If you're a history major you understand the importance of learning about the past, especially when it comes to how the past continues to affect the present. You are blessed with learning about everything, from the ancient Greeks, to the American Revolution, and even recent history like the Iraq War. Although you love learning about the past, there are some major struggles that all history majors can relate to.
1. You become overly passionate about certain events.
Ever talk to a history major about Columbus Day? Well don't.
2. You get extremely frustrated when there are historical inaccuracies in movies or television shows... but you still watch them anyway.
Constantly trying to ignore all of the problems with "Braveheart" and "Anastasia."
3. You have a love/hate relationship with historical fiction.
But absolutely no hate for "Les Mis." "Les Mis" is perfect.
4. People expect you to know every detail of every historical event ever.
Seriously? Do I look like an encyclopedia?
...didn't think so.
5. But sometimes you truly do know everything.
Ask me basically anything about the Vietnam War and I gotchu.
6. Your post-it collection is impressive yet sad at the same time.
Your books look like this and you have absolutely no shame.
7. You get overly annoyed when people ask what you specialize in.
Uhh... how about history?
8. Your friends complain about having to buy five textbooks each semester, but you're over here buying about 30.
Books on books on books.
9. Nothing makes you happier than a book store... except the library.
It's basically heaven.
10. How about when everyone assumes you want to be a history teacher?
There is a greater importance to learning about history than just teaching it, come on people.
11. When people say you will never get a job with a history degree.
Let's take a look at some past history majors shall we?
These include past presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush. As well as (pictured below) Steve Carell, Carly Fiorina, Justice Scalia, Wolf Blitzer, Martha Stewart, and Conan O'Brien.
These are some pretty successful people. Shocker, I know.
12. The last and most infuriating struggle of them all: When people think they know everything about a historical event and you come along to politely correct them yet they continue to insist that you are wrong.
You do not know what you have gotten yourself into, Sir.
These struggles come with the territory, but we wouldn't give up being a history major for the world.
