Look guys nimependa majibu yeu lakini my mistake was not being more precise.
In my mind what i mean was in the eyes of these WAZUNGUS though professional graduate schools like law and medicine are desirable, the true ivory tower of academia is most coveted as it imparts true, useless knowledge. The best subjects are English, History, Art History, Film, Gender Studies, <insert nation> Studies, Classics, Philosophy, Political Science, <insert European nation> Literature, and the ultimate: Comp Lit. MFAs are also acceptable.
Returning to school for these WAZUNGUS is an opportunity to join an elite group of people who have a passion for learning that is so great they are willing to forgo low five-figure publishing and media jobs to follow their dreams of academic glory.Having worked in the media hapa UK i know what i am talking about...especially meeting with those North London Intelligentsia and i am not talking about the usual BBC SWAHILI crowd, i am talking about folks like Andrew Mar au wale jamaa wanaotengeza vindi on behalf of the beeb kama RDF and KUDOS.
Anyway being in graduate school satisfies many WAZUNGU requirements for happiness. They can believe they are helping the world, complain that the government/university doesnt support them enough, claim they are poor, feel as though are getting smarter, act superior to other people, enjoy perpetual three day weekends, and sleep in every day of the week!
After acquiring a Masters Degree that will not increase their salary or hiring desirability, many of these wazungus will move on to a PhD program where they will go after their dream of becoming a professor. However, by their second year they usually wake up with a hangover and realize: Im going to spend six years in graduate school to make £45,000 and live in the middle of nowhere?
After this crisis, mzungu will follow one of two paths. The first involves dropping out and moving to metropolitan city kama akiwa USA then i will be New York, San Francisco 9UK atakimbilia London and errm thats it or their original home town where they can resume the job that they left to attend graduate school...hapa sasa miji kama Exeter ambayo university yao inasika kwa kupokea OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE rejects au Portsmouth
At this point, hawa wazungu can feel superior to graduate school and say things like A PhD is a testament to perseverance, not intelligence. They can also impress their friends a parties by referencing Jacques Lacan or Slavoj iek in a conversation about pop Idol etc etc.
The second path involves becoming a professor, moving to a small town and telling everyone how they are awful and uncultured.
Sasa wana JF i would like to point out kuwa its is important to understand that a graduate degree does not make someone smart, so do not feel intimidated. They may have read more, but in no way does that make them smarter, more competent, or more likable than you. The best thing you can do is to act impressed when mzungu with MA talks about critical theorists. This helps them reaffirm that what they learned in graduate school was important and that they are smarter than you. This makes wazungu easier to deal with when you get promoted ahead of them.
In short wazungu wote bado wanayo ile SUPERIORITY complex hata kama angekuwa liberal vipi...that extends beyond wao wenyewe kwa wenyewe took me time to learn about this