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Are parts of it in trouble? Yes. English departments and sociology departments and political science departments are pretty much complete write-offs.

And that's a national tragedy.

I hope you're not one of those natural science types who is willing to write off up at the softer discipines. They're all equally important.

I personally, love history, Love Politic, love English and love learning in general.

But English classes in college- have really turned me off. It's all about "how you feel" about the text. "What you thought" the author was trying to convey. And it's always a class discussion of nonsense. Teach me something about grammar or structure, because I don't care what Joe thinks about Maya Angelou.

And no, I don't write history (which is philosophy with examples) off. But I'm the type of person who often knows (can I say it?) "Better" than my professors. That is, I am able to argue with them in class. Which (I'm not bragging)not many students are able or want to, do. And it was frustrating for a while, until I learned that to succeed, I have to be a suckup. And if being a communist touchy feely type makes me a sellout, I'm a sellout with the A. Eventually, I'll make it up X 1000 to the conservative movement, but only because I got the good grades to do so.

Are parts of it in trouble? Yes. English departments and sociology departments and political science departments are pretty much complete write-offs.
And that's a national tragedy.
I hope you're not one of those natural science types who is willing to write off up at the softer discipines. They're all equally important.

I don't think all disciplines are equally important, but I'd never write off the humanities toto caelo. What needs to happen (and likely won't any time soon) is an ideological fumigation. I'm for free thought, free inquiry and free speech, however many toes get stepped on in the process. Many college humanities departments are under the virtual (if not literal) control of eco-marxist-feminist-women-of-color (and other women and men who either agree with them or else are afraid to stand up to them). If you disagree with them, depart from their list of talking points even at #273, they'll slice you like a 10-day-old peeled banana. This has to end.