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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not pay for a pointless easy degree.[/quote]
Pointing out the (potentially) obvious here: different things are "easy" for different people, and many of us with "pointless" degrees do actually use them in our real adult lives. In any case, college is not necessarily vocational, and shouldn't be looked at purely in that light. [/quote]

If they're at an Ivy, sure, they can concentrate in whatever they want. If they're at some mid-tier college, they need to study something tough. End of story.[/quote]

But what qualifies as "tough"?

If math comes easily to a person, engineering or physics might not be very tough. If someone is not a good writer or not good at reading analytically, an English or history major might be pretty darn tough. The difficulty of a major depends a lot on the student's skills and talents.

I think kids should pick a major in a subject they're good at, but if they're good at something, it won't be tough. So I'm curious as to how you're defining "tough" in the context of choosing a major.
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I agree with this. We had a ton of kids drop out of our major (theatre) because they thought it would be easy. Like we'd just be putting on plays like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, or we'd be practicing makeup all day or something. When they found that it wasn't "easy," off they went to study accounting. :)[/quote]

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