All too often, I get the question "You're majoring in that? Isn't that a waste of time?"

Something that I hear quite frequently when I tell people what I'm studying in college is that it will be hard for me to find a job and even harder for me to make money. I'm not going into a field that immediately equals a job outside of college such as nursing or teaching. I'm also not going into a field that always equals money like accounting or engineering. So many times, people kind of condescend me when I tell them my major. They think I'm wasting my time, I'm too naive to understand how the real world works, or that I picked my major because it's easy and I was afraid of a "harder" major.

I know people think I'm wasting my time, but I'm not. The world is always changing, jobs are changing. In the world we live in today, studying anything can help you get further in your life and whatever career you choose.

The truth of the matter is, even if you don't think of a career path when you hear my major, that doesn't mean there isn't one. A liberal arts major with a broad range of how it can be applied can be very useful in the world. Sure, it'll take a lot of hard work and perseverance, but any career will take that. There is no such thing as an easy career.

That's the real world. I understand completely how it works. I've seen people who have majors that should have automatically equaled a job after graduation working minimum wage jobs because that's the economy and the world we live in. I've seen the same thing happen to people who have the same major as I do. And I've seen ample amount of people succeed. The reality in the world of college-aged people is that none of us are guaranteed a job. My liberal arts degree is no more likely or less likely to equal a job or money than anyone else's.

You don't think my degree is worthless, but even if you ignore the fact of how insulting that is to tell me, it's none of your business. Maybe there are no jobs specifically titled for people with my major, but that doesn't make it worthless. It doesn't mean I'm going to spend the rest of my life as a barista. However, even if I do spend the rest of my life with a job I could have gotten without my degree, I wouldn't trade my college experience for anything.

The things I've learned at college go far beyond just applying them to a job. I've gained skills in so many things that have impacted my entire life such.

So yes, I'm getting a liberal arts degree. No, I'm not wasting my time.