<p>Please note that I am not preventing him or even advising him to do or not to do. I am educating myself since I am not an engineer and don't know that world.SEAS does not have undergrad aerospace, if it did, I would strongly urge him to do so, one should pursue or try out childhood dreams but at SEAS he has to do mech. engr. That too is fine, aerospace at grad level, etc. But I am finding out that he is not so certain hence my exploration. I was told that applied math is very versatile by a young friend who started out EE/CS, quit Microsoft and feels trapped in EE/CS.</p>
<p>Re Greek tragedy or art hist. I respectfully suggest that I won't look down on someone who doesn't know these areas but I might view that person as having missed out on significant aspects of the human experience. Please be open to the idea that we are humans first, job holders next, and it might be meaningful in a wisdomic sense to acquaint ourselves with the human experience on the planet. Sorry, I do feel someone who has not been exposed to Shakespeare at his best, say in King Lear, has missed out on education in some way. He may still be wise, there are wise but illiterate peasants where I come from but such wisdom was primeval survival wisdom without the interior exaltation that comes out of an acquaintance with extraordinary literature. This is but a point of view. Thanks.</p>