Are English majors considered smart?

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought English majors were people who weren't strong in any other subject area. I didn't consider them "not smart," but I assumed they weren't well rounded, and couldn't "cut it" in a "real major."

Well since assumptions are almost always right, particularly when they about vast groups of people, yours must be spot on.

OP asked a question and I answered. I didn't say I was correct, just what I thought. If they can get a job that pays well with an English major, then what anyone else thinks is irrelevant. Heck, it's irrelevant even if they can't find a job.

Wow.

"I didn't say I was correct".

Well, that sure is helpful.



What other wild speculation you can't defend and has no use or purpose would you like to proffer?

You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word "considered." OP asked if English majors are "considered" smart. I responded with how I viewed them. That's what considered means. OP didn't ask for facts backed up with supporting data. My "wild speculation" specifically responded to OP's question. Sorry you have a problem with my direct response to the question posed.

What I have a problem with was well explained in my two prior posts. No one asked YOU for YOUR opinion. Also, it was a purposefully inflammatory trollbait question and you barged into it like a puppy down the stairs. You should stop.

Sorry, but you don't get to dictate who gives their opinions on a public discussion board. OP asked a question on a public board. By doing so, she opened the discussion to ANYONE interested in responding, including ME. You don't like my response? Too bad. That's what I think. I think philosophy majors are incredibly smart and would have said so if that's what OP asked. OP asked about English majors, so I gave my opinion on them, which seems to have made you very defensive and unhinged.

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Anonymous wrote:Ellie Kemper was a guest judge on AGT this week. I looked her up in Wikipedia and learned that she has a BA in English from Princeton.

You can major in literally anything at Princeton and be fine. But nobody takes English majors from tailgate states and commuter colleges seriously.

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English major at non-elite college = passive and booky, likely future elementary school teacher or HR role

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought English majors were people who weren't strong in any other subject area. I didn't consider them "not smart," but I assumed they weren't well rounded, and couldn't "cut it" in a "real major."

Well since assumptions are almost always right, particularly when they about vast groups of people, yours must be spot on.

OP asked a question and I answered. I didn't say I was correct, just what I thought. If they can get a job that pays well with an English major, then what anyone else thinks is irrelevant. Heck, it's irrelevant even if they can't find a job.

Wow.

"I didn't say I was correct".

Well, that sure is helpful.



What other wild speculation you can't defend and has no use or purpose would you like to proffer?

You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word "considered." OP asked if English majors are "considered" smart. I responded with how I viewed them. That's what considered means. OP didn't ask for facts backed up with supporting data. My "wild speculation" specifically responded to OP's question. Sorry you have a problem with my direct response to the question posed.

What I have a problem with was well explained in my two prior posts. No one asked YOU for YOUR opinion. Also, it was a purposefully inflammatory trollbait question and you barged into it like a puppy down the stairs. You should stop.

Sorry, but you don't get to dictate who gives their opinions on a public discussion board. OP asked a question on a public board. By doing so, she opened the discussion to ANYONE interested in responding, including ME. You don't like my response? Too bad. That's what I think. I think philosophy majors are incredibly smart and would have said so if that's what OP asked. OP asked about English majors, so I gave my opinion on them, which seems to have made you very defensive and unhinged.

You are another person who did not learn about irony, which is dripping from your own post.

My opinion, which you agree is totally legitimate to be posted here, is that your opinion on this topic is ignorant, unhelpful, and should be ignored.

So, we're all good now?

/not an English major, but I believe I'd be better educated if I had been.
// this forum is a place where people discount the entire Western canon including Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Whitman, etc and say people who study these things are "not smart". Comically ignorant, really.

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/// doesn’t understand irony

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Anonymous wrote:/// doesn’t understand irony

Example of irony in pp's post:

"I get to give my opinion, because it's an open forum, and you don't".

//// irony
///// understand pefectly

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Anonymous wrote:English majors, unite! Let's take a stand in our workplaces!

Refuse to review your colleague's resume! Insist that you can't possibly edit the engineering study for readability. That contract that is about to be submitted? Yes, it's rife with errors, but you are not to get involved.

The new associate being interviewed right now? Make yourself scarce! Let your boss cringe at her incorrect verb tenses, her inability to form a coherent thought and inappropriate slang peppering her speech.

Also, all research will cease immediately. My fellow English majors, I'm sending you a semi-coded message here. You know what I mean. No delving into new topics just because you are interested and/or want to learn more for yourself. No. Stop it. You will stab blindly through meeting after meeting, endure involved project discussions and even hear your supervisor mention the same set of phrases that are oddly familiar yet just out of reach to you but you must resist. This is critical; no light reading on the subject, no finding related sources, no connections or nuances are allowed to be found.

