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I know. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 AM
But this... what major doesn't teach you to think critically? Mathematics and sciences certainly do. Languages do. Economics does. I can't think of any major which doesn't rely heavily on critical thinking. Now, scientists aren't going to be deconstructing the thematic unity of feminine portrayals in Eliot or what have you, but their courses are fairly heavy on the critical thinking in their own way.


Sure they do, but it's a different kind of critical thinking, and the English Lit kind is the kind most useful to the ideas machine of big firms, especially Marketing departments. And I wouldn't have believed it so much myself if it weren't for all of the job vacancies on our internal website which use "English Literature" as the example for a useful degree in the "Desirable" section. I work for a FTSE-100 company.

Actuarial departments like physicists, though.

Come to think of it, International Relations doesn't rely on critical thinking much.

EDIT: Actually, International Relations doesn't rely on much of anything.


Pfft! I loved the International Relations paper I took at university.
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One of the stupidest New York Times articles I've ever read Tom - 30/05/2010 03:17:03 PM 1263 Views
Added to which she sounds like a spoiled brat Wibble - 30/05/2010 03:46:06 PM 951 Views
I think she's still slightly below the national average. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:26:16 PM 727 Views
I am uncertain if she is working full time. cmdjing - 31/05/2010 12:57:29 AM 814 Views
Have to agree here ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 05:54:54 PM 728 Views
It's a column, not a real article... and it's more critical than you suggest. Legolas - 30/05/2010 04:02:26 PM 726 Views
No it isn't. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:24:20 PM 759 Views
Re: No it isn't. Legolas - 30/05/2010 04:56:42 PM 737 Views
Šertam aštakun Tom - 31/05/2010 04:14:28 AM 643 Views
I'm going to guess that wasn't very nice. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:11:43 PM 714 Views
Subject was Akkadian, body was Sumerian. Tom - 31/05/2010 02:27:24 PM 658 Views
Here's the saddest part ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 06:10:48 PM 804 Views
Very bad life planning, and sadly, it's not an isolated case. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:01:46 AM 678 Views
Same. Humanities, while necessary, are something of a luxury given the numbers. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 07:35:25 AM 376 Views
"the best laid plans of mice and men" etc etc moondog - 31/05/2010 05:56:22 PM 679 Views
strange that you should be surprised AgentOrange - 04/06/2010 06:06:19 PM 726 Views
i don't think she's saying it's someone else's fault moondog - 30/05/2010 09:08:29 PM 709 Views
Re: One of the stupidest New York Times articles I've ever read everynametaken - 30/05/2010 11:36:40 PM 712 Views
Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra Tom - 31/05/2010 04:07:34 AM 687 Views
Re: Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra everynametaken - 31/05/2010 04:23:54 AM 682 Views
100% in your camp here. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:35:45 AM 642 Views
I don't see the point in a humanities major if you aren't planning to get more than a bachelor's. Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 07:41:40 AM 841 Views
srsly. way to devalue a bachelor's degree, american society 9_9 LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 08:07:47 AM 636 Views
I have a BA in English Literature. Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:20:28 AM 762 Views
that's fair enough, since that's why you took it LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:20:36 PM 719 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:30:53 AM 679 Views
I think you mean "the government acts all brokenhearted about the amount of student debt." *NM* Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 09:38:38 AM 397 Views
Heh. True fact. *NM* Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:56:09 AM 268 Views
That's kind of a weak reason, though. Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:11:49 PM 670 Views
I'm pretty sure I didn't use that as my reason... Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:15:32 PM 688 Views
That's true, although I don't know how many jobs that's useful for. Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 01:20:29 AM 663 Views
That's fine. And I didn't go to Uni to get a job. I went for the education. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:29:28 AM 846 Views
I want to make clear that I, as a humanities major, really do like the humanities. Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 09:37:39 AM 837 Views
I know. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 AM 758 Views
If we're going down that path, though... Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:17:49 PM 799 Views
the bachelor requirement for professional programs... LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:22:27 PM 728 Views
Education is a form of signaling BlackAdder - 31/05/2010 11:02:36 PM 716 Views
I do. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:08:27 PM 268 Views
Some of us had the best intentions and then sabotaged them lyringlas - 02/06/2010 04:39:33 PM 749 Views
there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame random thoughts - 31/05/2010 01:58:39 AM 653 Views
Re: there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame everynametaken - 31/05/2010 02:39:14 AM 707 Views
Forget morale, the entire concept is immoral. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:52:08 AM 688 Views
Nonsense. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:01:32 AM 709 Views
that's not what you're talking about though. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:40:45 AM 721 Views
Korea has that policy and look what a nice place that is...er, wait a minute... *NM* Dark Knight - 31/05/2010 06:08:14 AM 401 Views
So do many democratic countries across the world. And your point is what? *NM* everynametaken - 31/05/2010 06:36:14 AM 371 Views
No, that's called paying taxes. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:00:21 PM 695 Views
That would be a less repulsive idea if it wasn't so very sexist. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:19:54 PM 720 Views
Heh, had the same thought. jh - 31/05/2010 12:47:16 PM 615 Views
We can put a man on the moon but looking at job number is too complicated? random thoughts - 31/05/2010 04:03:38 PM 802 Views
yeah, i probably would've rethought that physics degree if there were such a program in place moondog - 31/05/2010 03:27:14 AM 633 Views
physics BS is useless even I know that. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:43:36 AM 606 Views
We hire people with physics degrees all the time random thoughts - 31/05/2010 03:41:12 PM 613 Views
believe me, i tried moondog - 31/05/2010 05:59:09 PM 656 Views
Physics degrees have a variety of applications. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:02:57 PM 658 Views
Re: Physics degrees have a variety of applications. moondog - 31/05/2010 07:59:22 PM 885 Views
you are near Denver right? random thoughts - 02/06/2010 09:33:06 PM 672 Views
at the time i was in wisconsin, never lived in denver before moondog - 03/06/2010 02:01:23 AM 666 Views
lots of high tech jobs in Texas random thoughts - 04/06/2010 06:29:39 PM 649 Views
i had a tech job in texas, still no physics jobs though moondog - 04/06/2010 07:10:29 PM 646 Views
ugh. stupid twat. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 02:21:27 AM 703 Views
See, you have a plan. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:08:24 AM 633 Views
yah. she's a stupid twat. and as you've pointed out, not the only one. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:42:20 AM 663 Views
so stupid *NM* Aisha - 31/05/2010 02:35:19 AM 245 Views
What a useless leech. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:53:24 AM 668 Views
She works for a photographer. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:03:44 AM 685 Views
Women's Studies empowered her to make a victim out of herself. Aeryn - 31/05/2010 05:00:38 AM 700 Views
It's not just the women Tom - 31/05/2010 02:29:34 PM 664 Views
There used to be this thing called responsibility... SilverWarder - 31/05/2010 04:58:21 PM 696 Views
Re: There used to be this thing called responsibility... everynametaken - 31/05/2010 07:50:17 PM 825 Views
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