audio program or actually moving to
the country where this language is
spoken if you just spent those four
years that you are studying the language
and just move to the country that speaks
those languages in those four years you
would probably learn a lot more by doing
that and you could get a job while
you're there and make money and this is
the 21st century where you can go
anywhere you want in the world and you
don't need to go fifty thousand dollars
in debt just to learn a language now
with that being said the reason this one
isn't further down on the list is
because there are certain languages that
are more difficult in terms of writing
and speaking than others you know an
example of this would be Mandarin or
Cantonese because that is a very useful
language it's something that's going to
be very useful to know in the next 50
years as business becomes more
international but at the same time there
are cheaper and probably better ways to
learn the language than going to
university and getting $50,000 in debt
so number seven on the list is going to
be communications and this one is
actually kind of similar to psychology
because it's an extremely popular major
that people tend to choose but don't get
this too confused because this major is
clearly a
even worse than psychology and it's one
of those majors that really makes you
think like what do you even do with this
major I mean it's something that's so
broad that it becomes kind of useless
like they might as well come out with
like a life degree or a breathing degree
or how to be a millennial degree or a
how to smash that like button degree now
number six on the list is going to be
photography and this might be one of the
most saturated fields on the entire list
we are witnessing a generation right now
where basically everybody is a
photographer and they all want to become
Instagram famous so they can get that
sweet sweet influence or money then when
that doesn't work out they decide to
become an amateur photographer and you
make the mistake of hiring them for your
wedding and your pictures turn out like
and the big point here is there's so
many resources online like Peter
MacKinnon for instance on how to become
a really good photographer and a lot of
them are free or very very cheap and you
can get high-quality training and this
is one of those skills where you really
just have to practice in order to get
better I mean learning about it in a
classroom isn't gonna help you out that
much and getting a degree is not going
to give you that much of an edge you
definitely do not need to spend five
figures on this and one of my best
friends actually moved to the country
barely knowing any English he taught
himself photography and he became one of
the top wedding photographers in Las
Vegas within just a few years and he
didn't have to go to university for this
he didn't have to buy some expensive
course or going to debt for this he
basically learned it all from free
resources or very very cheap resources
and then he just practiced practiced
practiced and once you get really good
at a skill like this you know it doesn't
matter what credentials you have next to
your name what really matters is your
portfolio because that will speak for
itself okay so these bottom five are
getting really really hard for me to
pick because they're all so damn
worthless so number five on the list is
going to be fine arts and the reason
this one is ranked even lower on the
list than something like you know drama
or theater is because at least a drama
or theater you know you kind of do need
to talk to a live person in order to
learn it
but with fine arts everything you need
to know you can absolutely learn just by
reading books or watching videos or just
hanging out and making friends with
other people who are doing the same type
of art as you I mean okay I'm not even
gonna get into this one anymore I'm just
gonna move on number four on the list is
gonna be anthropology slash archaeology
so when I was doing research on making
this video this one actually had the
worst statistics out of every single one
on the list in terms of you know
actually getting a job getting hired
you know percentage of job growth sand
jobs are gonna open up in the next
decade I think this one was actually the
number one worst on the list and listen
with a job like archaeologist you're not
gonna get a job from getting a degree if
you want to break into this field you're
gonna have to get creative about how you
do it cuz there's simply just not that
many job openings available you got to
get creative with this because there's
just not that many job openings
available and the only thing you're
gonna end up rediscovering is your
dignity when you have to pay all those
student loans back so number three on
the list is going to be art history and
this one beats all of the other art
degrees because it's not even art it's
the history of art like you got to be
kidding me
you can so easily just go and buy a
textbook look you don't even have to
watch videos on this just go buy some
textbooks online they're very very cheap
after a few years and then just go watch
videos on YouTube about art history it's
just simply not a marketable skill you
should never spend that much money on
something like that I mean this one is
just it's it's painful to even think
about or talk about and each one of
these as I'm getting close to number one
on the list are just getting more and
more painful number two on the list is
going to be religious studies just go
read a Bible or something there's free
ones in every cheap hotel across America
like how do you even expect to get a job
or make money unless you're one of those
television preachers or something
but you know what it's it's not just
religious studies it's basically
anything that has the word studies after
it yeah this is just a general great
rule to follow anything that has the
word studies after it don't pick that as
your major sure if you take one or two
classes if something that has the word
studies after it that's totally fine I
mean there's a lot of interesting stuff
out there but for God's sakes do not
pick it as your major if you're really
passionate of something just have an
ounce of creativity and figure out how
you can learn about it without spending
fifty thousand dollars to get a piece of
paper now number one on the list might
not surprise you it is so ridiculed
across the internet that is practically
gained meme status and that is of course
gender studies and I don't think
anything needs to be said here I mean
you're completely wasting your money if
you major in gender studies I mean just
think about it where are the jobs what
kind of jobs how can you contribute or
give value to society by majoring in
this and you might be thinking well it's
really important because politicians
talk about it all the time and that is a
good point until you realize that none
of those politicians actually have a
degree in gender studies and just look
it up like look up what degrees
politicians have and I can pretty much
guarantee you that none of them are in
gender studies okay anyways this video
was pretty painful to make but it was
also a little bit fun to make at the
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