I majored in STFU

I have a new appreciation for English majors. Here is the breakdown of every conversation I've had in the last 2 weeks:

Them- "Oh you just graduated? What did you major in?"

Me- "Business"

Them- "What do you want to do with that?"

Me- *cocks gun*

What the fuck do you mean what do I want to do with my BUSINESS major? How does WORK FOR A BUSINESS sound? It's as if they expect me to spew out some nonsense about my plans to use my undergraduate business major as a tool to save the world. It's a fucking business major. I didn't major in biomedical engineering or ceramics. It's not some secret code. It's a business major!!!

My only comfort is in knowing that at least when they ask me that question (as opposed to asking an English major) it is with an undertone of curiosity instead of skepticism.

When people say "I majored in English" the other person usually hears "I am full of shit and probably think I am better than you" or "I want to be poor".

When people say "I majored in Business" the other person usually hears "I'm a dumb frat boy and think I am going to be really rich" or "I wasn't allowed to graduate with a major in 'undecided' so I picked the most generic major".

What's sad is that those stereotypes (like most) are generally accurate. My classes are full of kids who have absolutely no interest in any of the material. This can be really frustrating because, aside from the occasional quip, I take my major pretty seriously. I am not suggesting that I am fully engaged in every one of my business classes (read: accounting and finance) but the overall major is something that actually interests me. This would merely be an annoyance that I could easily deal with by assuring myself that most of my classmates will likely end up becoming a wildly successful assistant managers at Ruby Tuesday, but unfortunately my classes force us to interact through "cooperative" group projects. Not only is this lazy and unnecessary, it is arguably one of the top 5 sources of stress in my school life. Maybe top 3. But I digress...

I have yet to come up with an adequate response to the insufferable question about my intentions regarding my major that would satisfy the curiosity of the people asking it. It doesn't help that no one knows what the hell Management Information Systems is. If I could say Marketing or Accounting people might leave me alone. I say MIS and people look at me with the same face every time. It is this halfsie open-mouthed smile with the eyebrows raised like "I should probably know what that is but I don't so I am just going to look moderately interested until she explains what it means or gives me a clue". Which is why I usually follow it up with "you know... computer stuff" while my internal self begins bashing its head against a wall.

Ceramics is looking more attractive by the minute.