what, arts students are not smart now?

i was told that around 20 years ago, the faculty of commerce (in undergraduate program) was the dumping ground instead of the faculty of arts. what i mean by dumping ground is where students apply to just for the sake of going to university because they don’t know what they really want to do in the future yet, or they simply don’t have the required GPA to get into their desired faculty, so since arts is easier to get in, they use it as a stepping stone and later transfer to something “better”.
my friend was ranting to me the other day: “i’m so sick of people in my class that just don’t care and don’t participate...and i didn’t come here to learn with people who are just using arts as a dumping ground!” she was really angry.
so i wonder why, why was it a 360 degree difference 20 years ago..maybe that was when the hippie age was taking place- when people strive for justice, equality, and change- thats why they would go into arts and learn more about deeper philosophy behind matter. and now commerce is like the faculty that everyone wants to get in because thats what generally leads u to earning real money.
more worse is that, its almost like being in commerce defines if one’s intelligent or not.
that really disgusts me. especially when my economics professor would say “yea because this is what makes the world go around” .. um no it’s not.

no, it’s not.

I strongly believe not only that the world doesn’t run solely because of the people who know how to use and earn money, but more firmly that intelligence cannot be determined by knowing how to run a business, being sneaky and tricky enough to make the most profits to yourself by taking away other’s, or in general, be good with money. I literally feel sick after an economics class because the whole lecture would be about how to maximize your benefits, how the flow of money keeps the world from collapsing. To clarify, I have no offense against those who are good at commerce. In fact, I think some people are made for it and if they don’t go into this field, it would be a waste. I am just really against the idea of things that evolve around money is what runs this world that I’m living in. Because it’s such a misleading belief, it’s not improving anything out of so much in nowadays society that truly needs improvements, that is dying for changes.
Sometimes I wonder if I am just fooling myself; just because I am not good at economics (since thats the only math course i take) that’s why I don’t believe in it. Maybe i’m just covering my weakness up by making all these rationalization about how many other things are more important than money. I think the reason why I have this doubt in myself at times is because of my surroundings. When one is in an environment where a certain thing is being reinforced, approved, and even appraised,so much, it is extremely difficult to not eventually believe in it. maybe that’s what strikes me sometimes.
I will not deny the fact that money and business and whatever goes around it are very important to the society today, but why now? why so important now? why more and more students want to get into commerce? what happened in between these 20 years, or more? so many questions in my head that are unanswered, and i’m sure that goes with a lot of people out there too.

to be honest, I still get offended by the idea that knowing how to deal with money determines if one is smart or not.
If you’re not in arts, and if you do not indulge in artsy fartsy stuff and you’re just in arts because of whatever reason, you don’t understand how degrading it feels when people ask you “oh what faculty are you in?” “arts” “oh..”. That “oh” is like, “oh man i’m sorry” or sometimes worse when they say, “oh THAT’S OKAY”. what do you mean “that’s okay”?! there’s nothing about me that i need to hear a “that’s okay” from you, you know? I enjoy writing and learning about deeper issues in the society more than learning how to make the most money I could and anything else. THAT’S why I’m in arts. I like to take an abstract view on things, to see them and analyze them in deeper levels. I didn’t come into this faculty to hear “it’s okay that you’re in arts” because it SHOULD be okay, not just okay, it’s good, it’s fucking fantastic.
yea sorry but it’s just so annoying when people are like oh what faculty are you in “commerce” “oh wow smart guy” versus “arts” “oh.......”
 yea.
I don’t think any “smart” guy in commerce can write a A+ philosophy paper and an english student might suck at econ. Just making my point across in a lamer and simpler way.