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a house with a porch all the way around

a white rabbit

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Up For Hire: A Rant

I've been watching 'Up For Hire' (A live studio programme about finding a job) on BBC3 every night this week and on the second episode this woman called Katie Hopkins said that taking a media at university or college is stupid and as it's 'mickey mouse' subject - As you can probably assume this cause extreme uproar from the audience and on Twitter. I'm not personally planning on taking a media related subject at university but from what I've learnt from my diploma at college it is not as simple as people make out to be, you have to analyse and research every little thing you do and it is hard work. Sure it seems to attract lazy boys who have only taken it as something to do (not to stereotype too badly but it's true) Nowadays just like the 1950's and 60's taking woodwork and sewing lessons was important at the time that with the boom in the communication industries and media commerce its no surprise that's it's so popular and important in 2011! As with all subjects you get the people who can't be bothered to try and do well and then you get the people who really want to succeed and achieve something. What I disagree with is the labelling that all media students are the same and putting people down to their subject choices. You can't be defined like that, surely theres always going to be people who love science as an outside academic interest but they take art as they want to go into that field? You are defined by how you succeed not what you take to get there. I know how determined people in my class are and I know there's some people who will leave in July and end up working in Tesco for the rest of their lives but for one 50 year old woman who knows nothing about now to say that and actually make a member of audience (and many others) question their career choices is massively unprofessional and frankly seriously embarrassing for her.