In the interest of pointing out how valuable a fine arts education can be in “real life,” here’s a couple of practical ways that being (among other things) a theatre major in college helped during last week’s move as we trekked our life in a moving truck up the East coast.
1. “Of course I know how to tape that. I was a theatre major!”
2. Changing from work clothes into a suit for an interview in a small bathroom in under two minutes.
3. Determining what type of plywood would be necessary to fix a furniture issue after moving in.
4. General improvisation when the entire schedule for the day begins to closely resemble a train wreck.
See? Who says an arts education isn’t valuable? And the adventure continues…