No more history majors...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, OP. I am also a history major and often find my peers (without a liberal arts education) to be pretty inarticulate and not very thoughtful. There is a correlation between the demise of the humanities and the popularity of Colleen Hoover-type authors and books.

I had to look up who Colleen Hoover is, lol. But there was never a time when ordinary people read literature and not “trashy” romances. The people reading CH, you should be glad they’re reading at all. If they weren’t reading CH, they wouldn’t be reading the classics (which they hated if they were forced to read them in high school) they’d be watching videos on their phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, OP. I am also a history major and often find my peers (without a liberal arts education) to be pretty inarticulate and not very thoughtful. There is a correlation between the demise of the humanities and the popularity of Colleen Hoover-type authors and books.

I had to look up who Colleen Hoover is, lol. But there was never a time when ordinary people read literature and not “trashy” romances. The people reading CH, you should be glad they’re reading at all. If they weren’t reading CH, they wouldn’t be reading the classics (which they hated if they were forced to read them in high school) they’d be watching videos on their phones.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of jobs are those with a B.A. in history getting? Kids graduating from schools outside of the top 50?

I am curious about this too. It's great and all that kids from top colleges are getting good jobs, but only a teeny tiny sliver of the college attending population goes to these schools.

I posted earlier. My history majors work within the IC. A history major is a clear signal that you can write well. You don't necessarily have to go into a history-related career and you certainly don't have to go to grad/law school, as some of you claim.

You are correct. My second choice other than law school was a fellowship PhD opportunity at Iowa State for Agricultural Economics. There are days I wish I opted for that choice, particularly after trading livestock and meat futures on the CME. History again was the most helpful platform. But I would have succeeded as a trader without any more school. My lifestyle was quiet and not in fitting with my trader colleagues - so I really wanted peers.

Do these jobs still exist? Is it all electronic now?
My kid is studying applied economics /Ag at Cornell and would love this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A liberal arts education emphasizes critical thinking and is not vocational training. My classmates who went to SLACs have been highly successful in many professional fields (law, med school, business, etc.)

This is accurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A liberal arts education emphasizes critical thinking and is not vocational training. My classmates who went to SLACs have been highly successful in many professional fields (law, med school, business, etc.)

This is accurate

notice most require a graduate degree.