Why would you recommend doing humanities subjects?

I think always if you have a passion for something, then that should be your first criteria for deciding on a future career. Obviously, there is always the downfall of “will it provide a steady and competitive job in the future?” That’s always probably the downfall of it, but I would say if you are passionate about humanities, if you have talent in that area, then that is something you should go for.

Why are humanities important?

I guess I would say there is something powerful in exploring the abstract and the subjective because there are things in life that you can’t always define, and there are times in life when there is more than one right answer, and I think the humanities lends itself more to exploring that route and those areas of life, whereas science and those kinds of fields are black and white many times. So I think it’s important to also look at the things that are a little bit gray.

What advice would you give to someone who wants to major in humanities?

Try to choose something that has some future options for a career that will at least provide enough money for you to live. So just look at a field or an area that may have a couple different ways that you could use your talent.