My Unmarketable Major

Today I was getting a ride home from my ninja academy when the topic of college came up. They asked what colleges I applied to them. I gave them a list of small violently liberal schools on opposite sides of the continent. They asked what I wanted to major in and I replied confidently, "Anthropology."

"Hmm...Well that's very interesting. Not very marketable, but interesting."

To my credit, I recovered very well. "Well yes, but then I would combine it with a major or minor in something that would be marketable such as industrial welding or agriculture technology (both of which being common majors in my lovely hometown)."

The rest of the car ride home was relatively silent.

I began to think about it. How marketable was my dream degree. I love the concept of majoring in anthropology, the exciting allure of study abroad programs in far off lands, staying in mountain nations sheathed in early morning fog and surrounded by the ghosts of the past as I excavate an ancient bread cabinet. Perhaps I've just read too much National Geographic, however I refused to believe that this dream major of mine was truly unmarketable. Surely there was large demand for people with an extensive knowledge of ancient burial rituals. I don't exactly want to work in a museum when I grow up, but after watching The Librarian I think I could pull it off.

Seriously, Google that right now. The Librarian is basically everything that Indiana Jones strove to be but with slightly less plot, more CG, and also Noah Wyle.