Most "useless" majors

College Majors
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<p>I found this funny list of 10 most useless majors. I won't provide the link now, but I'll paste the #3 most "useless:" Latin (entertainment only)</p>

<p>Why It Won’t Help You Get a Job: Not only does no one speak this language anymore, but we already have all the Latin that exists in the world. There’s no new Latin that’s hot off the presses that needs immediate translating. I’m no business major, but majoring in a language that doesn’t exist anymore doesn’t sound so good for job security. And I’m sorry to break the news to you, but the world doesn’t need someone to translate The Bible or the inscription on the side of a Post Office or El Loco Latino’s “Latin House Party.”</p>

<p>What Job You’ll End Up With: Since you majored in something that doesn’t exist, you’re going to have two jobs. Your first one will be as the annoying pretentious guy who gives everyone the Latin etymology of every big word he hears at every dinner party he attends. Your second, and most lucrative job, will be as a Subway Sandwich Artist.</p>

<p>I don't agree with this guy on anything. Clearly it's not an in-depth or informed comment...</p>

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<p>I attended a University in the Philippines for two years. Living in a third world country with very high unemployment rates, you would think no Filipino college student would date major in anything that might be non-practacle. But that's not true... Yes, there is a grotesque number of nursing students, but there are Filipinos majoring in creative writing, philosophy, mass communications, and sociology. Even preforming arts (but those people are actually gifted). A popular major there (besides nursing and business) is hotel and restaurant management.</p>

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<p>Actually, in my area since there are still a decent number of high schools that want to offer Latin, there's starting to be a shortage of Latin teachers as the older ones retire!</p>

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<p>Yeah. And to the writer of that article: the Bible, I believe, was written in Greek, not Latin (the New testament)</p>

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<p>Lacking Latin teachers huh? ; )</p>

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<p>My mom told me about a friend of hers who majored in Western philosophy. He spent more than 8 years getting the highest degree for that major, even went overseas to study. After he finished with his studies, he wasn't able to find a job, but managed to start his own business. :)</p>

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<p>Well, the Bible is a compilation of Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic and Latin texts. (Much of the Latin, of course, comes from translations of the first three languages.) I'm no expert, but common sense would dictate that the Old Testament is predominantly Hebrew, the Epistles and Paul's letters Greek and chunks of the Gospels Aramaic. All of that was then translated into Latin.</p>

<p>Luckily, you can find a good number of Bibles out there in English. :-)</p>

<p>Edit: of course, since the Roman Catholic church made Latin its primary language for thousands of years (and continues to hold Latin church services today), anyone looking to study the history of early Christianity would do well to get a solid backing in Latin.</p>