The Musicbanter Book Club (house, doors, track, quote, teacher)

Double X · 01-03-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by dac

University of Toledo. I was an undeclared honors student last year, actually leaning towards an English major at that point (I ended up going Civil Engineering though lol; I like the thought of having a secured job before I graduate.). I took a two semester course called Honors Reading Conference and it was basically "Read a bunch of books in a small window of time." We read a variety of books which was nice. I read a Dante's Inferno, The Prince, The Quiet American, a couple of the William Blake Collections, a good portion of the Bible, quite a bit of Shakespeare... um, I don't even remember what else haha. It was a lot to take in. Needless to say I was a bit burned out after that, and coupled with working a full time internship over the summer I never got back in to my reading habits. This would probably get me back to my old form more than anything else would so I'm all for this.

English Major has like zero job opportunities except...English teacher. My mom was an english major when she graduated, and then went back and got a computer engineering degree.

sleepy jack · 01-03-2009, 09:23 AM

That's a giant misconception. Your mom should've done some research before going back to school.

"Working Your Degree:" English - Sep. 1, 2000

dac · 01-03-2009, 01:25 PM

Yeah and look at the top salaries in that article Ethan... The top earners made about 63K a year. As an engineer my starting salary will be 65-70K. THAT is why I chose to go elsewhere.

sleepy jack · 01-03-2009, 06:13 PM

We weren't discussing what is financially more secure here though, we were discussing job opportunities. He stated that an English Major gives you only one choice which is the farthest thing from the truth.

Roygbiv · 01-03-2009, 06:56 PM

So... the book club?

TheBig3 · 01-03-2009, 08:26 PM

One of my majors was English, the idea that all english majors fit under one umbrella is foolish.

With english, you make yourself. Its portfolios and talent. There aren't formulas that you can plug **** into and take home a bajillion dollars.

Its a different lifestlye. The english kids are either hungry for success or hungry for food. Its all work.

swim · 01-03-2009, 08:35 PM

pfff liberal art queers

kthedrummer · 01-03-2009, 09:34 PM

English major=go to grad. school or write a ****ing book.

dac · 01-04-2009, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

We weren't discussing what is financially more secure here though, we were discussing job opportunities. He stated that an English Major gives you only one choice which is the farthest thing from the truth.

Well I think they go hand in hand, job opportunities and salary. Yes you technically have tons of options, but a lot of those "options" won't be considered by a lot of people because people don't want to live off of 20K a year.

cardboard adolescent · 01-04-2009, 01:37 PM

most people are idiots who think working a soul sucking job to buy things they dont need will make them happy

also, how long is the idiot? i have too much on my reading list to plunge into a karamazov-length novel

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cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	most people are idiots who think working a soul sucking job to buy things they dont need will make them happy also, how long is the idiot? i have too much on my reading list to plunge into a karamazov-length novel