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In reply to the discussion: For those critical of Art/History Degrees... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)48. We need a nation full of people with arts/history, humanities degrees,
AND science, math, all the rest also, of course. Those without respect for knowledge need them more than anyone else, since they typically stop reading after school ends. Of course large numbers will start forgetting much that doesn't suit them, but some will stick.
Scarily given what's happening, including the movement away from universal education, Scott Walker-type fascistic authoritarians need an uninformed populace and sincerely believe in limiting education to what's needed to serve the needs of industry, as Walker himself put it. Can't deny how valuable ignorance is to them, of course, given how well it's working for those archconservatives.
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I got a degree in music. Never made any money from it, and ended up in other lines of work,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#1
I got a J.D., too, but music is so analytical that I have to think it helped.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#60
Not too surprised the market-motive outweighs actual education in far too many cases.
LanternWaste
Dec 2019
#65
You know, I'm a strong believer that we should have free K-16 education, regardless of any major...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2019
#10
The liberal arts, sports, etc., are, as you point out, central to human wellbeing.
gulliver
Dec 2019
#47