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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does one do with a degree in philosophy? Think for a living?[/quote]Law school.  It's one of the best pre-law majors.

And thinking for a living is not such a bad thing.  We could use more of it in our world then maybe things wouldn't be so effed up.[/quote]

I was going to say the same but my info is 30 years old.  The easiest major to get into Harvard Law was Religious Studies because they had only one applicant.  Then maybe philosophy.  But I would not advise anyone to go to law school today.  [b]So I'm aiming my kids towards engineering/ computer science/tech fields/robotics where there are jobs (and yes they still have to study philosophy, history, language and all that other stuff in order to get the B.A.[/quote][/b]

I don't understand this idea of aiming your child toward a particular major.  At what point do you let them run their own lives?[/quote]

+10000

What if your children have an aptitude for something else completely outside engineering & tech?  What if their strengths lie in verbal skills, in writing or speaking, and they would make good grant writers, or do well at an advertising agency, or would have a fulfilling career being excellent teacher who makes a huge difference in kids' lives?  Maybe they have an entrepreneurial spirit and would do well starting up their own business.  Don't box your children in.
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We have tens of thousands of children who were urged to study what really interested them and today they have a college degree, a mountain load of debt and can't find a job that pays them enough to maintain a half-way decent standard of living.

PP, you are doing the right thing in steering your children into fields of study where there will be a demand for their skills down the line. They will thank you for it down the line.[/quote]

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