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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was talking to my DD last night, & she told me one of her housemates declared an Ethnic Studies major this week. DD says that it's not an atypical major at her SLAC along with Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, etc. [b]I think it's pretty irresponsible for adults to encourage a student to major in this topic. It seems more restrictive than typical humanities majors, such as English, because I doubt a conservative would hire someone with one of these majors. For people who know people who majored in these sorts of topics, what did they end up doing professionally? [/b]I guess I'm just shocked that these are majors, not electives.[/quote]

There is a lot to unpack here, LOL.

Students *are* adults.  My kids choose their own majors.  They are responsible for how they do in school, and for becoming employable (or self-sustaining) after graduation.  If their choice of major is a poor one, that's on them.

If my kid's choice of major will cause a conservative not to hire him, again, that's on him.  Knowing my DC (who is active in her school Democrats, feminists, and socialists organizations), I imagine working for a conservative who would ding her for working for these causes would not concern her at all.  If that were the case, she would want to find a way to work against that person and not for him.

Liberal arts majors do all kinds of things professionally.  I know a young man who was a peace studies major and who holds a pretty high position (for his age/experience) at a non-profit.  People go to grad school, professional school, work at NGOs, non-profits, the list goes on.[/quote]

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