Actually, philosophy has a key practical usage in the job market. A degree in philosophy suggests that you can read, write, think, and talk better than the majority of the people. Sure, its hard to go out and get a job as a philosopher, but there are plenty of fields where the skills learned are directly applicable.

Exactly when did it occur that one could no longer be a philosopher by profession?

Why is our society so obsessed on utilitarianism and practical intelligence that we've forgotten what it is that creates the heart of our society? Philosophy shapes, solely, the mindset of our culture, the way we use science, the way we treat others, etc. Why has it disappeared? People scoff when a college student says he's a philosophy major. Does anyone else feel that this is a disgusting trait in our society, and perhaps the cause of many of our problems? Science can't advance our society, only thought can. In schools, we're not taught to think, we're taught to solve meaningless problems that are given to us. Why isn't philosophy being taught in public high schools?

Sorry, just a structureless list of thoughts, I know. This just strikes me as a bigger problem than people think.

Exactly when did it occur that one could no longer be a philosopher by profession?

Why is our society so obsessed on utilitarianism and practical intelligence that we've forgotten what it is that creates the heart of our society? Philosophy shapes, solely, the mindset of our culture, the way we use science, the way we treat others, etc. Why has it disappeared? People scoff when a college student says he's a philosophy major. Does anyone else feel that this is a disgusting trait in our society, and perhaps the cause of many of our problems? Science can't advance our society, only thought can. In schools, we're not taught to think, we're taught to solve meaningless problems that are given to us.

Why isn't philosophy being taught in public high schools?

Sorry, just a structureless list of thoughts, I know. This just strikes me as a bigger problem than people think.

Very simple, because most philosophy has been cleared out, and now has been refied into consulents, spindoctors, researchers ..etc.

I don't see how the past philosophy has been very productive, often it ended up in only selfmastubational nonsens and endulgence.