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To which case I would then know that those parents haven't done as much research as they claim they've done.
I wonder if they've read City-Data posts.
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My old boss has a degree in Sociology...she is a banquet manager at a hotel.
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My friend's husband has his Bachelor's in sociology. He works as a departmental manager in a la-di-da food store (like Whole Foods).
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Sociology is a wonderful way to starve to death or live on a minimum wage starbucks job.
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Sociology majors:
Future Starbucks, Borders, etc employees.
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Sociology is even worse than philosophy. You don't even have to read books; just go out into the world and talk to people.
If you want to avoid being a part of the Boomerang Generation, I'd advise going to college for a hard skill like health care, engineering, or accounting.
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Employment options are limited for sociology majors. Outside of academia there is not that much work.
Sociology seems to attract a lot of people that could not think of something else to major in. "Hey, I want to go to college, but have no idea what I want to study because I'm not really interested in much, hey....lets major in sociology".
Some parts of sociology are scientific and are of interest from that point of view. But there are large elements of sociology that actually reject scientific methodologies (i.e., anti-positivists) or only loosely follow them. These parts end up being half-baked philosophy in that they are speculative like philosophy, but do not employ the rigor that is normally seen in philosophy.
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Humanities and things like Sociology are rather light on requirements and rigor in comparison to many other majors.
The humanities (excluding philosophy) and sociology do not teach critical thinking. Logic is usually not even a requirement....
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