Donations

Once I graduated from high school, I suddenly got smart and studious and spent a lot of time in college. I first went to a junior college and got an associates degree. Then I went to a state college and got a bachelor's degree. Then I went to a different university and got another bachelor's degree. Then I went to yet another university and got a master's degree. So I have an associates degree, two bachelor's degrees, and one master's degree. The only problem is that my degrees are an AA in English and General Studies, a BA in English, a BA in Classics, and an MA in Classics. They aren't degrees in engineering, computer science, medicine, or law. In other words, in spite of my four degrees and in spite of my stunning brilliance and intelligence and my intellectual superiority, I'm not exactly rolling in the dough and banking a six figure salary. However, I'm a very humble person—obviously—and pretty romantic in the sense that I put my passions and interests above money. I'm very content with that decision, in spite of the fact that it might sometimes be nice to have a six figure salary.

But the point of all this is that there is a downside of going to so many colleges and universities. Almost every month I get letters from university foundations and alumni foundations asking me, yes me, for money. I think that these foundations need to start looking at their former student's major before asking for money. If they want money, they need to start hitting up the engineers and lawyers for money. I got nothing.