re: Would you want your son to major in a liberal arts degree?

Nah, it's what I said.

Depends on the university, the degree, and and the person.

Getting an economics degree from the University of Chicago or an IR degree from Princeton or a history degree from Wisconsin is a little different than getting an art history degree from BFE State.

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So you never read or watch or listen to something you know you'll disagree with? Probably why you would rather be a plumber and roll around in human shite all day than go to college.

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I didn't say anything about being a plumber. That was not something that interested me so I went to LSU and got a degree that is worth something.

ETA: It was not one sided as I made reference to both pros and cons. That B kept me from straight A's that semester so I did go see her about it after but grades were already turned in so nothing could be done.

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You probably just wrote a shitty paper that was as one sided as this alleged book, but because it was your side of the argument you don't realize it was just as extreme.

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LSU, and many other universities in the south, probably get a good bit of students who have been raised with extreme right leaning views. I imagine that as a college professor, your goal is not to "turn them all into lefties!!!".. but to introduce them to other viewpoints and try to round them out as people. The world would be a wonderful place if regardless of where you lean, all people were relatively moderate.

Most of the people from my hometown who never went to college are very extreme on the right side. Some disturbingly so. Those few who went to college are all pretty moderate (whether they lean left or right). You can tell the difference almost immediately.

Obviously, I'm not someone who thinks college is crucial. I back a good trade as much as anyone. But I see nothing wrong with college professors introducing students to a different worldview than the one they've had drilled into their heads by their parents since birth.

Also people can’t seem to grasp that you CAN still turn a Liberal Arts degree into a useful career. It’s harder, but those options are still out there:

It depends. At a school like Princeton, everything except the engineering degrees receives a B.A. This includes fields like geology, economics, and math. If you get a liberal arts degree from a well-known, elite university, you will have plenty of good jobs to choose from. I have friends who majored in subjects like art history or Chinese at places like Penn, Williams, and Amherst who know work in brand management for F100 companies, investment banking, and management consulting.

If they wanted to get a liberal arts degree from a place that isn't viewed nationally as "elite" (e.g. LSU), I would make sure they had a plan to monetize that degree. A student who majored in political science or philosophy and learned how to critically read and write persuasively would be very well prepared for law school or a masters in public policy at a more prestigious school. But I would make sure they understood they would have very limited job prospects right out of undergrad and would likely need further schooling.

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It's called spell check and a small arse phone screen with a touch of bad vision.

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IQ points?

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You know, when I was starting college everyone told me they were going to be shoving atheism down my throat and would turn me into a ~NON BELIEVER~. I'm a nonbeliever alright, but college had zero to do with that.

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My family and 95% of the people I grew up with are Baptist rednecks and I never heard that once when deciding on a college and major