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I am a mature student who has just completed a part-time degree course in History and Sociology. I enjoyed every moment of it, learning for learning's sake and gaining wonderful knowledge of the humanities and many other subjects. However, whenever I talked with friends about my studies, they would invariably ask me, "So what are you going to do with your degree? What's it for ?" I tried to explain that I did it because I love learning and want to expand my knowledge about the world, but nobody seemed to understand that. They would persist and say that I must use it somehow to advance my job prospects, or it would be a waste of time. It's a shame they don't understand that education and knowledge for its own sake is never waste.