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why do people major in the humanities?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:25 pm
i can understand if you'er also doing another major or some science work, so you can look good on a med or whatever type of other interview
but most people who major in the humanities are just wasting their time and money. your degree will be worthless. all jobs that you would have gotten 30 years ago are being outsourced, and will continue to be outsourced.
i can understand if you like it and i understand it's important to know how to write and express your thoughts, but do that in your own time. go to college to become educated in something that will provide you with a decent job. and while doing that, read at least one non-science book a week, and you'll be more educated than most humanities degreed people.
i think most major in things like psych-english-history because they have a slight interest in it and they know they don't have to work hard to get the degree. so college is just four or five years of fun.
but most people who major in the humanities are just wasting their time and money. your degree will be worthless. all jobs that you would have gotten 30 years ago are being outsourced, and will continue to be outsourced.
i can understand if you like it and i understand it's important to know how to write and express your thoughts, but do that in your own time. go to college to become educated in something that will provide you with a decent job. and while doing that, read at least one non-science book a week, and you'll be more educated than most humanities degreed people.
i think most major in things like psych-english-history because they have a slight interest in it and they know they don't have to work hard to get the degree. so college is just four or five years of fun.
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:27 pm to runningTiger
I'm retired, so I said frick it.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:27 pm to runningTiger
Not everybody goes to college to learn a trade. Some people actually want to broaden their minds.
Buddha save us from a world run entirely by engineers and finance majors
Buddha save us from a world run entirely by engineers and finance majors
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:27 pm to runningTiger
just shut up.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:28 pm to runningTiger
Because other than a few, degrees don't mean much.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:28 pm to runningTiger
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but most people who major in the humanities are just wasting their time and money. your degree will be worthless. all jobs that you would have gotten 30 years ago are being outsourced, and will continue to be outsourced.
Not necessarily. Business schools are admitting more people from humanities backgrounds. And, there are studies out there showing that fine arts majors can actually earn more over the course of their lives than those from more technical backgrounds.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:29 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:FIFY. Finance is going by the wayside too
Buddha save us from a world run entirely by engineers and accounting majors
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:29 pm to runningTiger
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but most people who major in the humanities are just wasting their time and money.
i believe in education and developing my critical thinking. the humanities were not a waste of time in that regard
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your degree will be worthless
not true
and i don't view college as a trade school
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i think most major in things like psych-english-history because they have a slight interest in it and they know they don't have to work hard to get the degree.
you are right about this, and that's the fault of the colleges. multiple choice tests and keeping kids legal to keep enrollments up
sociology at LSU was a fricking joke
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:30 pm to runningTiger
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Why is runningTiger able to make threads?
Better question.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:31 pm to runningTiger
They major in subjects that interest them rather than in subjects that will employ them
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:31 pm to runningTiger
The blowhard hippies who think they are changing the world give those majors a bad name.
Everyone needs some fine arts in their lives.
ETA: my brother in law majored in English and is now a Financial Adviser and CFP at Wells Fargo. I am kind of jealous of that because he knows a lot about literature and still got a good job. He majored in something he liked. I know he isn't the norm, but still kinda neat.
Everyone needs some fine arts in their lives.
ETA: my brother in law majored in English and is now a Financial Adviser and CFP at Wells Fargo. I am kind of jealous of that because he knows a lot about literature and still got a good job. He majored in something he liked. I know he isn't the norm, but still kinda neat.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:36 pm to JumpingTheShark
there is nothing wrong in majoring in humanities, but there is no reason to go occupy wall st. when you cant find a job with your humanities skin.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:39 pm to hardhead
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there is nothing wrong in majoring in humanities, but there is no reason to go occupy wall st. when you cant find a job with your humanities skin.
I agree with all of this. I don't really care what you major in, as long as you aren't crying that you can't get a job with your English degree. It's also annoying that people are loaned a substantial amount of money, while pursuing a degree that will likely not land them a decent job. It's akin to giving a 300k mortgage to a Starbucks employee.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:43 pm to runningTiger
go to college to become educated in something that will provide you with a decent job. and while doing that, read at least one non-science book a week, and you'll be more educated than most humanities degreed people.
Congratulations. That is literally the stupidest shite I have ever read here. And I have read some amazingly dumb things. You really knocked that one out of the park.
Congratulations. That is literally the stupidest shite I have ever read here. And I have read some amazingly dumb things. You really knocked that one out of the park.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:44 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Everyone needs some fine arts in their lives.
i'm not arguing against this point at all. but i think you do this on your own, not in college. what are you going to be able to learn in college that you cannot do on your own by picking up a literature book?
i know it's a bit the same with sciences, but at the end of a sciences degree, you have a degree that is probably required for employment. with the humanities, your degree is not required for employment.
i'm saying that if you want to get a good job out of school, do the sciences (not finance or business, lol). that's your ticket to financial security. learn the arts on your own time. read a book a week (probably putting in more time doing that than the vast majority of humanities majors did during their college schooling).
just because you major in the humanities and got a degree, even with honors, doesn't mean anything. it's watered down, and anyone with a decent intelligence can fly by in the humanities without any effort.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:45 pm to runningTiger
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i can understand if you'er also doing another major or some science work, so you can look good on a med or whatever type of other interview
but most people who major in the humanities are just wasting their time and money. your degree will be worthless. all jobs that you would have gotten 30 years ago are being outsourced, and will continue to be outsourced.
i can understand if you like it and i understand it's important to know how to write and express your thoughts, but do that in your own time. go to college to become educated in something that will provide you with a decent job. and while doing that, read at least one non-science book a week, and you'll be more educated than most humanities degreed people.
i think most major in things like psych-english-history because they have a slight interest in it and they know they don't have to work hard to get the degree. so college is just four or five years of fun.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:46 pm to Guy Sajer FS
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go to college to become educated in something that will provide you with a decent job. and while doing that, read at least one non-science book a week, and you'll be more educated than most humanities degreed people.
how many hours studying do you think the average humanities major at lsu does in a week?
my guess is around 5.
read one book a week (hour a night), and you'll be doing more.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:46 pm to runningTiger
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but i think you do this on your own, not in college
while i agree, this argument applies the other way, also. want to learn accounting? coding? biology? you can do that on your own, too.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:47 pm to runningTiger
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just because you major in the humanities and got a degree, even with honors, doesn't mean anything. it's watered down, and anyone with a decent intelligence can fly by in the humanities without any effort.
A humanities degree is as hard or as easy as you want to make it. I knew plenty of undergrads involved in research and internships who challenged themselves. These are the humanities degree holders that I see doing very well today.
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