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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 1248 Views
Added to which she sounds like a spoiled brat Wibble - 30/05/2010 03:46:06 PM 939 Views
I think she's still slightly below the national average. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:26:16 PM 713 Views
I am uncertain if she is working full time. cmdjing - 31/05/2010 12:57:29 AM 800 Views
Have to agree here ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 05:54:54 PM 715 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 715 Views
No it isn't. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:24:20 PM 746 Views
Re: No it isn't. Legolas - 30/05/2010 04:56:42 PM 721 Views
Šertam aštakun Tom - 31/05/2010 04:14:28 AM 633 Views
I'm going to guess that wasn't very nice. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:11:43 PM 709 Views
Subject was Akkadian, body was Sumerian. Tom - 31/05/2010 02:27:24 PM 646 Views
Here's the saddest part ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 06:10:48 PM 792 Views
Very bad life planning, and sadly, it's not an isolated case. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:01:46 AM 666 Views
Same. Humanities, while necessary, are something of a luxury given the numbers. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 07:35:25 AM 372 Views
"the best laid plans of mice and men" etc etc moondog - 31/05/2010 05:56:22 PM 664 Views
strange that you should be surprised AgentOrange - 04/06/2010 06:06:19 PM 711 Views
i don't think she's saying it's someone else's fault moondog - 30/05/2010 09:08:29 PM 694 Views
Re: One of the stupidest New York Times articles I've ever read everynametaken - 30/05/2010 11:36:40 PM 702 Views
Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra Tom - 31/05/2010 04:07:34 AM 679 Views
Re: Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra everynametaken - 31/05/2010 04:23:54 AM 671 Views
100% in your camp here. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:35:45 AM 626 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 829 Views
srsly. way to devalue a bachelor's degree, american society 9_9 LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 08:07:47 AM 627 Views
I have a BA in English Literature. Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:20:28 AM 750 Views
that's fair enough, since that's why you took it LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:20:36 PM 707 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:30:53 AM 669 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 392 Views
Heh. True fact. *NM* Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:56:09 AM 264 Views
That's kind of a weak reason, though. Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:11:49 PM 657 Views
I'm pretty sure I didn't use that as my reason... Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:15:32 PM 678 Views
That's true, although I don't know how many jobs that's useful for. Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 01:20:29 AM 650 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 833 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 824 Views
I know. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 AM 747 Views
If we're going down that path, though... Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:17:49 PM 786 Views
the bachelor requirement for professional programs... LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:22:27 PM 717 Views
Education is a form of signaling BlackAdder - 31/05/2010 11:02:36 PM 704 Views
I do. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:08:27 PM 264 Views
Some of us had the best intentions and then sabotaged them lyringlas - 02/06/2010 04:39:33 PM 737 Views
there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame random thoughts - 31/05/2010 01:58:39 AM 641 Views
Re: there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame everynametaken - 31/05/2010 02:39:14 AM 695 Views
Forget morale, the entire concept is immoral. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:52:08 AM 676 Views
Nonsense. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:01:32 AM 699 Views
that's not what you're talking about though. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:40:45 AM 711 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 394 Views
So do many democratic countries across the world. And your point is what? *NM* everynametaken - 31/05/2010 06:36:14 AM 366 Views
No, that's called paying taxes. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:00:21 PM 683 Views
That would be a less repulsive idea if it wasn't so very sexist. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:19:54 PM 709 Views
Heh, had the same thought. jh - 31/05/2010 12:47:16 PM 601 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 788 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 622 Views
physics BS is useless even I know that. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:43:36 AM 598 Views
We hire people with physics degrees all the time random thoughts - 31/05/2010 03:41:12 PM 601 Views
believe me, i tried moondog - 31/05/2010 05:59:09 PM 645 Views
Physics degrees have a variety of applications. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:02:57 PM 645 Views
Re: Physics degrees have a variety of applications. moondog - 31/05/2010 07:59:22 PM 872 Views
you are near Denver right? random thoughts - 02/06/2010 09:33:06 PM 658 Views
at the time i was in wisconsin, never lived in denver before moondog - 03/06/2010 02:01:23 AM 653 Views
lots of high tech jobs in Texas random thoughts - 04/06/2010 06:29:39 PM 636 Views
i had a tech job in texas, still no physics jobs though moondog - 04/06/2010 07:10:29 PM 633 Views
ugh. stupid twat. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 02:21:27 AM 695 Views
See, you have a plan. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:08:24 AM 622 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 655 Views
so stupid *NM* Aisha - 31/05/2010 02:35:19 AM 239 Views
What a useless leech. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:53:24 AM 657 Views
She works for a photographer. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:03:44 AM 675 Views
Women's Studies empowered her to make a victim out of herself. Aeryn - 31/05/2010 05:00:38 AM 686 Views
It's not just the women Tom - 31/05/2010 02:29:34 PM 653 Views
There used to be this thing called responsibility... SilverWarder - 31/05/2010 04:58:21 PM 684 Views
Re: There used to be this thing called responsibility... everynametaken - 31/05/2010 07:50:17 PM 816 Views
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