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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Threads like this make me sad.

A lot of lawyers I know were English or Philosophy majors, and they’re some of the highest paid people I know.

What’s scary is this—-people crap on education degrees, “soft” sciences like psychology and sociology, and they don’t want their kids to go into these roles. But they still want and need teachers to exist, they still want and need professors to exist so their grandkids can go to college and take a variety of classes that widen their thinking. Some of the most revered people in the world are music artists and actors. You want your kid to take piano lessons—from whom? A musician. You go to the theater several times a year and it brings you joy? Theater graduates. These professions wouldn’t exist if the arts and humanities were not funded. I go to the bookstore and it’s packed with people buying books—you know who writes these books? English majors! You know who edits them?? Also English majors!

We have a sad society when these important roles that bring a richness to our otherwise dull lives are seen as worthless or bad. [/quote]

I majored in classics and history. It was really interesting and I became a really strong writer. I went to law school and never had any difficulty finding a job. Came to college from a lower middle class family via catholic school. [/quote]
Because you went to law school. No one is critiquing law schools, it’s the futility of the humanities to lead directly to a career.[/quote]

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