>>I think sometimes there is too much tendency to dismiss the arts and humanities as complete lightweight fluff compared to STEM. As a teenager in India, most

>>I think sometimes there is too much tendency to dismiss the arts and humanities as complete lightweight fluff compared to STEM. As a teenager in India, most people took Arts, Humanities and commerce(No economics, but accounting) because it was widely believed to 'light fluff', course work easy to get through. And you could get a 'Bachelors' title next your name without much work. Among science people these subjects was what we believed losers took, because they couldn't study anything better. Which was to some extent true. I studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. I would typically get to sleep 5 hours a day. Apart from the main exams, we had to study hard for engineering entrance exams. Compare this to some one who studied history or accounting. You can't exactly compete with someone working 3 times more harder than you, in a area which is vastly more economically valuable.