I used to live in Canada until I was 21 years old, and Ive since moved to the US (California). Im now 31. When I lived there, I thought that to be successful I had to go to university and major in Comp Sci, Engineering, Business or Sciences.....but since then, Ive realized that it doesnt major what you major in, as long as you are good at it, you will be successful (and even earn money). For example, my husband majored in Geography. Yes, a BA in Geography. He was great at it, got As and Bs. Well that led him to go to Law School and now he's a Prosecutor at the District Attorneys office. Had he believed that only the things that some consider successful (Comp Sci, Engineering, Sciences, Commerce etc etcc)..he would have majored in one of those, got a crappy GPA and never got admission into law school.
My point is that I think there might be more opportunities than you think there are if you stick to what you are passionate about - even if they are not directly in that field (ie a BA in Geography might not have the jobs)..but then you could pursue other things with it..an MA in Geography would have allowed him to work for the city or state in GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for Canada.
Im prolly going to get some heat for this, but I think that the above statements I made are more true in the USA than Canada..there seems to be more opportunities to succeed in whatever you are good at here, then in Canada..it seems to be more narrower in terms of options. Yes, there are lots of other problems here (such as healthcare), but thats not what this thread is about.
Come to think of it, my whole post was off topic, but I just got thinking after reading some of the above mentioned posts.
So to get back on track, another "strange" class I took was called - "Sport in America". Got to learn all about how sports influence society. Did a paper on hockey and violence.
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