All offense intended.

I frequently go on BabyCenter.com and read the useful information regarding pregnancy, as well as the posts other people can put up and comment on the October 2009 Birth Group. Usually the posts are posing questions and concerns about whether or not to have an epidural, how much weight people have gained, whether they're having a boy or girl, etc. Occasionally, people will also post vents/rants about off-topic things, and one of the latest was a post called "No offense, but..." It was allowing people to post purposely offensive statements under the safety net of that post. For the most part, it was amusing. However, one person put a post saying, "No offense, but a Bachelor in Arts is NOT a good degree." So, I retorted with, "No offense, but a Bachelor OF Arts IS a good degree, as is a Master OF Arts. I have both, and neither of them are in Art-- there is no such thing as a Bachelor IN Arts. If you think that, YOU are not the educated one." If anyone knows the BabyCenter world or any other type of site, then you know that I immediately initiated a "posting war," which I HATE doing-- even though this person was a moron and I was right. So instead of continuing the war, I just decided to vent on here.

I know plenty of people with Bachelor of Arts degrees who have wonderful careers and lives, and some of them even have them IN ART-- some of my artsy musical friends from Augie have gone on to be music and art teachers. I myself have completed two ..."of Arts" degrees, and am quite proud of that. Say I'm tooting my own horn, fine. But the thousands (and thousands...) of dollars in loan debt that I will be paying back over the next 20 years entitles me to be proud. I worked damn hard at both degrees and to have some moody, uneducated pregnant woman tell me that my degree is NOT a good degree makes me testy. Urgh. Anyways, I figured I'd vent this all out on here instead of doing so in a really long post on BabyCenter, only to have a bunch of other uneducated, moody bitches tell me that I'm attacking them personally and being "snarky." Damn proud to be snarky, especially today.