In your group of friends, I'm sure you'll find that most people have completely different majors. That's the beauty of college, you meet all kinds of people. Engineering, history, political science, chemistry, business, just to name a few. Everybody has their own passion, and for those in college, they're choosing to dedicate the four or more years to learning and expanding that passion.
But you know what I'm tired of in college? People feeling the need to claim their major is better than someone else's, or that someone else's major is worth nothing. As a business major, I can attest to this occurring frequently. I'm tired of it.
I get it, being an engineering major is hard. Being a chemistry major is hard. Being any sort of STEM major is incredibly demanding. However, it's not the only field that requires you to put your everything into it. My major is not easy by any standards. So please stop telling me that I "don't even know how hard it gets".
I have several friends studying in the STEM field, and let me tell you, they don't prepare you for the real world. As a business major, you have to take classes that tend to focus around real-world, everyday problems, specifically in economics. And believe me, economics is not easy whatsoever. But it teaches you how the world works, and I know I'll be forever grateful for those boring lectures I had to sit through every week. If you asked a STEM major what aggregate supply and demand, real vs. nominal GDP, or what a long run equilibrium graph looks like, they'd be just as confused as if they were asking a non-STEM major questions about their classes.
See? There's not a good way to judge which major is the best one. All majors have their advantages and disadvantages. All majors play a role in a functioning society. It's true that some majors have a better chance of getting a job right out of college, but that doesn't mean those who don't have a job immediately didn't put their all into a field they love.
All I ask is that you do not try to discredit anyone's major. Whether it be in English, business, teaching, art, or music, we all work our butts off for that day we get to walk across the stage.
