The title may have made this sound like this article was going to be a joke, but I am being completely serious when I say that I am proud of humanities majors.

You guys have the bravery and guts that I just don't have within me. I consider myself to be a person who is pretty open to trying new things and exploring just about everything in the world around me, but I could never make the decision to major in the humanities. You all are going to make your passions for literature, music, history, languages, etc. work for you someday, even if it might seem difficult at this point in time, which is amazing.

I do believe that you all are extremely smart, even if the rest of the world does not. Most of you are looked down on in society because your majors seem impractical, as if you all do not plan for the future at all. I would be extremely surprised if you had not gotten any comments and questions that range from, "So what can you actually do with that degree?" to a plain "That's dumb," or any snide remark. If you have been looking for someone who is on your side, but who is also not one of you, you have come to the right place.

Myself being a social science major sort of puts me in between the negatively seen humanities majors and the positively seen Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors. Similar to most of you, I'm guessing, I was a book worm growing up, whether reading on long car rides or after a sports practice.

You could have found me at book club meeting, writing a short story in my bedroom, or discussing history and its effects with just about anybody. I have also always loved listening to music, but I never really got into playing an instrument besides some piano lessons with my grandmother and now I am slowly learning how to play acoustic guitar.

So we do have a lot in common, besides the fact that you guys have guts. I also hope I do not come off as being disappointed with my own majors being in the social sciences field. I am definitely happy with my majors and all the classes that I have been taking for them; I am just admitting that I think you guys are great and I admire you, even though you are taking a different path in life than myself.

A part of me does wish that I did have the nerve to major in the humanities, but the way that I am is just too practical, and I personally believe that majoring in the social sciences will allow me to make the largest positive impact on society that I can muster.

So don't let anyone put you down, because you probably know what you are doing. You might be planning on becoming a teacher, an artist, a musician, or maybe you are still trying to figure out what exactly you want to do.

But despite everything, your courage, and maybe you never thought of it like this, is inspirational and hopefully your success will push others to follow in your footsteps and also become humanities majors that this world needs, even if it doesn't quite know you guys' importance just yet.