re: why do people major in the humanities?

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Not everybody goes to college to learn a trade. Some people actually want to broaden their minds.

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"See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a frickin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library! "

you see, i got degree in sciences because i needed it to get into grad school, which guaranteed a well paying job.

humanities degrees don't guarantee anything. only people who make decent money with that are those who have connections and prob could have gotten the job without the degree in the first place.

not sure why people think going to college "broadens their minds" or "teaches them to think." i started doing that on my own reading books on my own. being forced to read stuff by professors doesn't broaden anything. it's just taskmaster work to keep them employed and you paying tuition.

they tell you to read a book and then write about it. why can't you do that on your own? do you not have access to the internet? to a library?