College: humanities/social sciences degrees. what's anyone going to do with a humanities degree? obsolete?

answers1: I did a Bachelor of Social Science and Human Geography and
here I am, at age 23, earning $AU68,000 per annum, working in Social
Science and Human Geography in the private consulting sector. <br>
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Social Science/Humanities are not useless, you just have to be smart
with how you use your degree to get a career.
answers2: First, understand that no area of knowledge is entirely
useless. There are quite a few jobs in the humanities that open up
every year. Unfortunately, about 10 to 20 times more people get
degrees in the humanities every year. <br>
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The problem being that colleges decide their course offerings by how
much demand there is from teenagers. And far to many teenagers are
looking for majors with little if any math in them. Hence, too many
kids apply for the humanities each figuring they will be the exception
or they do not think at all. <br>
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What society needs to do is to stop offering the humanities at public
schools. Public schools should offer majors based on the actual demand
from society. <br>
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The private schools are far better at teaching the humanities and they
should be left to private schools who are free to teach whatever they
like.
answers3: I agree that no area of knowledge is useless, and I think
how you use the knowledge you obtain is just as important as what the
knowledge is. <br>
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However, I disagree that humanities should only be taught at private
school, as then then people who cannot afford a private school are out
of luck.