For all the parents of liberal arts majors....

[garland]

<p>[McSweeney’s</a> Internet Tendency: The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree. FAQ](<a href=“http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/4/22lacher.html]McSweeney’s”>http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/4/22lacher.html)</p>

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Don’t think I don’t have my misgivings about sending some hotshot Asian Studies minor into space for the first time. This is NASA, not Grinnell. I don’t have the time or patience for your renegade attitude and macho bravado. I can’t believe the fate of mankind rests on some roughneck bachelor of the arts. I know your type. You feed off the thrill of inference and small, instructor-led discussion.

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<p>We’re broadly educated yet focused, and we’re proud.</p>

[SaintSaens]

<p>And the business majors will be going into the center of the Earth to stop it from imploding, right?</p>

[anon94785555]

<p>I got a BA in Chemistry since I met the requirements for both eons ago. Science majors can be just as broadly educated as well.</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p>One can argue that there is more assurance that someone who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from MIT has gotten a broad liberal arts education than someone who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Amherst, Brown, or Grinnell.</p>

[garland]

<p>Um, folks, it was satire…clearly kidding on the liberal arts college grads. Sheesh. :rolleyes:</p>