Here's a definition of "important" - as important as you had thought it might be when you selected the course. I'm guessing philosophy haters are like militant atheists - they don't really think it's an objectively terrible thing, they are just a bit bitter and disappointed.

The entire question is deeply subjective, which just underlines my bemusement at people accusing pg of ignorance for seeming to take a given position on the question.

When you talk like that you sound like someone who equates 'subjective' with 'useless'

The subjective is very important which is precisely the value of philosophy and other liberal arts.