Are English majors considered smart?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Smart maybe, but not employable.

If you can write, that’s employable.

Yes, McD is always hiring.

I dunno many white collar work that doesn’t require writing. Even at McD, if you want to move up the ladder, flipping skills + being able to write = golden.

You mean like "Would you like some fries with that?"??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an English major an am smarter than most. Intellectually more than street smarts. I have an okay job making 150k and enjoy what I do. All of my managers have appreciated my reading, writing and presentation skills. You’d think that’s a minor thing but nope.

What field?

I’m a 32 year old program manager at a defense contractor. I’m sure other will rip my salary to shreds but most of my coworkers are in similar majors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s like Hispanic students majoring in Spanish because that’s their native language.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an English major an am smarter than most. Intellectually more than street smarts. I have an okay job making 150k and enjoy what I do. All of my managers have appreciated my reading, writing and presentation skills. You’d think that’s a minor thing but nope.

150k in DC is pretty poor for a college-educated person, who probably has family connections.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an English major an am smarter than most. Intellectually more than street smarts. I have an okay job making 150k and enjoy what I do. All of my managers have appreciated my reading, writing and presentation skills. You’d think that’s a minor thing but nope.

150k in DC is pretty poor for a college-educated person, who probably has family connections.

A smart $150,000 English Major will hook up with another English Major that makes $150,000 for double the income @ $300,000/year. A smart family should be able survive on this income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an English major an am smarter than most. Intellectually more than street smarts. I have an okay job making 150k and enjoy what I do. All of my managers have appreciated my reading, writing and presentation skills. You’d think that’s a minor thing but nope.

150k in DC is pretty poor for a college-educated person, who probably has family connections.

I have no family connections. More than anything, I love my job and only work 40 hours. I work close to home too.

I knew dcum would tear apart my job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an English major an am smarter than most. Intellectually more than street smarts. I have an okay job making 150k and enjoy what I do. All of my managers have appreciated my reading, writing and presentation skills. You’d think that’s a minor thing but nope.

150k in DC is pretty poor for a college-educated person, who probably has family connections.

^ LOL what an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Smart, yes. Annoying AF, yes. I always found English majors to be a cult of people so enamored with their grasp of literature and out to write the same hackneyed novel shit you see in the store “The Farmer’s Daughter” “The Proctologist’s wife” etc...

That said, I think writing is a great and very employable skill to have. Every job I have had, and I have had many, required writing and I wish I were better at it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, you can certainly tell DCUM posters are defensive about it.

I was not an English major. I just think it’s a weird question. The dumbest person I ever met was in the dental school at Pitt. It hurt my head listening to the crap she prattled about. But she’s a dentist now.

That doesn't mean she was the "dumbest person". Maybe you were not at the same level as her intellectually speaking

She spent a lot of time talking about NASCAR racing sign girls (her summer job). Definitely not my same intellectual level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smart, yes. Annoying AF, yes. I always found English majors to be a cult of people so enamored with their grasp of literature and out to write the same hackneyed novel shit you see in the store “The Farmer’s Daughter” “The Proctologist’s wife” etc...

That said, I think writing is a great and very employable skill to have. Every job I have had, and I have had many, required writing and I wish I were better at it.

What kind of store are you visiting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, you can certainly tell DCUM posters are defensive about it.

I was not an English major. I just think it’s a weird question. The dumbest person I ever met was in the dental school at Pitt. It hurt my head listening to the crap she prattled about. But she’s a dentist now.

That doesn't mean she was the "dumbest person". Maybe you were not at the same level as her intellectually speaking

She spent a lot of time talking about NASCAR racing sign girls (her summer job). Definitely not my same intellectual level.

Not means she just had a different interest. You sound narrow minded and not very smart.

[Anonymous]

^ *That, not "Not"

[Anonymous]

Only if they go straight in to law school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if they go straight in to law school

Double dumb

[Anonymous]

Smart and Wise are two different things.