In this day and age, it could have been any price and most degrees (can we all just admit we know she didn’t do nursing?)
Lila is a bit older – old enough to be enough pre-recession that its “more” odd she then wound up in a call centre. If she thinks reading is work, there is almost zero chance she did a liberal arts degree, though, because they are nothing but reading. One gay male or straight female professor and you risk failing if you wanted to do it on your back, or ace of either gender.
Fine arts, on the other hand, is totally possible, although she’s never shown talent. Fashion is slightly unlikely with her work ethic, but she does show a degree of interest. She’s probably old enough that home ec degrees were still a thing. Despite how she lives now, given what we know of her mother there is a real possibility that she might have gone that route, especially with the whole “snagging a rich man” ideal.
Given the place she works, as bad as it is, she might even have some sort of IT degree, although at her age they would have been less common and less… useful?
Plus there are slightly more random degrees – and the less expensive her college was in the first place, the more likely its something like photography. You never know! If it was something like nail design, though, I’d expect her to work in a nail parlour, so that side is likely out.
Every once in awhile, though, there are strips where she looks pretty smart. We might be surprised.
LeoAutodidact over 9 years ago
Drew, you’ve seen her in a Tank Top and you have to ask?
hawgowar over 9 years ago
And that shows the benefit of an expensive college education. You wind up working in a call center. Must have been a liberal arts college.
Q: What’s the first five words a liberal arts major says after graduation?
A: “You want fries with that?”
karanne over 9 years ago
The way a lot of women get through – on their backs.
sbischof over 9 years ago
In this day and age, it could have been any price and most degrees (can we all just admit we know she didn’t do nursing?)
Lila is a bit older – old enough to be enough pre-recession that its “more” odd she then wound up in a call centre. If she thinks reading is work, there is almost zero chance she did a liberal arts degree, though, because they are nothing but reading. One gay male or straight female professor and you risk failing if you wanted to do it on your back, or ace of either gender.
Fine arts, on the other hand, is totally possible, although she’s never shown talent. Fashion is slightly unlikely with her work ethic, but she does show a degree of interest. She’s probably old enough that home ec degrees were still a thing. Despite how she lives now, given what we know of her mother there is a real possibility that she might have gone that route, especially with the whole “snagging a rich man” ideal.
Given the place she works, as bad as it is, she might even have some sort of IT degree, although at her age they would have been less common and less… useful?
Plus there are slightly more random degrees – and the less expensive her college was in the first place, the more likely its something like photography. You never know! If it was something like nail design, though, I’d expect her to work in a nail parlour, so that side is likely out.
Every once in awhile, though, there are strips where she looks pretty smart. We might be surprised.
manoloroco over 9 years ago
She didn´t.