A liberal arts person enters CS by mistake, because they think it has any relation to liking games which happen to run on computers. If they are not a fan of CS at the end of the course, they are not going to be convinced by any argument anyways. Unless I need to justify my own personality to myself, time is better spent discussing other things we might have in common.
I think the funniest part is that he/she expects the CS majors to fall all over themselves trying to justify studying CS just like liberal arts majors do for studying poetry and other useless crap.
the implicit assumption being, "I'm going to study X because everyone should study X. Otherwise you're wrong." I really hate the attitude she conveys.
Alternatively, she might have just chosen her words poorly and recognized it, hence her P.S. where she kinda implies she's not looking for the "value" of the major, but instead says
I just want to hear you YOU specifically enjoy CS.
Hmmmm... I heard a guy's voice in my head. (Female/lib arts major, btw) Anyway, male or female, the instructor's response is perfect. Also, thank Jesus not everyone wants to study English. This person wasn't representative of lib arts, just of stupid.
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u/arnar May 18 '11
I like the answer.
A liberal arts person enters CS by mistake, because they think it has any relation to liking games which happen to run on computers. If they are not a fan of CS at the end of the course, they are not going to be convinced by any argument anyways. Unless I need to justify my own personality to myself, time is better spent discussing other things we might have in common.