Put your reading glasses aside. There will be no "cleaning up" or "editing for content" (just this once, he says) anymore. Turn off the lights and unplug, English majors!

Hm ok. Since that's all you are good for, have fun writing silly analogies on Starbucks cups. You service those with skills.

Outstanding reading comprehension and analysis there, PP. D-

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Anonymous wrote:Ellie Kemper was a guest judge on AGT this week. I looked her up in Wikipedia and learned that she has a BA in English from Princeton.

You can major in literally anything at Princeton and be fine. But nobody takes English majors from tailgate states and commuter colleges seriously.

Huh. I was an English (and history!) major from no name tiny midwestern liberal arts college and ended up an FSO (admittedly, a stop a a top 10 grad school in between). Now I'm at a think tank directing the program of my regional expertise. Apparently lot of people didn't get the memo that they should't take me seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:English major at non-elite college = passive and booky, likely future elementary school teacher or HR role

I was an English major at non-elite, pretty mediocre liberal arts college. I went to a T14 law school and am currently a SAHM. I was at a boutique law firm, doing copyright litigation. I won some big cases that were national news. I quit practicing law after having a kid with autism who needed a stay-at-home parent. If I had chosen to stay, I would have been a partner. I was offered a partnership before I stopped practicing.

Most of my classmates ended up in law school. One of my friends is a law professor. One of my friends is a partner at a white shoe firm in Chicago. Two of my friends own their own small law firms. One of my friends quit her law job and owns a quilt shop. One of my friends quit practicing law and is currently working as a researcher for Westlaw in Minneapolis. Another friend got a PhD in political science after law school and is now a research fellow at University of Minnesota.

All in all, we had generally good career outcomes.

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Anonymous wrote:Ellie Kemper was a guest judge on AGT this week. I looked her up in Wikipedia and learned that she has a BA in English from Princeton.

You can major in literally anything at Princeton and be fine. But nobody takes English majors from tailgate states and commuter colleges seriously.

HA! I was thinking the same thing. My DD majored in English at Princeton and at age 26 makes $160k a year plus bonus in the consulting business.

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One of the better DCUM throwdowns I’ve seen in a good while. Enjoying it.

- History Major

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Nerds come together

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Anonymous wrote:English major at non-elite college = passive and booky, likely future elementary school teacher or HR role

I was an English major at non-elite, pretty mediocre liberal arts college. I went to a T14 law school and am currently a SAHM. I was at a boutique law firm, doing copyright litigation. I won some big cases that were national news. I quit practicing law after having a kid with autism who needed a stay-at-home parent. If I had chosen to stay, I would have been a partner. I was offered a partnership before I stopped practicing.

Most of my classmates ended up in law school. One of my friends is a law professor. One of my friends is a partner at a white shoe firm in Chicago. Two of my friends own their own small law firms. One of my friends quit her law job and owns a quilt shop. One of my friends quit practicing law and is currently working as a researcher for Westlaw in Minneapolis. Another friend got a PhD in political science after law school and is now a research fellow at University of Minnesota.

All in all, we had generally good career outcomes.

+1 English major from tiny mid-west college no one hears about. Very accomplished classmates among my fellow English majors (professors, lawyers, judges, authors, university administrators, teachers, politicians, judges, etc.). I'm a retired law partner (and also did the SAHM thing for years when my preemie was born).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:English major at non-elite college = passive and booky, likely future elementary school teacher or HR role

I was an English major at non-elite, pretty mediocre liberal arts college. I went to a T14 law school and am currently a SAHM. I was at a boutique law firm, doing copyright litigation. I won some big cases that were national news. I quit practicing law after having a kid with autism who needed a stay-at-home parent. If I had chosen to stay, I would have been a partner. I was offered a partnership before I stopped practicing.

Most of my classmates ended up in law school. One of my friends is a law professor. One of my friends is a partner at a white shoe firm in Chicago. Two of my friends own their own small law firms. One of my friends quit her law job and owns a quilt shop. One of my friends quit practicing law and is currently working as a researcher for Westlaw in Minneapolis. Another friend got a PhD in political science after law school and is now a research fellow at University of Minnesota.

All in all, we had generally good career outcomes.

+1 English major from tiny mid-west college no one hears about. Very accomplished classmates among my fellow English majors (professors, lawyers, judges, authors, university administrators, teachers, politicians, judges, etc.). I'm a retired law partner (and also did the SAHM thing for years when my preemie was born).

Oh, I forgot about the authors! Two of my classmates are authors. One supports herself fully by writing science fiction and has a pretty lucrative income from that. The other is a singer who supports herself with her music and who also has a couple of novels out.

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It was a big major at my school, so like any other big major, it attracted a big mix of kids.