- Classics does not narrow down your potentialities early as almost
any other degree does. (Publisher)
- The strength of Classics is that you are doing something intellectually
rigorous ... it has a logical approach, like Maths. (Industry)
- Classics produces an ordered mind, an ability to present cases precisely
and concisely. (Automotive industry)
- I think Classics graduates are probably better than any other discipline....they
think the pants off issues. (Advertising agency)
- Classics is a very good training indeed. Apart from all other things
it teaches you to write clearly, whereas in many other disciplines the
use of language is clumsy and unclear. (Educationalist)
- The study of Classics makes you analytical, gives you breadth in viewing
situations .... logical reasoning and numeracy go with this. Clear thinking,
the ability to order material, to adapt to different situations, all
these things.....and that is what employers are looking for. (Careers
Adviser)
- One discipline I would single out would be Classics. Classicists we
have had from the past and the very few we get now are usually very
good and sometimes quite outstanding. Classics seems to train minds
that can be used here. (Bank)
- Classicists can do anything. (Careers Adviser)
- Information Technology - they would be good at that. (several respondents)
- More Classicists find their way into management than, say, scientists...Classicists
probably take to management because they don't have particular technical
skills and they have an interest in people and the problems people present.
(Civil servant)
- Nothing you learn here (Classics at Oxford) will be of any use to
you in future life except that you will be able to tell if someone is
talking rot. (Harold Macmillan) (By the way, how many politicians, journalists,
broadcasters, and top Civil Servants have a Classical background?)
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