The Importance of Interdisciplinary Multidimensional Engagement
Two years ago, when I was finishing high school, I faced one of the most important decisions of my life: should I follow my passion and study art history, or should I go to business school. I was born in Mexico, and I lived there all my life. Mexican universities are different than the ones in the United States. They are much more specialized in specific fields, and while that prepares you a lot to be very good at one thing, it lacks the holistic approach of the liberal arts. High schoolers pick their major before applying to university and they need to stick with it for the rest of their college path. There is some leeway for combining similar fields like international business and international relations, for example, but it is unthinkable to mix fields that are “unrelated”.
