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I don't like what you said. You made it sound like that English and Journalism are easy majors. Even though it is harder to find jobs with those majors right no
by xijuan 14y ago
I don't like what you said. You made it sound like that English and Journalism are easy majors. Even though it is harder to find jobs with those majors right now, they are not necessarily easy majors. In fact, depending on your talents,these majors can be very hard. Taking me as an example, I can never imagine myself majoring in English or Journalism because I dislike writing and I have never done too well in my English courses. To me these two majors would be harder than Math and Chemistry. On the other hand, my friend who is a history major is naturally good at writing but has very difficult times understanding Math related materials. I always admire her for her writing skills and always ask her for help when it comes to writing application and essays. She always wishes that she could be good at Math.
Also what majors make good money also depends on the time we are living in. I don't know about American history but I know in Chinese history during the 1910s,people with arts majors would make more money. At that times, China was going through an intellectual revolution in which Western ideas were being introduced. At that times, many scholars would abandon their engineering, economic and medicine degrees and become writers or journalists.
Edit: I don't live in China....
- idiot900 14y agoNo. He was commenting primarily on the low market value of English/Communications/etc, and less on whether they are easy things to do. They may be quite hard, but it's easier for an engineer to get paid to be an engineer than it is for humanities majors to do likewise and be paid the same amount. Yes it depends on what time we are living in, but currently we are living in the present.
- justin_vanw 14y agoI have no idea what the difficulty of various majors are in China. Now, let me put this caveat in the front: At a good University, there are people who are serious and will amaze you in the following majors. Those people will be successful, and go on to graduate school and eventually become academics. But that doesn't change the fact that... In America, the following majors are a joke. If you are bright and can read wikipedia, you will find that two hours of reading will leave you ahead of 90% of the people majoring in these things in knowledge of their major: Criminal Justice History Journalism English Kinesiology Communications Anthropology Religious Studies, Comparative Religions And of course there are things that are more about passion and talent: Anything Art (Film, painting, photography, music)
- politician 14y agoThe idea that we should be rewarded for doing something hard, regardless of its value, is a consequence of a nation weaned on video games. Navigating a maze may be hard, and you might have a natural talent about it, but the real question is whether that's a skill other people consider worth paying enough for to cover your overhead. The market is voting against History, Journalism, etc. Learn a skill (or build a product) valuable to other people and you'll do fine. Downvoters: I like video games, I just don't expect to payed for my RTS skills.
- krakensden 14y agoEnglish and Journalism are considered easy majors for Americans at American universities. They typically require less time to prep for class, and have assignments that don't require as much time to complete. Entry level jobs typically don't pay very well, and you're competing with everyone in the world who can write English, unlike, say, lawyers, who are competing with people who live and are licensed in their particular subsection of America.
- greghinch 14y agoI don't think OP said they are easy majors. Rather that graduating with a degree in those fields doesn't leave you very employable.