Why an English major?

Why an English major? Is that really worth your while?

So I majored in English - hence the past three posts. I believe that an education in the humanities equips us to deal with a world that - outside academia - is becoming increasingly globalized. Thomas Freidman writes:

Today more than ever, the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, technology, finance, national security and ecology are disappearing. You often cannot explain one without referring to the others, and you cannot explain the whole without reference to them all...If you don't see the connections, you don't see the world.

Humanities education is fundamentally different from an education in engineering or science. You learn to expect questions that don't have just one correct solution. Our tests do not lend easily to multiple choice questions, nor a clear check or ex. Approaching problems from different perspectives, considering different schools of thought, and recognizing the biases and beliefs that accompany them is encouraged. This is why an education in English is one of the most valuable.