Have you ever been asked what the Humanities are good for?

[flamin lib]

44. Winning Pub Trivia Night

True, but you don't have to have a degree in the Humanities to appreciate the humanities. A single course or two can make a difference in the way an individual evaluates ideas. I have an MBA and haven't studied any poetry since high school, but a six-weeks or two of poetry in high school still made an impact on me that I carry to this day. I never studied physics, but I've watched physics shows on public television and history on the history channel, and each of these things have broadened my horizons and caused me to evaluate certain things in light of the knowledge that I gained from those brief experiences. They make me thirst for more, and so I pick up something esoteric to read from time to time - just because . . . . And what about the theater or the symphony or the ballet I attend from time to time, or just see on television . . . . These beautiful experiences are no less valid if they are experienced through the mass media. I never had the chance to hear Martin Luther King speak, but I've heard his "I have a dream" speech. Haven't you? Didn't it cause you to empathize to some degree with those who shared his dream?
Mrs. Flamin' Lib - my thoughts, not his.