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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]History and English were considered respectable majors in the past. I know many who went on to law school or medical school. They’re generally thought to have good writing and analytical skills. Now, people scoff when you saying you’re majoring in English or history. I know there’s AI to worry about, but isn’t that true for CS and accounting too? [/quote]

I don’t know a single English major that went on to medical school.

No way you know many.
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DP. I know many! Though that is because I went to med school and my top school had loads of humanities majors including english, theater, history, classics…some were double majors with bio others were not. About 1/3 of my school did not major in stem.[/quote]

People don’t major in English because it’s a good route to medical school. On the contrary! It trains students in fewer marketable skills compared to other majors.

[b]Look up salary statistics several years after getting the degree, English and History are the worst, Engineering is usually at the top. The perception of wasted potential and money is the reason for disrespect.[/b]

Whatever anecdote people bring, like the doctor or businessman with the English degree, that’s just outliers, the vast majority end up in jobs with limited career prospects.

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Perhaps because these people who major in English and related "wasteful" degrees are also the type of people who value different things than those getting a degree for the money it will bring them. They pursue other non-lucrative careers intentionally because they want to make a meaningful difference at non-profits, in government, in education....you know education? That thing that gets those money-seekers the qualifications they need to make the money?

To call this "wasted potential" and a waste of money is highly insulting and extremely ignorant. Clearly you did not obtain a genuine education.[/quote]

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