Journal 1:

To describe the humanities to someone outside of the area to start would be that there is no adequate idea of humanities. Instead of an idea of humanities it is more of a world of humanities that factor into a lot of things. Business people, politicians, and university administrators usually worry most about humanities because they are geared towards training students for the workplace and not distinguishing history. From the article What were the humanities, Anyways? It says, “We might say that the humanities are becoming a “meta-discipline.” But a concept of the humanities that transcends or overflows the established disciplines is a beast that has been vaguely denoted rather than concretely apprehended. I interpret this as humanities becoming less talked about then they really should be and that people tend to put them down.

Journal 2:

Part 1:

I think learning the humanities personally really helps with critical thinking. I think this helps because it makes me look at things from a different perspective and open to hearing others perspectives on a topic. I think professionally I think I learn the value of learning what others have for an opinion and not just going with my own personal opinion. This is important because others around me in a professional setting might have a better opinion and it would help to be more open to learning new ways. In the article from Helen Small’s it talks about how defending the humanities. I agree with this because I think it is very important to defend humanites and be able to discuss them.

Part 2:

For my career goals I want to work in a field of business. I think the skills I have learned with taking both business classes as well as communication classes set me up for success with being able to adapt to the “Adult world”. The skills I have learned in classes with being able to submit work on deadlines will help me be able to work in fast pace environments. I mainly look for fast paced environments especially as an athlete I think it helps my skills translate to be able to work fast. Over the summer I did a business internship in sales which was very fast paced and I enjoy that kind of environment. Some of the tasks I performed during this internship, were doing cold calls this was a tough skill to pick up but I did learn it well. In the future I would like to get away from cold calls and get more into personal relationships with clients.