<p>In my opinion the Liberal arts are worthless. you can get a job with them sure but it as a degree limits your options and destroys your future IF..you want a job in somethings like :
human services avg pay at midcareer 25,000
basic editing writing jobs which are boring and pointless pay lower than poverty AND...
Teaching avg starting pay 18,00-23,000
good luck with history !</p>
<p>My original diploma says Social Science/History. I think it was the study of history that made me a better candidate when I applied to pharmacy school. I find it strange that so many people I run into look down their nose at history majors. Just last week at a party, a lady asked me what I studied at USC. Then came the "and what did you do with that degree?" I think it was what I learned as an undergrad that makes me a pharmacist who is able to communicate with a wide range of patients and professionals. A few yrs ago I sent away for a replacement diploma-orignial was lost at my parents. The replacement diploma says I am a social science/communications major. The lady at USC told me it wasn't a mistake and that "in my heart" I know I have a history degree. Whatever, I have the pharmacist license.</p>
<p>SSJ2MysticGohanX1000: useless for anything besides teaching? it could be, but what if teaching is what he looks forward too? Besides, you're in the US, there are plenty of universities to work for</p>
<p>and besides, your friend won't be homeless, he might live in a scholarly residence</p>
<p>Something3000 I totally agree that liberal arts degrees are worthless (I am beginning to think that about my business degree unless I hear from some companies soon) but where do you get your starting teachers salaries from? 18,000 to 23,000 a year? I make that now as a security guard. That's only like $8-$9 an hour. Day care workers make more than that, much less teachers.</p>
<p>I find it funny that something3000 claims a liberal arts degree is limiting when it's one degree that isn't aimed only at a specific career or career path so if you change your mind, your degree won't be a glaring expression of that. In any case, I think the specific major on your degree is overrated. When it comes to getting a job and starting a career, I think most employers care more about your experience, enthusiasm, etc and basically just care that you have a degree.</p>
<p>My dad's major was history and he went on to graduate school to receive a business degree and his jurisdoctorate, eventually becoming a lawyer. so yes, encourage your friend to pursue history. history can be very, very useful as you need to have research, writing, and analyzing skills.. all of which are useful to a variety of professions. The main thing is that you major in something that matters/interests to you.</p>
<p>lamom, I found that constantly having to answer the "what do you want to do with that" question from skeptical and confused family friends and so on was one of the most inescapable annoyances of pursuing a liberal arts degree. It annoys me that people are so lacking in imagination and so focused on the rat race that they are obviously disturbed every time they meet somebody who cannot map out to their satisfaction the exact path that they plan to follow from point A to point B, or somebody for whom point B is not located sufficiently high up in the corporate world. Ugh.</p>
<p>Dear August, that's it-I seem to disturb some people's idea of the "right" path.</p>
<p>i think gohan's "friend" is actually referring to himself.</p>
<p>because his friend wants to make the most amount of money in the least amount of time</p>
<p>gohan's hilarious</p>
<p>conan o'brien was a history major at harvard. he ended up writing for the simpsons and subsequently hosting his own show. </p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>my dad has a history degree and became a rhodes scholar and a lawyer with his law degree from harvard...its not worthless</p>
<p>he also went to harvard.... i mean come on now.. the AVERAGE history / english major makes LESS than the average science / business major... use your brain</p>
<p>teaching history is very rewarding or so I have heard.historians also find jobs in museums;I have also heard of people majoring in history going to law school.</p>
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