Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:47
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Heh, I was an English major and then worked at Stride Rite for 5 years.
But now I'm a teacher.
But now I'm a teacher.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:46
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Anonymous wrote:Why does everybody have to work in a STEM field? You know, there are good jobs for humanities lovers out there:
law
communications
marketing
foreign service
teacher
professor
counselor
event planner
business
clergy...
to name just a few. The world needs all kinds of folks. Even shoe salespeople.
And don't forget writers and journalists. How sad would the world be without well-crafted written expression?
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:44
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Good editors are hard to find. We need more!
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:43
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Haha! I have a BA in English and minored in Paralegal studies - I'm a paralegalYeah, generally you're not going to be rich with an English degree (or any other liberal arts degree for that matter...)
You'd be wrong. Really smart, driven people who major in liberal arts will always be driven to achieve and do well. Those who are borderline college material who major in liberal arts at an average school because it sounds easy will always be average.
Being average -- oh no, perish the thought! Can't we all be exceptional?
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:42
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Why does everybody have to work in a STEM field? You know, there are good jobs for humanities lovers out there:
law
communications
marketing
foreign service
teacher
professor
counselor
event planner
business
clergy...
to name just a few. The world needs all kinds of folks. Even shoe salespeople.
law
communications
marketing
foreign service
teacher
professor
counselor
event planner
business
clergy...
to name just a few. The world needs all kinds of folks. Even shoe salespeople.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:40
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Anonymous wrote:Haha! I have a BA in English and minored in Paralegal studies - I'm a paralegal
You'd be wrong. Really smart, driven people who major in liberal arts will always be driven to achieve and do well. Those who are borderline college material who major in liberal arts at an average school because it sounds easy will always be average.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:37
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Those English majors here obviously arn't the average ones but for the rest of them, does this one come in brown leather?
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:32
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Haha! I have a BA in English and minored in Paralegal studies - I'm a paralegal Yeah, generally you're not going to be rich with an English degree (or any other liberal arts degree for that matter...)
Yeah, generally you're not going to be rich with an English degree (or any other liberal arts degree for that matter...)
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:30
Subject: Re:If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Anonymous wrote:Counterpoint:
"Those of privilege have appreciated liberal education historically. It has contributed to their access and hold on power and influence. Their sons and daughters, generation after generation, have attended liberal arts institutions without hesitation. There is no job training in their educational landscape. It would be tragic if all the new and previously underserved populations now having access to higher education missed the opportunity for their turn at leadership and influence simply because of the outspoken — arguably purposeful — dismissal of the liberal arts as "useless," often by those who received a liberal arts education themselves and intend nothing less for their own children."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/11/26/essay-idea-useful-liberal-arts#ixzz2ErrF38DX
Inside Higher Ed
Pretty much this.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:29
Subject: Re:If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Counterpoint:
"Those of privilege have appreciated liberal education historically. It has contributed to their access and hold on power and influence. Their sons and daughters, generation after generation, have attended liberal arts institutions without hesitation. There is no job training in their educational landscape. It would be tragic if all the new and previously underserved populations now having access to higher education missed the opportunity for their turn at leadership and influence simply because of the outspoken — arguably purposeful — dismissal of the liberal arts as "useless," often by those who received a liberal arts education themselves and intend nothing less for their own children."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/11/26/essay-idea-useful-liberal-arts#ixzz2ErrF38DX
Inside Higher Ed
"Those of privilege have appreciated liberal education historically. It has contributed to their access and hold on power and influence. Their sons and daughters, generation after generation, have attended liberal arts institutions without hesitation. There is no job training in their educational landscape. It would be tragic if all the new and previously underserved populations now having access to higher education missed the opportunity for their turn at leadership and influence simply because of the outspoken — arguably purposeful — dismissal of the liberal arts as "useless," often by those who received a liberal arts education themselves and intend nothing less for their own children."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/11/26/essay-idea-useful-liberal-arts#ixzz2ErrF38DX
Inside Higher Ed
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:29
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
Anonymous wrote:http://www.businessinsider.com/sorry-english-majors-but-youre-all-soft-and-destined-to-work-in-a-shoe-store-2012-12
So true. Math and science.
I was an English major and now pull down $250k in corporate communications
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:28
Subject: Re:If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
English major here - got an MA, too. Then I went to law school. Worked at biglaw, repaid my loans, now happily set up in the government. I don't even like shopping for shoes. That article is crap.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:28
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
I was an English major and I have also never sold shoes. I am in a professional career making over $100K in total compensation. I have a master's degree.
And you are an idiot.
And you are an idiot.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:25
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store
I was an English major (BA 2008, MA 2009). I have never sold shoes - I am a teacher.
Anonymous
12/12/2012 14:17
Subject: If your kids are English majors they're destined to work at a shoe store