....convince himself that he is not a waste of oxygen.
Shadowminister,
Many people become a waste of oxygen because of those to whom ego & greed dictate to not give a damn about those with a better mentality !
Denying someone an opportunity & then exploiting that opportunity oneself & then accuse the other of being a failure is what brought on many of our problems today !
I'd much prefer to see education teaching the real meaning of success !

individual,

You just said: "I'd much prefer to see education teaching the real meaning of success!"

You will only get that by doing an Arts degree.

I see Mr O lives in a cave as a gatherer of useless shells, and wipes his bum on leaves. As everything else has been designed by engineers whom he despises. Obviously he cannot apply conceptual skills in design, except in using sticks. He tried once and failed. Perhaps he has a few skins or shells to trade. All these things the Creator initially gave design to. He has not learned to apply any science too benefit anyone more than himself and his verbal wanderings. He has not moved out of his cave yet, and does not realise there are applied engineering sciences in the 21st century he has not discovered. From diagnosis by this retired farmer he obviously suffers with narcistic bipolar.

Yes arts degrees are wondrous things, just showing one will get you a job in the public service.

Otherwise they are not much use, the paper is too slippery to be much use for the next most likely application.

Swamp donkey,

From your displayed general ignorance in all subjects, I suspect all learning past Std 10 was a waste of money.

I'm sure McDonald's was impressed with your degree in anthropology and how you demonstrated it through interpretive dance.

Mr O, do you ever listen to the ABC when they cross over to a humanities academic and they simply repeat the news of the day and obvious limitations.

Understanding life and human interaction does not require a degree.

Plenty of people who never did humanities subjects know heaps about the world.

I often played down my own academic publications, much to the anger of both left and rightwing professors who obviously felt their overrated work was so important.

I have always viewed academic publications as glorified journalism.

Thoughts Mr O?