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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread just repeats the same old canards that the WaPo piece attempts to debunk, namely:

--that recent liberal arts majors have much higher un- and under-employment rates (not true)

--that liberal arts majors don't make enough to support themselves (not true)

--that one's major dictates one's job choices (biology and math majors don't usually become biologists and mathematicians; history majors don't usually become historians; English majors don't usually become English teachers.)

--that the world has changed so much that the experience of the former liberal arts majors posting here is irrelevant (not true, unless they are attorneys)

etc.

There are even posts here arguing that the author of the WaPo piece is just another ivory tower professor lamenting the decline in popularity of his liberal arts field. Except the author of this piece is long-time business/economics writer for the WaPo who teaches a few classes on the side.[/quote]

I'm starting to think the liberal arts bashers (who are presumably ones who didn't go the liberal arts route and wouldn't want their kids to) are proving the point of the piece.[b]  They are demonstrating a complete inability to actually READ THE ARTICLE and synthesize that knowledge.[/b]  The liberal arts majors, on the other hand, seem to be doing that quite well.  Huh. [/quote]

Because there's no point in reading the article.  It's not like I can go back and change my major from science to liberal arts.  I already have an opinion on the value of a liberal arts degree based on what my husband's college classmates are doing compared to my college classmates.  He went to a top tier achool and unless they went to law school their career paths aren't that impressive.  My classmates went on to Silicon Valley, finance, research scientists etc.  I've noticed a huge difference and I wouldn't spend a lot of money sending my child to college for a liberal arts degree.  [/quote]

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