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Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:52:58 No.3989432 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3989471 >>3989493 >>3989562 >>3992290

is it worth majoring in history to become a historian? this is assuming my job doesn't have to do with teaching history in some way.

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Anonymous ID:KFhxYjPk Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:54:36 No.3989453 Report

Quoted By: >>3989476

Yes but it's very hard
That said you probably will never work in history but its a degree that gives a job, the skills learned there are always useful

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Anonymous ID:V0o6lqQ9 Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:56:30 No.3989471 Report

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>>3989432
Think long and hard about whether you want to work in academia for the rest of your life.

Note that all academics make good conversation about their chosen field, but are insufferable in every other way imaginable.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:56:49 No.3989476 Report

Quoted By: >>3989491

>>3989453
if I don't work in history, what would I be doing instead?

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Anonymous ID:V0o6lqQ9 Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:58:07 No.3989491 Report

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>>3989476
With a history degree? Probably clerical work.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:HFWQ+iGA Wed 07 Feb 2018 20:58:09 No.3989493 Report

Quoted By: >>3989607

>>3989432
if you need to ask if it's a good idea to study history then you shouldn't study history.
rule 1 of history.

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Anonymous ID:OXbFlTKJ Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:04:19 No.3989562 Report

Quoted By: >>3989567 >>3989598

>>3989432
> thinking about things that are already over
Is there anything more pointless

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:04:45 No.3989567 Report

Quoted By: >>3989607

>>3989562
it's fun

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:HFWQ+iGA Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:07:27 No.3989598 Report

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>>3989562
thanks to history i know you are rightful dutch clay.

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Anonymous ID:OXbFlTKJ Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:08:11 No.3989607 Report

Quoted By: >>3989801

>>3989567
In all seriousness I've talked to a few history graduates and pretty much this >>3989493
It's one of those choices you only take if you truly are relentlessly passionate, consequences be damned
Exactly the same as what I chose to do

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:30:36 No.3989801 Report

Quoted By: >>3989891

>>3989607
relentlessly passionate doesn't sound like me at all but I think it might be one of the only things that interests me that I can build a legitimate career out of

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:OXbFlTKJ Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:40:38 No.3989891 Report

Quoted By: >>3990023

>>3989801
I don't know man. A lack of passion in my opinion is just setting yourself up for failure.
From my experience, there are only two reasons people ever fail higher education
Either they get too cocky too soon, or they don't really give a shit

Do you think you can muster up the necessary enthusiasm for multiple years?

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C⌬©⍟ℕυͳ !!ejZnhfeYlll ID:srvP7Xg2 Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:48:25 No.3989953 Report

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I think that would be a cool job

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Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:55:39 No.3990023 Report

Quoted By: >>3990048 >>3990123

>>3989891
maybe. I really enjoy history and I feel like being a historian would be nice, but I'm not sure how it would be if I wound up doing something not history related

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:OXbFlTKJ Wed 07 Feb 2018 21:58:18 No.3990048 Report

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>>3990023
Well, imho those are worries for later
Unless you end up being a particularly high achiever you are gonna land a job you don't particularly like at first
Them's the brakes, it's not the end of the world. Getting into a job you love requires time and experience.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:OXbFlTKJ Wed 07 Feb 2018 22:06:16 No.3990123 Report

Quoted By: >>3991027

>>3990023
If it really worries you that bad, I would highly suggest you go to the school you're planning to enroll in, and ask if someone can tell you more about what usually happens to their history graduates. What are their prospects, where do they end up, etc. Every school should have someone that does this kind of shit

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:fzvD1b48 Wed 07 Feb 2018 22:08:13 No.3990141 Report

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Only if you make great connections and happen to be in the top 3% in the course. Otherwise it's McBurgerflipping

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6z6IA20e Wed 07 Feb 2018 23:12:20 No.3991027 Report

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>>3990123
alright tyvm

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:10JA1Tm0 Thu 08 Feb 2018 01:31:14 No.3992290 Report

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>>3989432
Fuck no it's not. For fuck's sakes, reconsider your life if you want to be a fucking history major

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