Would you let your child study liberal arts?

[Anonymous]

For humanities majors, you better get into a name brand school.
T25ish or at least T50 or state flagship in T100.
Then you might have decent opportunities to make something out of it.

Humanity major at a mediocre school?
Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t allow my 800 V/600 M SAT student to study humanities. She’s a rising sophomore and will be switching from a harder science to a easier on Biology to Public Health. It is definitely making for a much harder road and GPA is impacted. Would she have been better graduating as an English major with 4.0? She’s at a state flagship now.

[Anonymous]

Oh the humanity!!

[Anonymous]

Another question might be whether one would pay for their child to study non-STEM liberal arts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another question might be whether one would pay for their child to study non-STEM liberal arts.

https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-man-47k-student-debt-income-driven-repayment-three-decades-2022-7

This is what happens when you major in humanities at mediocre colleges.

This case looks like journalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another question might be whether one would pay for their child to study non-STEM liberal arts.

I’m the one who posted earlier today who has a brilliant humanities student but a very average math student. She’s not going to be the technical expert but by having technical expertise her long term job prospects will be greater- I think. It stinks now though because her GPA isn’t as high as it could be- but life’s a long journey and I think it will work out in the end. A college degree is better than no college degree but don’t be a fool and take out huge loans to get a humanities degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another question might be whether one would pay for their child to study non-STEM liberal arts.

https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-man-47k-student-debt-income-driven-repayment-three-decades-2022-7

This is what happens when you major in humanities at mediocre colleges.

This case looks like journalism.

And my DH graduated from an average state u with a journalism degree and paid off his loans within ten years. Has been making six figures for the last ten years. One story is one story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another question might be whether one would pay for their child to study non-STEM liberal arts.

https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-man-47k-student-debt-income-driven-repayment-three-decades-2022-7

This is what happens when you major in humanities at mediocre colleges.

This case looks like journalism.

And my DH graduated from an average state u with a journalism degree and paid off his loans within ten years. Has been making six figures for the last ten years. One story is one story.

I assume that most of this thread was managed by Republican and Russian social media team people who are just trying to destroy democracy. The war against the liberal arts must be one part of the effort to crush independent thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Force them into STEM whether they have an interest or aptitude in it. I’ve found that always works well with people.

And if they refuse let them take out loans to pay for college. That’ll show them.

The S and M in STEM are in Liberal Arts and at many schools areas of T like computer science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Force them into STEM whether they have an interest or aptitude in it. I’ve found that always works well with people.

And if they refuse let them take out loans to pay for college. That’ll show them.

The S and M in STEM are in Liberal Arts and at many schools areas of T like computer science.

Yes so do STEM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Force them into STEM whether they have an interest or aptitude in it. I’ve found that always works well with people.

And if they refuse let them take out loans to pay for college. That’ll show them.

The S and M in STEM are in Liberal Arts and at many schools areas of T like computer science.

The dumbs have a limited understanding of what the liberal arts entail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Force them into STEM whether they have an interest or aptitude in it. I’ve found that always works well with people.

And if they refuse let them take out loans to pay for college. That’ll show them.

The S and M in STEM are in Liberal Arts and at many schools areas of T like computer science.

Yes so do STEM

The point is many people do not appear to understand that STEM and Liberal Arts overlap. They say don't do Liberal Arts thinking that it is an exclusive alternative to STEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Force them into STEM whether they have an interest or aptitude in it. I’ve found that always works well with people.

And if they refuse let them take out loans to pay for college. That’ll show them.

The S and M in STEM are in Liberal Arts and at many schools areas of T like computer science.

Yes so do STEM

The point is many people do not appear to understand that STEM and Liberal Arts overlap. They say don't do Liberal Arts thinking that it is an exclusive alternative to STEM.

This kind of reminds me of the political candidate who allegedly successfully undermined his opponent, who had acted in plays a couple of times, by saying he "was a well known Thespian". He knew most voters didn't know what a Thespian is and would assume it is something bad.

[Anonymous]

Yeah yeah yeah we know some STEM subjects are considered "liberal arts" but everyone here knows "would you let your kid major in liberal arts" means "would you let them major in non-STEM subjects" so enough with the irrelevant hair-splitting.

[Anonymous]

Nothing wrong with being a humanities major especially if you go on to law, medical or business school. A liberal arts curriculum would teach them to be more well-rounded and to read and write much better.