It was just so ridiculous I HAD to click

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

One of those stupid quizzes popped up on my facebook feed "If you can guess all these rock bands, you probably went to grad school." WHAT? It was just so stupid I had to click. Anyway stupid test. I got one wrong. Said I had a PhD.

I mean, I don't think there's any link between college education and knowledge of music. In fact, I maintain there might even be a little bit of an inverse relationship. The more you know about music, the more likely you are to become a musician (or vice versa). The more serious you become as a musician, the more likely you are to ditch college to follow your dreams of becoming a rock star (or at least a pro musician, even if you're just scraping by... better than a lousy desk job, right?). I mean, yeah I am college educated (only bachelor's though), but that's because my parents MADE me go to college, I just wanted to fucking form a band right out of high school (Yeah I know technically I could've just told my parents off and struck out on my own, but I was not at all ready to grow up when I was fresh out of high school, so to college I went).

EDIT: To play devil's advocate to the above paragraph, there's always the possibility that you majored in music when you went to college. But the test never specified that.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Doom Metal Alchemist

[Hornshire]

It's kind of annoying that in a world where information is so freely accessible, trivia is being equated with higher education. The whole narrative that college is a general requirement really needs to die.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

1 minute ago, Kweerie said:

It's kind of annoying that in a world where information is so freely accessible, trivia is being equated with higher education. The whole narrative that college is a general requirement really needs to die.

You do bring up a good point.