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

The majority of the 15 most popular jobs do not require any sort of degree so that is irrelevant. The education requirement for these jobs are as follows [1]: Retail salespeople : high school diploma Cashiers : None, on the job training Office clerk : high school diploma Combined food preparation and service workers : high school diploma Registered nurses : science degrees Waiters and waitresses : high school diploma Customer service representatives : high school diploma Material movers : none, on the job training Janitors : none, on the job training Stock clerks and order filers : High school diploma Secretaries : High school diplomas, some hold associates degree Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks : math degree General managers : Bachelors degree Tractor-trailer truck drivers : training Elementary school teachers : Bachelors degree Only 4 jobs require a degree beyond high school. Of those jobs, 4,341,640 require a math or science degree; 3,233,980 would require a liberal arts degree. Therefore, math and science degrees are more useful than liberal arts degrees. A person's biochemistry degree should be more respected than another person's performing arts degree because the biochemistry is more beneficial to society than performing arts. Biochemistry is useful in healthcare, war, and developing technology. Performing arts and many other liberal arts majors are only useful for their particular subject. If a country needs to be competitive in the world it needs to have a strong economy and good education. The STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workforce "accounts for more than fifty percent of the United States' sustained economic growth"[2]. Philosophy is not important for the US to be competitive. You state that "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." The basic communication skills that you have to learn in order to get a math or science degree are sufficient to understand what is going on in other countries. English is a major offered by many colleges but in order to get any sort of bachelors degree you have to take at least two English skills. This provides more than enough proficiency to communicate. A math or science major does have an advantage over liberal arts majors because they already have to know the basics of liberal arts degrees. They may not have an extensive knowledge of philosophy or English but they could do many of the same jobs as liberal arts majors while liberal arts majors cannot do the same jobs as math and science majors. Science and math degrees can think and communicate. Anybody with a degree should be able to think and communicate. Liberal arts degrees have higher rates of unemployment than math and science degrees. If they were useful in a variety of careers, liberal arts majors would not have such high unemployment rates. The five highest unemployment rates for majors are [3] : 13.9% architecture 11.1% arts 9.4% humanities and liberal arts 8.9 % social science 8.1% law and public policy Math and science degrees should earn more respect because they are harder to get. For example, biochemistry, a science degree, would require hours of studying. It would also require that student to have knowledge of biology, chemistry, and math. Also, that student would have to be able to think critically, analyze, problem solve, and write. English, a liberal arts major, would require students to be able to read, analyze, and write. Liberal arts is less rigorous than math and science. That is why college students who are focused on having fun usually choose liberal arts majors. The majority of intelligent and focused college student choose math and science majors. [1] http://jobs.aol.com... [2] http://www.doleta.gov... [3] http://www.economicmodeling.com...