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How do I sound like that sorry? The person above me implied that studying humanities will give you an understanding on how people work, I said no they do not lol, not even social sciences really do this. The classes are valuable and do teach important skills like the ones you mentioned, but none of those skills have anything to do with “how people work”.  Understanding “how people work” is just having good social skills and being observant, nobody teaches you this except your upbringing.
So, a person who doesn’t know shit about humanities thinks they shouldn’t be available to people who do know shit about humanities? K >

They are probably a fan of Ayn Rand. They're always coming up with silly opinions like the OP >

Define humanities… cuz a major in education, psychology, language, architecture, sociology all lead to useful professions. Teacher, psychologist, translator, psychiatrist, counselor, therapist, architect, etc. Even if more school is needed. Little more strained but Urban planning/Geography go into city planning. Making those degrees only available for the rich leads to a shortage of them. 
Even taking the majors out of it. Public unis need to still teach English, history,  communication. Those are universal skills that every Dr, Vet, lawyer, engineer need. 
Trade schools and unions need to be able to table in high schools. >

FWIW psychology, psychiatry, sociology, the various programs that produce therapists are not humanities- they are social or, in the case of psychiatry, medical sciences. Architecture is on the fence as well- with some considering it married to engineering and others considering more married to art. >

Absolutely. Depends on the university and how the majors are grouped. The social sciences tend to be under liberal arts >

"Critical thinking" alone is a humanities class. You want to keep the lower class out of something like this? Are you serious? >

Well yes, bc according to op the lower class MUST work a certain set of jobs. The rich should study whatever the fuck they want, paid by the government of course. >

When did this sub become “poorly thought out arguementative opinions” because lately that’s mostly what I’ve been seeing. >

I hate that this sub is just irrational rants that are unpopular due to how purely stupid they are >

I agree, I have probably 300 unpopular opinions, held only by myself because the opinions are stupid. I know this and the world doesn’t benefit by my making them public. So, I choose to keep them to myself. >


Government spending on education is meant to promote economic mobility in lower classes, right?

No, it's meant to educate people and create a more well rounded populace. STEM without the humanities is how you end with tech bros who don't understand how people work. >

Trust me man university level humanities does not really teach anything about how people work, that’s mostly just social skills. (And no, social sciences do not really teach social skills either) >

Have you actually been to a good university tho? Bc back in the day when I went to one they thought us critical thinking, skills needed for getting a job (communication, team working, IT competences) and gave us opportunities to network in the field of our choice. You sound like you went to uni to make friends you can party with and somehow confuse that with proper education.