"Business-oriented university". Well isn't that just THE most original thing you ever heard? Come on; all universities in this state are business-oriented from now on thanks to the university reform.
The more I think about it, the less point I see in continuing studying here. These people (VYY in the lead) are doing everything they can to make all degrees worthless. In a few years all Masters degrees undoubtedly will be. They demean all other fields than those that are directly useful to the business field until they get what they want: all other fields are merged into business faculty, thus serving the one field needful. Anything beyond serving them is useless and will not be tolerated. You can see this attitude in the "we are sore losers" "statement" (to what is not overtly named but it clearly refers to the fact that their suggestion of merging all faculty to serve business faculty was not used to create the new university structure) that arrived on my university mail today. It's very clear they think way too much of themselves and are no SOOOOOO offended their "brilliant" structure suggestion was turned down, but "luckily" they continue to promote this nonetheless (and before long, they will get it through once all those whining humanists are mellowed).
So it follows, that the more I think about this, the less motivation I find to graduating. Why continue with my current thesis topic; why bother wasting so much time and energy; why even bother to get the topic to meet my high quality requirements when the little reward that is to be gotten from it (specialisation on a new field, a good grade, appreciation even) when the university's authorities do everything in their legal power to make any degree (a good one or a poor one, doesn't matter) equally worthless in a few years?
Why waste another year here at all if (and 'since') this is what will eventually happen? Since eventually my degree will be a worthelss piece of paper from a university for losers that couldn't get anywhere else? It doesn't matter that I did choose to come here, not to the other places I was accepted to; since the profile of the university in the Finnish higher education field will be that of losers, no outsider will bother to know if one actually wanted to go there, they just assume I am like all the others, like the image/profile this university so much wants to promote.
The only reason I can think of to stay, for now, is the depression. If there were jobs, I would like to take a year off and see what happens. But since there are none... my only options are either to be unemployed and (since summer jobs don't increase the allowance) try to live on a minimum allowance from Kela after a long battle, or to be statistically good and be a student. The latter seems a little better. But since the degree will be worthless... well, why bother keeping up my standards? Why bother sticking to my principle of only allowing a grade of 4 or 5 from a course? Why bother trying to make a good thesis; all that matters is that I pass the courses and pass the thesis.
Aleopisto. Clearly.
