Please excuse me for a moment, or a few moments, while I complain...
A lot of times I feel like people look down on my major. The most common reaction I get is generally "oh so you want to be an English teacher." As if this is the ONLY possible thing that one could do with their English major. Really? An English major is actually a very flexible major that can lead into the fields of writing, editing, publishing, teaching and research, advertising, public relations, law, and even finance. Obviously in many circumstances graduate school will be required, but really there are few jobs that do not expect you to go to graduate school, given the steady increase in competitiveness in the work force. Not to mention, that in any career, advanced analytically and writing skills are an immense help.
I also feel as though people often see my major is one of the "easy" majors and that it is not near as great a challenge as some of the business, sciences, etc. Every course is rigorous in its own way and until you have actually gotten a degree in every major, I think your opinion of which major is "the most difficult" is horse poo.
Lastly, I would like to share this article about editors (since that is what I want to do) to send my point home. I found this article very interesting and highly recommend giving it a looksie. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392032/Million-dollar-typos-cause-worldwide-losses.html
For anyone reading this, it is in no direct rebuttal to anyone's comments and I mean offence to no one. This is rather a complaint of a collection of comments that have annoyed me for some time.
A lot of times I feel like people look down on my major. The most common reaction I get is generally "oh so you want to be an English teacher." As if this is the ONLY possible thing that one could do with their English major. Really? An English major is actually a very flexible major that can lead into the fields of writing, editing, publishing, teaching and research, advertising, public relations, law, and even finance. Obviously in many circumstances graduate school will be required, but really there are few jobs that do not expect you to go to graduate school, given the steady increase in competitiveness in the work force. Not to mention, that in any career, advanced analytically and writing skills are an immense help.
I also feel as though people often see my major is one of the "easy" majors and that it is not near as great a challenge as some of the business, sciences, etc. Every course is rigorous in its own way and until you have actually gotten a degree in every major, I think your opinion of which major is "the most difficult" is horse poo.
Lastly, I would like to share this article about editors (since that is what I want to do) to send my point home. I found this article very interesting and highly recommend giving it a looksie. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392032/Million-dollar-typos-cause-worldwide-losses.html
For anyone reading this, it is in no direct rebuttal to anyone's comments and I mean offence to no one. This is rather a complaint of a collection of comments that have annoyed me for some time.
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