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19 Things Only History Majors Will Understand

Can you relate?

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19 Things Only History Majors Will Understand
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I have always been interested in history. I didn't even question the fact that I wanted to study it after I graduated high school. It helps us understand the world and look at things from different perspectives. While it does come with its challenges, there's nothing else I'd rather be doing:

1. Just because you're good at remembering dates, does not mean you're just as good with remembering plans.

2. Your best friends are Google Scholar and JSTOR.

3. Having to deal with the people that say History isn't a "real major"...

4. Or they say "it's an easy major."

5. When you notice all the historical accuracies in movies.

6. And then there are the films that aren't so accurate at all...

7. Your very existence revolves around footnotes and bibliographies.

8. When people assume you're going to become a teacher.

9. Or they tell you that you're not going to make money with it.

10. You can crank out a 12 page paper within a matter of a few days.

11. Most of your tuition goes to the enormous amounts of books you need for one semester.

12. And then your first assignment is to read an entire book within 3 days.

13. You have a hard time deciding what period of history is your favorite.

14. Historical documentaries are your favorite and consume 75% of your Netflix queue.

15. Going to museums are the best way to spend a day.


16. When you pass out after only doing a quarter of your daily assigned readings.

17. And because of this, you've become a pro skimmer.

18. Your future travel destinations are ranked based on what museums/monuments they have.

19. Despite all this you know you made the best decision.

These are things that every history major out there knows to be true. Though it's a lot of hard work, and there are several misconceptions surrounding it, we're so happy and proud to be studying history in college. Here's to all the history majors.

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