Monday letters: Humanities take you only so far

After reading two enlightening letters to the editor concerning the Carolina Core at the University of South Carolina, I was inspired to add in my own thoughts as a fully educated humanities graduate. I must say, my eyes were opened by the arguments from these missives. Their words cut through the flimsy Carolina Core like a hot claymore through cheap margarine, and I believe that we should enact their ideas in a widespread way.

The cornerstone of these brilliant arguments is that humanities classes have been strong-armed away from the Carolina Core by more lucrative fields. This notion is of great importance to not only the currently non-existent Carolina family but to the morally bankrupt American society in general. We should take action against this tyrannical eradication of the humanities.

All undergraduate students should take compulsory humanities classes, replacing upwards of 30 credit hours of any major-related classes. What use are chemistry or biology classes to a future doctor when he or she can think critically about the deep injustices inherent to the medical system? This question cannot be answered fully until every undergraduate student has a satisfactory understanding of the humanities.

Columbia

This story was originally published April 26, 2015 at 7:30 PM with the headline "Monday letters: Humanities take you only so far."