Be honest: What major(s) do you not take seriously?

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<p>Right, because every English major is obviously homeless. Get off your high horse and realize that LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS STILL MAKE MONEY. </p>

<p>And you’re only showing your ignorance of virtually every other subject. English doesn’t teach you how to think? History doesn’t teach you how to write? By that logic, a computer science degree is only good for programming and computer careers. </p>

<p>Finally, it’s pretty sad to see yet another person mainly focused on money. You have one line about “enjoying” computer science, and a paragraph about its monetary benefits.</p>

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<p>PicklePlatts, how about we agree to disagree with both of them?</p>

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<p>^^ Agreed.</p>

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<p>oh dont get me wrong, i enjoy CS. im assuming everyone here enjoys what they’re majoring. just some will be more useful after your 4 years are up. and i’ll admit liberal arts majors make money, just not very much. my view is, i’d rather work my ass for 4 years now, so i dont have to work as hard to enjoy life with the 60 years that follow.
so no, i didnt choose my major for the money, but that is a damn big bullet-point to choose it. regardless of what you choose to believe, you will need money to enjoy life when you graduate.</p>

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<p>If you want to major in something useless, by all means, do it. It will only make it easier on those who actually major in something that turns into a carrer. Less competion. But don’t complain when you graduate and have a difficult time finding a job.</p>

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<p>It’s CAREER Not carrer. You’ve misspelled it a few times now. </p>

<p>Perhaps you need to focus more on English at college.</p>

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<p>pandem: “English: a glorified spelling class.”</p>

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<p>That’s funny. I seem to recall “communication skills” being pretty high up on employers’ top wants.</p>

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<p>Yes, because attacking my spelling is relevant to the topic</p>

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<p>Is this forum a job application? A college paper? No, it is not, so I really don’t care.</p>

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<p>Considering that most non-English majors seem to think English is soooo easy, yes it is relevant when you can’t spell. </p>

<p>By the way, I’m not an English major. I’m actually considering double-majoring in business!</p>

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<p>I can spell just fine. However, I just got off a 12 hour shift and I really don’t care to pay attention to my spelling. It is not like my future is doomed because I misspelled a word on some random internet forum. However, your future is doomed if you major in something that won’t get you a job or a career.</p>

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<p>Just for kicks, what is a “major that will get you a job or career”, in your definition?</p>

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<p>the mighty inter-web is hardly a professional environment. it accepts spelling mistakes. go look at youtube’s comments. no wait, bad example, education doesn’t run strong there.</p>

<p>agreed. srose speaks the truth. go make money english major. oh wait, sorry. hmm, that sounds cruel. oh well.</p>

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<p>What’s that quote about internet arguments?</p>

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<p>This kind of discussion makes me think you don’t really love your major. Sure, you may like it, but if you loved the subject you could sacrifice for it. </p>

<p>For example, I am a playwriting major. I eat, sleep, live, breathe, etc, etc writing. I write every day. The theater section of the New York Times is my homepage. I read books like they’re food. You can tell I love it because when I take a break from writing plays, I write forum posts or write in my diary. I know at some point in my adult life, possibly for all of my adult life, I will be in poverty. And I don’t mind it because the very thought of sitting at a desk for eight hours doing something besides the thing I love gives me panic attacks. </p>

<p>Also, silence_kit was not funny. Sarcasm is like cocaine - good in moderation, but the threshold is low and to pass it is…ill-advised. S/he should have stopped about six posts before s/he did. :P</p>

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<p>Good luck convincing others that the internet isn’t a professional environment. You’re going backwards while the world is going forwards.</p>

<p>And if you could read, you would have read that I am not an English major.</p>

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<p>Pandem…look it up yourself. There are several majors that are in high demand. Take nursing for example. If someone majors in nursing, they have a really good chance of finding employment directly out of college, while maybe someone who majors in “art history” will have hard time finding employment.</p>

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<p>wait, sorry, im not sure how fighting tooth and bone for your major against the forces of evil is synonymous with “i dont like major and would never defend it.”
i just know if theres one thing i love about engineering, it’s not poverty.</p>

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<p>I’m interested in what your opinion is. What is a useful major?</p>

<p>And again, it’s sad that engineering is more about money for you DeadMonkey than love. Have fun sitting at a desk for the rest of your life.</p>