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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many people think its easy - I speak English, how difficult can it be? They don't understand (or don't want to understand) what the major entails. The breadth and type of literature that is read is not easy. Just try reading Chaucer's work in its original Middle English with a deep understanding followed by critical analysis and writing. I understand it's difficult to get a high paying job like in finance which is why many English majors do go on to grad school.[/quote]l

GMU English grad here again. No, it was really really easy. They even had movie classes, movies! And I skipped the hard books. Just pay attention in class and take some notes, I never read a single Faulkner book. [/quote]

Well, that's GMU for you. [/quote]

GMU major- you don't speak for all of us. My course load was high in college as an English major. I too never read a Faulkner book, but obviously read a lot of other complicated tomes. I took 3 English courses a semester and there was no way i could take more. Most of those required a book a week, so 3 books a week took a lot of time and effort before I even started on analyzing them and writing papers. Very few of my classmates made A's. It wasn't considered an easy major.[/quote]

I was an English major, too. I remember reading 3-4 novels a week. I also wrote several 10-12 page papers each semester, as well as many shorter papers. I learned how to present and defend an argument.

English wasn’t an easy major, but I would pick it again. I’ve never had a problem finding employment and I’m paid well. [/quote]

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