No Place for Humanities

NY Times article that basically sums up my life.  Here are some highlights that speak to me:

"The point of work should not be just to provide the material goods we need to survive. Since work typically takes the largest part of our time, it should also be an important part of what gives our life meaning. Our economic system works well for those who find meaning in economic competition and the material rewards it brings. To a lesser but still significant extent, our system provides meaningful work in service professions (like health and social work) for those fulfilled by helping people in great need. But for those with humanistic and artistic life interests, our economic system has almost nothing to offer."

"Teaching should be an obvious solution for many humanities majors...As for non-college teaching, the sad state of so many of our K-12 schools — with their unprepared and undisciplined students, overcrowding, lack of funding and obtuse, test-obsessed bureaucracies — make teaching there a path to frustration and burnout."

full article: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/the-real-humanities-crisis/?src=me&ref=general