what should i major in

[Zach]

Because I have no goddamned idea.

English - Not only are English degrees too common, but they also don't really prepare you to do anything. I don't see how explicating medieval poetry and analyzing the devices, theme, etc. of shitty literature is going to prepare me to do anything except teach English, and that's not what I want to do.

Journalism - I love sports, but I'm not sure how long I could handle getting paid in peanuts to spend all my time covering events that I'm not interested in. I'm also not that interested in covering politics - I get political fatigue if I spend too much time focusing on the news.

Radio-TV - I'd only go down this path if I decided to become a SportsCenter anchor, and I don't know if I'd want to do the years of work at shitty local stations that I'd need to get hired on at a network affiliate in order to have a chance with ESPN.

Music - I enjoy playing music, and I'm going to be a part of my school's drumline next year, but I don't think that I could do anything with a music degree except become a band director, and that's not an ideal job. I don't want to be a professional musician, either.

If you think that something else would be a better use of my talents, then please feel free to suggest another major. Since I'm not a fan of math or science, most degrees that I could get just seem to be rather pointless unless I want to become a teacher.

[Hiro]

Karate.

[snorkel]

none of the above.

do something weird and highly academic like materials engineering

[Mettalik]

Chemistry.

[Hiro]

Stage Theater

[YPrrrr]

If you don't do English, do Political Science or History. They're at least slightly more useful and still involve writing.

Journalism - I love sports, but I'm not sure how long I could handle getting paid in peanuts to spend all my time covering events that I'm not interested in. I'm also not that interested in covering politics - I get political fatigue if I spend too much time focusing on the news.

Exactly why I quit journalism

[Zach]

What are you majoring in, Aubrey?

[Feynman]

Premedicine.

[YPrrrr]

What are you majoring in, Aubrey?

Political Science... might change it to history, but they both lead to similar things down the road anyway

[Zach]

What could I do with a political science degree?

[Hiro]

Underwater Basket-weaving!

[YPrrrr]

What could I do with a political science degree?

Lawyer
Government official
work in the CIA
teacher
business
international organizations
journalist

basically those

[YPrrrr]

Also, the thing about journalism is that you can find a job in that field without even getting a degree. Working as a free lance reporter and selling stories can build your reputation just as well or possibly better than a degree would. The degree helps you develop stylistically, but you could potentially go it alone. I've had editors tell me they're looking for journalistic talent rather than a degree in the field

[rdl]

Nothing.

That's what I'm doing. maybe the military, maybe not.

[Zack777]

Not very many choices