Some people, and I am only citing Prof. Webb here because he helpfully bolded the concept, have a surprisingly narrow view of what a college degree can be used for:
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Originally Posted by RWebb
It is good for parents to think about that after your daughter consumes a cool 1/4 million at an elite liberal arts school with a major in the Cultural Anthropology of fabric arts in Kuwhatistan and then joins the PeaceCorps, and follows that up by waitressing while living in your basement, then moves out and graduates to working at a freakin' Goat Ranch in California (which BTW does not even make goat cheese so you don't even get goat cheese).
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For example, my son, an Anthropology major at Cal, went on the become director of marketing for all of Asia and then director of computer training for a major bank. He made several hundred thousand dollars per year for several years and is now taking a sabbatical in Denmark (wife is a Danish citizen). Since he saved more than half of what he was paid, he has the luxury of deciding at age 45, when, and if, he wishes to return to work. Making money in a capitalist country and spending it in a socialist one is quite efficient.
For another example, my undergrad major was also Anthropology. At the time, the only career path in sight was teaching. While I have taught and loved it, I did not want to be limited to that field. So, when offered a full tuition paid scholarship, I went to law school. That was more than forty years ago and I still practice. And, I have found my anthro background to help immensely in understanding the issues of our varied clientele. I have been a partner in a small immigration firm for more than ten years and we serve people from dozens of countries.
A final example, my daughter is in her second year of college and is an anthropology major (I sense a trend here) with a concentration in forensic linguistics. There are now many more jobs for anthro majors and this is just one of then. Did I mention she's thinking of taking Latin?
All three of us have in fact worked in minimum wage jobs
while in college and none of us, so far, after. Oh, and all three of us hate goat cheese.
To digress, two classes everyone should take in college, if they haven't already mastered same, are typing and accounting. Both will swerve you well.