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Nope.
The odds of you making it to the NBA are WAY worse (and virtually impossible if you are under 6'6"!).
Duh, Of course I know that, but the point is, unless a person is REALLY good in a competitive low demand field, he is either not going to make it or get paid peanuts.
For every one person who "makes it" in fashion or art or most liberal arts degrees, there are 69 who write threads like this:
Oy, seriously, I'm so tired of the "liberal arts majors are useless, you must major in a STEM major if you don't want to end up unemployed" mantra some people just insist on inserting on every thread. Guess what? Not everyone wants to do a STEM major. If you don't have anything useful to say to the OP besides "major in STEM, don't bother with a liberal arts major", then just go away. We don't need every single thread on this forum to digress into yet another discussion of what a "practical major" is.
Oy, seriously, I'm so tired of the "liberal arts majors are useless, you must major in a STEM major if you don't want to end up unemployed" mantra some people just insist on inserting on every thread. Guess what? Not everyone wants to do a STEM major. If you don't have anything useful to say to the OP besides "major in STEM, don't bother with a liberal arts major", then just go away. We don't need every single thread on this forum to digress into yet another discussion of what a "practical major" is.
Yes. It seems that every single thread on the forum must disintegrate into this silly tirade about STEM majors and the "worthlessness" of the liberal arts.
STEM majors are worthwhile if you have an aptitude and an interest for these subjects. If you don't it's a waste of time.
We should use our gifts - not work against them.
What would a world be like with out artists, writers, actors, lawyers, editors, counselors, therapists, entertainers, designers, law enforcement, social workers, journalists and teachers?
STEM majors are worthwhile if you have an aptitude and an interest for these subjects. If you don't it's a waste of time.
We should use our gifts - not work against them.
What would a world be like with out artists, writers, actors, lawyers, editors, counselors, therapists, entertainers, designers, law enforcement, social workers, journalists and teachers?
The OP hasn't taken any classes and is working at Arby's. Don't give me some crap about artists, etc... (by the way, I'm not too incredibly clear why you lump the fairly employable fields of teaching, law enforcement, social work, and therapists in with artists and entertainers)...(s)he has NO idea if (s)he has an "aptitude and an interest" beyond maybe reading some magazines. That's all it is at this point, a pipe dream and crap. The OP needs to actually get into it a little before (s)he can figure out if that's what (s)he really wants to do. Let me quote them:
'like I'm really into fashion and i want to make it a career not as a designer necessarily im open right now i kind of just want to land in it'
That's not a well-formed plan, or a path to a credible fashion-based degree and potential employment. That's a stream of consciousness.
I wish I could be a novelist; the fact is, it's probably not going to happen, and I didn't put myself in debt and unemployable and pursue it after taking a couple of writing classes. That is the prudent thing for the OP to do: investigate a career by taking some basic prereqs and seeing what they really want to do when they grow up prior to plunging into moving to the MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN AMERICA.
Am I against liberal arts? Most definitely not. Someone entering liberal arts because they want a broad education and don't want to specialize, YET, is great. Someone entering liberal arts because they are entering a rigorous institution, with a plan to pay for the degree and some idea of what they want to do afterwards, is great.
I AM against kids ruining their lives in a field that is most likely going to result in a fruitless career. STEM offers a better chance of employment, which in turn would allow them to pursue their passion, perhaps as a second career. If they prefer to do a liberal arts employable career, have at. Fashion, ain't it. Knowing a cousin who knows a sister who knows a girl who works fashion, ain't evidence it's employable.
Sheesh, your advice. It would work well on the farm. It would be creative, and fertilize crops.
Yes. It seems that every single thread on the forum must disintegrate into this silly tirade about STEM majors and the "worthlessness" of the liberal arts.
STEM majors are worthwhile if you have an aptitude and an interest for these subjects. If you don't it's a waste of time.
We should use our gifts - not work against them.
What would a world be like with out artists, writers, actors, lawyers, editors, counselors, therapists, entertainers, designers, law enforcement, social workers, journalists and teachers?
First off, fashion is not what I consider Liberal Arts. It's more of a trade.
Secondly, it's just a different perspective. Though some people may be more extreme than others.
Chasing your passions if they are non-practical...acting, music, art. I would never discourage that IF you have a true passion for it and you can't imagine a life doing anything else. OP is just kind of like, "I kinda wanna go to school, and I kinda want to do fashion."
If he comes on here saying, "I've been cutting up Barbie doll dresses since I was 6 and I have 50 scrapbooks full of designs and I'm going to fashion school." then nobody says a thing.
That said, fashion is actually semi-practical. Fashion buyer is a real job that you can get at several smaller textile and apparel importers.
When you see how tough and competitive it is to make it in this world, sometimes you just have to take practical road.
My sister has a child that she may have to raise by herself one day. Do you think she's happy that she's a physician instead of an artist (her passion when younger) or a journalist for that matter? You bet your a@@ she does.
My mother told me I should be a pharmacist when I graduated HS because I would definitely have gotten into the accelerated program and it was a good, secure living. I told her it was way too boring. Now, many years later, I wish I had listened to her.
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