Recently, I read an article on Forbes listing the "Highest and Lowest Paying College Majors," which resulted in not much of a surprise. Among the top-paying fields featured were geological engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering (and perhaps any other engineering you can name), in addition to pharmaceutical sciences. Among the lowest paying majors highlighted were early childhood and elementary education, social work, theology, drama, visual and performance arts. There has long been a relentless attitude towards artistic disciplines that require more reading and writing than arithmetic and science.Too often they are addressed as mediocre, inferior, or not as important as medical or business fields.

Truth be told, Art disciplines are tremendously under appreciated and I argue this by the simple fact that there somehow has to be this need for distinction between the arts and sciences. Not too long ago did I watch an Archaeosoup Productions interview on, where two archaeologists spoke about lower funding in their field compared to curative disciplines because apparently excavations that can lead to a better understanding of human existence is not as important. Not to mention, the primary reason that archaeologists tend to battle these challenges is because of its title as a social science. Basically, if it were a natural science pay rates and funding would not ever be a question.

So in reality, it isn't Forbes putting down the need of scholarly educators, religious teachers, and entertainers it's these high corporations that refuse to put in the time and finances to capture the next biggest star or scholars. But what I don't understand is how can the world spin on its axle without the melody of music or how would anyone know about these ancient scientific discoveries without providing school systems for children early on? Or, what about going through high school---one of the most difficult periods of teenage years-- without a professional to talk to? These simple, yet highly needed careers continue to be overlooked because they are just that-- a necessity of life that we are often too used to having. Therefore, we regard them as the penny-pinchers and create wide-stream audience buzz telling kids that they're better off engineering gold minds than writing the next biggest movie or illustrating propaganda against world hunger.

So, to students (or grown ups) know that there is no task too minor or negligible to tackle. In fact, let's teach ourselves and future generations that broadway stars do more than sashay around the stage with glittery shoes, and teachers deserve equal pay as doctors and lawyers for the lives they change and impact they endlessly give. But more importantly, before we argue about the antics between science and artist fields let's remember that a country like America thrives because of these "trivial" jobs just as much as any listed affluent job on the market.