In Your Face, Conservative Arts!
I was just reading this article about the value of a liberal arts degree and it certainly rang true with everything I know today.
Back in my communittee college days I had an outstanding Sociology instructor whose first name is Jack. I hesitate to mention his last name because being a sociology professor he was a bit eccentric and I don't want to offend him by mentioning his full name. At any rate, the first day of class he had each student say their name and their major. After each announcement of major he made a comment, usually of the smarty pants variety that summed up our prospects in our chosen path. Many laughs were had by all, but the smart ones in the class were left thoughtful by his predictions. Most notibly his final prediction. He said that it didn't matter what we were going to college for. It didn't matter how many times we changed our major or what major we ended up with. He told us that in the end most of us would go back to school and get a second degree in the thing we actually wanted to do with the rest of our lives.
Smart guy. I suspect, if I ever bother getting my first degree I will look forward to one day finding out what I want to do when I grow up and persue that degree too. To this end I can't stress enough the value of a liberal arts degree. Once you have a general knowledge of everything and you've walked the world a while, then you can go back and focus on what it is exactly that brings you joy.
