Science and Math Degrees Should be Respected More Than Liberal Arts Degrees

Math and Science degrees should not be respected more than liberal arts degrees. I will go straight to rebuttals this round: "Math and science degrees are more useful in today's world" False. When we define the word use, "the act or practice of employing something", we look at numbers of degrees that are actually put to use in the world. When we look at the 15 most popular jobs in the United States, only two of them require a degree in math or Science as shown [1]. 1. Total employment: 4,209,500. Retail Salespeople. 2. Total employment: 3,439,380. Cashiers. 3. Total employment: 2,815,240. Office clerks. 4. Total employment: 2,695,740. Combined Food Preparation And Service Workers. 5. Total employment: 2,583,770. Registered Nurses. Science degree 6. Total employment: 2,302,070. Waiters And Waitresses. 7. Total employment: 2,195,860. Customer Service Representatives. 8. Total employment: 2,135,790. Material Movers. 9. Total employment: 2,090,400. Janitor. 10. Total employment: 1,864,410. Stock clerks And Order Fillers. 11. Total employment: 1,797,670. Secretaries. 12. Total employment: 1,757,870. Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerks. Math degree 13. Total employment: 1,689,680. General Managers. 14. Total employment: 1,550,930. Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers. 15. Total employment: 1,544,300. Elementary School Teachers. - Out of a total of 34,672,610 jobs listed above, only 4,341,640 of them require skills made available by math or science degrees. This only amounts to only 12 % of the top 15 jobs by employment that actually require degrees in either math or science. Math or Science degrees aren't very useful. "Subjects such as philosophy or english are not respected anymore if a country wants to be competitive with the rest of the world." How so? "Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language" [2]. If the country wants to be competitive in the world, the country needs to know the issues and problems of other countries, have knowledge of technological efforts going on in other countries, and use reason to determine a course of action. Philosophy is a very important subject in regards to the United States becoming more competitive. In regards to English, I'm not sure if you accidentally meant language arts, but becoming proficient in the English language is a valuable asset that aids in communication. If you can't communicate, you can't do anything. English is valuable subject in becoming more competitive with the rest of the world because proficiency in the language allows information to flow much more effectively. "The advantage of a math or science major is that they have the added knowledge of math or science along with the liberal arts stuff." The notion that a math or science major has an advantage because it includes knowledge of math or science is a fallacy. If a majority of jobs in the United States don't require math or science, nobody is going to hire someone over someone else on the basis that they have a science or math degree. Employers are only looking for people who have the skills that are required for the positions they are hiring for [3]. If math or science isn't required, a person with a liberal arts major has a major advantage over someone who has a math or science major simply because "liberal arts majors have skills that are in demand" [3]. "Very few liberal arts degrees are as useful and there are limited career options" This is actually contrary to what you believe. Liberal arts degrees provide many diverse skills that would not be provided in a math or science degree. If you get a degree in math or science, you are strictly limited to a job with math or science prerequisites because your math or science skills would be useless in a job that doesn't require them. Liberal arts degrees have skills that can be used in practically every profession because every job requires someone who can think and communicate [3]. "Math and science degrees also earn more respect because they are harder to get." I fail to see the proof in this statement. An employer is not going to hire someone based on their degree, they hire people based on their skills [3]. Sources: [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://www.bls.gov...