[jsmith48]

[Zeppelin]

HAHA I saw that sign! It's from Chuy's! As a Mechanical Engineering major at the University of Texas (Austin), I really appreciate a good slam on liberal arts majors! =P

[AmishDude]

What's worse is that humanities majors are not even seen as serious academics. It's one thing to have an impractical degree (I managed to get a job as a mathematician) but when it's also considered to be easy, it's a disaster. The truth is, liberal arts degrees from the Ivy League may carry some weight, but not from other schools.

[TruthConquers]

My daugther is just in love with ballet.

Somehow I can't see sendign her to college for a dance degree. If she makes it as a dancer, great (only 2% of dancers can find a dance job when they done being trained.)

Then again AFTER her dance career maybe, she can get a different degree. I just don't know.

Any Freeper's with some experience in the dance world?

(Propably a strecth, but I thought I try)

[Monterrosa-24]

Reminds me of Jay Leno's line, "The unemployment figures are down to record lows...why today even a history major got a job".

[Arrowhead1952]

Just to go along with Austin's slogan:

KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Successive generations have fallen increasingly in love with the idea of getting a degree. It's now an unthinking given that HS students will go to college. Nevermind that they might have no idea what they want to do there. And now there are legions of unskilled, overeducated Americans wondering what the heck happened.

All is vanity. And get thee to an apprenticeship, old man.

[petercooper]