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Editorial - Major deployments
The Daily Barometer
Issue date: 5/31/07 Section: Forum
As OSU students, it is not uncommon to hear debates about who's major is harder. This debate seems most common between the science/engineering students and liberal studies students.
Sometimes comments like: "Oh, your GPA is probably perfect," "So you will be graduating early?" "That major is so easy, all you have to do is read," are directed at liberal studies students.
Liberal studies students often rebut with comments such as: "Well, I am not a science minded person," or "I am sure you couldn't do the work I do."
So the question arises, are some majors harder than others? Probably not. Different majors are for different people with different strengths.
According to the Funderstanding Web site, "left brain people" tend to be strong in logic, sequential, rational, analytical and objective thinking.
Meanwhile, "Right brain people" tend to be strong in random information, intuition and holistic thinking.
It is clear that some people are left-brained - engineers, lawyers, physicians and nurses - while others are right-brained - philosophers, artists, writers, entertainers, dancers, actors and teachers, according to the Focus on the Family Web site.
But these dichotomies do not necessarily ensure the outcome of a student's future.
As many students can attest, people choose to change their majors. Students might change because they are unhappy, feel like they are not succeeding or because they want to make more money doing something else.
However we define ourselves as students, it is important to remember that we should consider what brings us enjoyment before what will rake in the most cash.
What will make you happy is dependent on what you value most. An enlarged salary or daily enjoyment of your job? It would be safe to assume that the perfect career is one that guarantees both.
The most crucial point to be made is that most people could not verifiably discern whether one major is "more difficult" than another. This - of course - is impossible to tell unless you have achieved earned multiple degrees in very diverse subject-matter.
The argument of "which major is harder" is absurd - about as absurd as jokes made by professor Bill Loges in the new media department, absurd like comparing Sketchers to Converse or episodes of "South Park" to those of "Sex and the City."
And if it is a sense of elitism that one may be seeking by making the claim of "supreme difficulty," that argument falls at the feet of importance.
So whether you are "right brained" or "left brained," remember this: No one cares unless you are doing something that violates your happiness.
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Editorials serve as a means for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board's majority.
Sometimes comments like: "Oh, your GPA is probably perfect," "So you will be graduating early?" "That major is so easy, all you have to do is read," are directed at liberal studies students.
Liberal studies students often rebut with comments such as: "Well, I am not a science minded person," or "I am sure you couldn't do the work I do."
So the question arises, are some majors harder than others? Probably not. Different majors are for different people with different strengths.
According to the Funderstanding Web site, "left brain people" tend to be strong in logic, sequential, rational, analytical and objective thinking.
Meanwhile, "Right brain people" tend to be strong in random information, intuition and holistic thinking.
It is clear that some people are left-brained - engineers, lawyers, physicians and nurses - while others are right-brained - philosophers, artists, writers, entertainers, dancers, actors and teachers, according to the Focus on the Family Web site.
But these dichotomies do not necessarily ensure the outcome of a student's future.
As many students can attest, people choose to change their majors. Students might change because they are unhappy, feel like they are not succeeding or because they want to make more money doing something else.
However we define ourselves as students, it is important to remember that we should consider what brings us enjoyment before what will rake in the most cash.
What will make you happy is dependent on what you value most. An enlarged salary or daily enjoyment of your job? It would be safe to assume that the perfect career is one that guarantees both.
The most crucial point to be made is that most people could not verifiably discern whether one major is "more difficult" than another. This - of course - is impossible to tell unless you have achieved earned multiple degrees in very diverse subject-matter.
The argument of "which major is harder" is absurd - about as absurd as jokes made by professor Bill Loges in the new media department, absurd like comparing Sketchers to Converse or episodes of "South Park" to those of "Sex and the City."
And if it is a sense of elitism that one may be seeking by making the claim of "supreme difficulty," that argument falls at the feet of importance.
So whether you are "right brained" or "left brained," remember this: No one cares unless you are doing something that violates your happiness.
Editorials serve as a means for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board's majority.
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