I remember a 1969 letter to the editor of a Dallas newspaper in which a recent graduate from North Texas State was bemoaning the uselessness of his bachelor’s degree in history. To make matters worse, he opined, they never even taught him how to type.
A degree in history is actually a pretty good degree. It is one of the most common undergraduate degrees for law school and other advanced disciplines that require a hell of a lot of reading and, more importantly, analysis.
His problem was that he likely expected the degree to magically generate money for him with little effort on his part; if one is talented, diligent, and ambitious, they can earn a good living with a degree in History.
Learning how to type is probably the smartest thing I ever did.