[Drew68]

Among the Real Men of Genius is Mr. Fancy Coffee Shop Coffee Pourer. And yes, you guessed it: He holds a degree in art history. A master's, in fact.

I have a bachelor's degree in History. I also have a Class A CDL. Guess which one pays me more money?

[joebuck]

"I often wonder whatever happened to her. What does happen to anthro majors? Or philosophy majors? Or art history majors, for that matter?"

They become professors. (or waiters and secretaries)

[stuartcr]

Sorry for the double.

[Kenton]

I majored in Political Science, and here I am!

[RippleFire]

bump

[Richard Kimball]

When I was an Art major, many moons ago, my Art History teacher explained something to me about liberal arts colleges. They were originally started in Europe, not to teach people how to make a living (that was for the masses), but to teach the children of upper crust how to act like the upper crust. In other words, it was to create class distinctions.

You don't major in Art History to get a job in Art History, except for the few museum jobs and teaching jobs. There is approximately 100 times the supply as there is demand for an Art history major.

[colorado tanker]

What do you do with a History major? Well, according to my Professor of Military Science, it's perfect preparation for a career in Armor Branch.

[sine_nomine]

Is college supposed to be a vocational school? A liberal arts education should emphasize that knowledge is valuable itself. Given the attitude of this essay, we should not ask future physicians or dentists to learn Western Civilization, philosophy, religion, or English. They should just learn the practical skills of human plumbing, heating, and ventilation. Every degree should lead to a related job?

[SoDak]

After intensivve research during my first semester, I chose Business, because it seemed one of the least likely majors to get in the way of my drinking. I was right.

[IYAS9YAS]

I knew a guy with a PhD in philosophy who worked for $7.50/hour as a warehouse/receiver worker.

[1Old Pro]

SALES

[Mr.Clark]

Actually, I think the WSJ said a few weeks ago that the job market for liberal arts grads was improving, up 3 percent this year, while engineering jobs dropped 2 percent. But art history does push the envelope...

[Lady Eileen]

bump...thanks for the post.

[Southack]

"I have a bachelor's degree in History. I also have a Class A CDL. Guess which one pays me more money?"

Well, you could sure sucker me out of one huge bet if all of a sudden a truck driver started betting that he knew more about art than my wife...

< GRIN! >

[timydnuc]

It's a long story, so I won't tell it all.

By the time I got to college I was registered in Radiologic & Nuclear Medicine Technology. Working a full 40 hour schedule I went to college for 2 years at night carrying a 12 hour load in pre-med, solid science plus the obligitory cirriculum. I was a subsitized student, VA, Vietnam vet. My last 2 years in my under grad I had to do working part time working and full time classes, it was the only way since the last 2 years are the toughest. No summers off, no downtime I had a serious deadline to apply to medical school because of my age and if I didn't make that deadline my grades wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. I also had to keep a GPA above 3.5 and I had that, always a 3.89 and above. I didn't have the luxury of getting a B in a science or mathmatics course. I had to work harder to average out a B I got in Physics 101.

When I did go to Indiana University at Bloomington (main campus) I was astounded. I ran into all the lefties in the world. I was older that the seniors, by quite a few years. Not to mention I was a combat vet and a serious student with a goal, and that I was a medical professional already. I was well liked by the other students that I came in contact with and as I listened to their stories I couldn't help but think: how can you waste your parent's money that way. My parents could never, in a million years, afford to send me to college, I had to get that education on my own. I got my education by going to war for my country and betting that I would make it back to collect on that bet. I figured, hey it's the best I can get, so I did it and I won the bet. I sure as hell wasn't going to squander it on an education that wouldn't help mankind, I owed them more than that and I owed myself more than that.

I just ignored the jr. lefties and socialist activists on campus and I stayed out of political activist crowd. In the 70s it wasn't that prevailent on the campus at Bloomington Indiana. I just worked my ass off to get the grades I needed to apply to medical school.

I had a wonderful time tutoring girls in Nursing undergrad in Algebra and Chem 101. Got a lot of dates that way too. They asked, not me.

Moral of the story: strive to the highest goal and you will be rewarded.

[LanPB01]

My girlfriend has a bachelor's degree in history (and we're both currently working on getting masters degrees in library science; I also have a law degree). Last night, I was talking about how useless some of the degrees people can get really are, since they have no application whatsoever outside of the academic world. She went nuts, thinking I was making fun of her degree (I really wasn't even thinking about it; I was thinking about all the people in our masters degree program that had degrees in things like sociology and women's studies). Perhaps I should completely push her over the edge by declaring she should get a CDL so she can actually make some money.

[RepublicanHippy]

"What does happen to anthro majors?"

Someone I used to work with has a Master's in anthropology. He recently came back from a "dig" in Jordan (his second time there) and now is in England working on his PhD, teaching and writing a book. Cushy job!

[biblewonk]

I wanted to study astro-physics but I figured a math as comp sci double major would be a lot easier to sell.