Yes, it's true. I'm a Humanities student. Go ahead, make your jokes- tell me that I drink too much, party too much, and don't actually do real work for class.
But that's not true.
I don't drink or party. I actually do my readings for class... sometimes. I write boatloads of essays about people who are long dead, and about books that were published hundreds of years ago. I try to look at different parts of society through our media and discern what that culturally says about us as a whole.
Engineers build stuff.
Doctors heal people.
Maybe I'm being narrow-minded but I think it is highly unfair that programs in the Humanities department at my university are being shafted when it comes to funding. When anyone in Health Science or Engineering needs new equipment it is given to them. There are hundreds of different courses that are offered in those two " blessed" faculties. However, in the humanities many programs such as Art History, and Religious studies are over-looked. There's not many courses you can take for those.
We get made fun of, told that we cannot get jobs in the "real" world. They tell us that we have somehow a lower standard of education.
It's so bad that some kids will not admit that they are in the Faculty of Humanities.
Own up guys. We will get jobs, don't be intimidated by people who more than likely will fail because of their heavy course loads.
We'll just see who ends up working at McDonald's.
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