queenbee69

I'm currently in an MA Humanities program at a college around the west coast, and just stated in Sept. Over the past few weeks, I've done an enormous amount of reading and teaching of primary texts, as well as articles and theoretical stuff. I've noticed two things about humanities scholarship: 1) everyone uses big words to convey relatively simple ideas and/or to compensate for menial points. It's almost like academics are having a battle to out-write/outsmart each other. 2) There are barely ANY practical implications for ANYTHING these people study and write about. For example, they'll write a 10-page journal article critiquing the misuse of a term to signify something, but seriously you think this is going to change anything? You think anyone, besides grad students and academics, is going to read this?? Why don't you just publish a news article that people might actually read, and while you're at it why don't you write in language that doesn't take 10 minutes to decipher...? I am, however, determined to do well in my classes and on my thesis. I admit that I secretly enjoy writing and contributing to this pointless type of analysis. I do want to transfer to law though, and I'm actually quite determined to be a lawyer, because YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH A JD.