Thanks for that post #59. It was a nice attempt to outline what a liberal arts education is, but I’m sure it fell on deaf ears.
You, of course, know that what you’re dealing with on threads of this kind are: 1) the know-it-alls who have no advanced education but somehow know everything about life and 2) the engineering-is-god types who were basically trained, no educated in the true sense of the word.
They know The Way and you don’t, and that’s all there is to it. It’s a waste of time to argue with such closed minds.
FR DOES seem to be obsessed with engineering degrees. But if you have no talent for that (I’m raising my hand) what are you supposed to do, LOL? I don’t think there is anything wrong with an English or History degree. It’s nice to talk to people who think WWII wasn’t fought in the 19th Century. But it probably will take you longer to get ahead - unless you can secure a job teaching or writing.
Twenty or thirty years ago you were correct. The problem is that you are comparing liberal arts degrees of yesteryear to those of today. The point about “honing critical thinking skills” glaringly illustrates the ignorance of the poster concerning most of today’s liberal arts curriculum.