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War  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous

Yea I'm a Poli Sci major, and the only question I get is "What law school are you going to after you graduate?" When I tell people that I'm not going to be a lawyer they give me this look, and then follow up with "Well then what are you going to be?" I usually don't have an answer for the question because I'm not sure what I want to do exactly. The issue I have is a lot of people assume if I'm not going to be a lawyer, that I've just wasted my time in college.





lelibertaire  ·  3378 days ago  ·  link  ·  

These are likely people who decided on their degrees after googling how much their major was "worth."

Fuck em.

dingus  ·  3378 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I get that same reaction when I tell people I'm majoring in math, except that they always add that math is boring. One of my relatives said to me "what can you do with that?".

War  ·  3378 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not like math makes up literally almost everything that we as human beings do and can honestly be applied to any field with great success haha.

Recently, I've been getting a lot of, "If not a lawyer, then are you going to teach?"

dublinben  ·  3376 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If it makes you feel any better, going to law school would be an even bigger waste.