... medical school applicants who majored in humanities ... are much in demand, and have been for years. None of these things are mutually exclusive, though the study of diverse and less directly profitable subjects may be increasingly difficult for the typical student to pursue in today’s economy... knowing a few surgeons ... seem to suffer from a deficit in humanities education.
Agreed!
This brings to mind a series of about 6 old posts, beginning
here... also, I think, some wisdom here, for life-long learners:
DH was a physician. But was so interested in history. He read 2 texts per week on some topic he was into... You can get into any topic, but being a physician made the money. I have read so many European classics in literature, maybe more than more literature majors. Yet I took engineering and ended on Wall st. Didn't stop me from reading 7000 pages of Proust. I think you can cover a lot of the humanities on your own when gifted... focus on what gives you a job.
