[Hoffer Rand]

He was talking to art majors, all of whom believed they’re the next Picasso, waiting to be discovered. I thought it was a good dose of reality.

[Huck]

Well, on the one hand, there's nothing wrong in my view with someone aspiring to be a fine artist. Granted, it's not a good paying gig usually, but that's fine. Life doesn't have to revolve around money.

And I would add there are good paying jobs that a person with a fine arts degree can get. I would gather from a fine arts degree a certain amount of cultural literacy and intelligence in a person, perhaps a very good grasp of design and color.

People just need to figure out how to apply their gifts and find a way to fit them into the marketplace. I am sure there are good jobs for a hardworking motivated person with a college art degree. People just don't know how to find opportunities and lack the confidence and "huck and chuck" skills to get themselves the good paying job.

[wouldntbprudent]

My friend’s daughter describes herself as a “poet” because she has written a few unrhymed lines that got published in the campus poetry rag.

Her brother is majoring in “philosophy.”

Okay.