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I'm doing a research project about history major and careers, and i need to ask several questions with someone who is occupying in history. Please help me to answer these questions if you could, and I'll appreciate your respond.1st. How serious the young Americans pay attention to history study?2nd. Can you tell the advantages and disadvantages for study history?3th. As I know there are many divisions and classes in history study, what is your suggestion that which division(s) should I study and why?4th. What kind of careers for a student after his or her graduated in history major?5th. What?s your advice for the future students who want to study history as their major?Thank for your time and kindness.
I'm doing a research project about history major and careers, and i need to ask several questions with someone who is occupying in history. Please help me to answer these questions if you could, and I'll appreciate your respond.1st. How serious the young Americans pay attention to history study?2nd. Can you tell the advantages and disadvantages for study history?3th. As I know there are many divisions and classes in history study, what is your suggestion that which division(s) should I study and why?4th. What kind of careers for a student after his or her graduated in history major?5th. What’s your advice for the future students who want to study history as their major?Thank for your time and kindness.
1. The average American student pays little attention to their historical studies sadly enough.2. The advantages of studying history include: enhancing your written communication skills and cognitive reasoning abilities. Also the ability to see human socio-cultural development over time can be gained from studying history. The person who studies history will become a more well rounded individual capable of leading and teaching others to be better citizens of their country. There are no disadvantages of studying history except that it doesn' t pay all that well. 🙁3. There are two "hot" study areas today. U.S. history and Ancient Judaic studies. I would suggest U.S. history because the average college faculty has 6 U.S. historians to every other historical concentration. Also U.S. history is obviously taught in every school in America.4. Basically a person majoring in history will have to go on to graduate school to teach higher education in whatever history concentration he or she chooses. Archival work and research are possible in state and national positions as well. Museum curators are also a possibility. Many, however, go on to law school rather than pursuing a career in history.5. I advise all history majors to double major in something like political science, business management, philosophy, economics, or geography.I hope this helps. 🙂
I thin kthat about covers it. It is a sad thing that more people arnt interested in their own history, their own people. Sadly it says a lot for todays society.
Thank you all for your quick responds,I think now-a-day more students want to study Bussiness, Technology, etc, that they can get a good pay, rather than Humnanities courses.
Whatever you do though, don't go into humanities over history. Humanities programs are nothing but propaganda outlets for leftists who hate the Western democratic/capitalist legacy. Humanities professors are not intellectually honest, nor do they even really try to keep up the pretenses. Stick to true history programs and you will get far more out of your educational experience. 🙂
Whatever you do though, don't go into humanities over history. Humanities programs are nothing but propaganda outlets for leftists who hate the Western democratic/capitalist legacy. Humanities professors are not intellectually honest, nor do they even really try to keep up the pretenses. Stick to true history programs and you will get far more out of your educational experience. 🙂
I agree with the exception that history can be manipulated also. After the terror event in NY there was a lot of politically correct history of the Muslims made available. While essentially correct there was a lot that was not included. I recomend reading old history books as a means of getting around today's PC. Available in a lot of public libraries is H.G. Wells book The Outline of World History. If you do nothing else then read his rational for writing the book. It will explain the need for learning history. Interestingly, while he was writing this book another one was being written in Germany with the title, Litle Man What Now?
