<p>^ So because you don’t like a major it is stupid? Engeineering is definately not a stupid of “pointless major” (a term which I despise.) And as for Philosophy, the critical thinking skill developed will come in handy in all sorts of situations.</p>
<p>The thing is, most humanities majors are pretty good preparation for law school, and science majors can be just as helpful, but fewer people who major in the science go into law. To answer the OP’s question, do whatever major you want to do and love, so long as it isn’t Pre-Law.</p>
<p>Also for the Spanish and Russian thing, both are useful languages, but so is French (Quebec, France, and half of Africa speak it), German (the worlds second largest exporter), Mandarin (depending on the numbers you believe it is either the worlds 1st or second largest language, some studies have English as the most widely spoken), Portuguese (Brazil is an emerging economy), and countless other languages.</p>
<p>I firmly believe that critical thinking, in the truest sense of the word, cannot be taught. You can do it, or you can’t. All these people saying X major will help you because it increases your critical thinking skills are full of BS.</p>
<p>James James James. You might not be able to be taught critical thinking skills if you have no aptitude for it at all, but like any skill it can be improved, sharpened and maximized. Just like a natural athlete. An uncoordinated clutz might never be able to be able to hit a major league curve ball no matter how much training they are given, but neither will a natural athlete if he is not taught the proper techniques. After all, if you couldn’t actually increase critical thinking skills by learning and practicing, then the junior high student with the same inherent critical thinking skills as a college graduate should score just as well on tests measuring such abilities, yet the facts are that the college graduate will certainly do better. Or even more to the point, the same person will do better on these tests after college than they did in junior high or high school. That has been shown for many decades. So if they cannot be improved, as you claim, what happened?</p>
<p>Certain majors require that a person think in certain ways. If you want to take it to a physiological level, we now know from brain scans that certain activities will in fact establish new neural connections, and certainly in many cases this would directly be called “critical thinking”. I am afraid that just about all experimental results as well as decades of empirical evidence say you are wrong.</p>
<p>No, in fact that is not all you did. You made it sound like that was the only thing that made any sense in the world and that he just HAD to learn a foreign language and not just any foreign language but ONLY THESE TWO!!! (With that kind of hyperbolic style). And you pretty much called any other opinion stupid. I am sorry you cannot see how that comes across. You have now been refuted by actual practicing lawyers and many others with far more experience in this world than you have. Give it a rest and learn a little humility, it will serve you far better than any courses you are taking.</p>
<p>i didnt mean that Engineering was a stupid major but if you’re going to law school, why should you major in such a difficult subject when you’re not going to have to do anything Engineer-related for your career. Whats the purpose of it? just to get a 3.0 gpa if your lucky and manage to get into a tier 3 law school?</p>
<p>And FallenChemist, i specifically told him SOMETHING LIKE Russian or Spanish not JUST TAKE these languages. I do have my own opinion towards German and French being useless unless for travel. If you have your own opinion, thats good.</p>
<p>Legend - As has been pointed out numerous times, but you seem to keep ignoring, a person might want to practice technical aspects of the law, like patent law, and therefore engineering is hardly unrelated. Besides which, using your own argument, engineering provides a far more likely fallback than journalism (or fill in any related major). What if the person doesn’t want to be a journalist/other career that is not technically related?</p>
<p>As far as the language goes, I will just quote you directly:
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<p>Nope, don’t see the word “like” anywhere in there. Only two choices, Spanish and Russian. QED</p>
<p>My BA Philosophy/JD hubby practiced law in a law firm setting for six years and then stepped outside the box a bit. He uses his employment law background everyday as a Human Resources consultant for a global company and he teaches undergraduate Business Law courses. His only “negative” comment on any of his performance reviews is that he writes like a lawyer! Apparently, writing “skills” are perceived differently in different professions. Three years of law school nearly 20 years ago and he still can’t undo it! :)</p>