I was on Yahoo Answers today and I asked "What are the benefits and disadvantages of having a double major?"
Then I went on to say, I want to have a BA in English and Communication, then have an MA in Creative Writing
This one person said:
"I'm going to be a little brutal here. An MA in English isn't worth much. English majors are at the bottom every year of college graduate average salaries, and Comm isn't much better. I'd go so far as to say those are the two "most worthless" college majors.
If you get an MA in English, you are going to be teaching high school, forever. There are a plethora of English majors with MA's and pHDs and they cannot get good jobs. Why? Because there are so many of them, and the practical experience of their learning is good for... teaching high school. The days of copy writing/traditional print advertising are dwindling.
I got a B.A. from the University of California in a similarly worthless field (political science), and it has been an equally worthless degree to me. I now work in a field that is completely unrelated to my major.
I would think about what you really want to do with your college degree, and think about what will actually earn you some money when you graduate so you can pay off those loans! I wish somebody had came to me and kicked me in the *** when I was doing poli sci "because it was interesting." That didn't get me anywhere in the job. I hated math, and I hate science, but if I could do it all over again, I would have done engineering as my major. Just something to think about..."
First of all.... not every English major goes on to teach. I've looked at a college site (I forgot which college it was) and most of their English majors didn't even pursue English careers at all. Some just take it so they can communicate better, that's what my reason would be at least (and the fact that I want to be an author).
What I don't understand is why diss on something others choose if it has nothing to do with you? Sure it is their opinion, but that person didn't even answer my question. I gave him or her a thumbs down.
This other girl told me that maybe I can major in English but have a concentration in communication, creative writing, or education. This answer I really liked because I didn't know about that.
But yeah, I felt like ranting, like I did on yahoo answers too about constructive criticism last summer. But hey, at least someone refered me to AW as a result.
This concludes my rant. I have officially calmed down now. Writing (well typing) things down gets a whole lot off of my chest/shoulders/back, whatever you get my point
Then I went on to say, I want to have a BA in English and Communication, then have an MA in Creative Writing
This one person said:
"I'm going to be a little brutal here. An MA in English isn't worth much. English majors are at the bottom every year of college graduate average salaries, and Comm isn't much better. I'd go so far as to say those are the two "most worthless" college majors.
If you get an MA in English, you are going to be teaching high school, forever. There are a plethora of English majors with MA's and pHDs and they cannot get good jobs. Why? Because there are so many of them, and the practical experience of their learning is good for... teaching high school. The days of copy writing/traditional print advertising are dwindling.
I got a B.A. from the University of California in a similarly worthless field (political science), and it has been an equally worthless degree to me. I now work in a field that is completely unrelated to my major.
I would think about what you really want to do with your college degree, and think about what will actually earn you some money when you graduate so you can pay off those loans! I wish somebody had came to me and kicked me in the *** when I was doing poli sci "because it was interesting." That didn't get me anywhere in the job. I hated math, and I hate science, but if I could do it all over again, I would have done engineering as my major. Just something to think about..."
First of all.... not every English major goes on to teach. I've looked at a college site (I forgot which college it was) and most of their English majors didn't even pursue English careers at all. Some just take it so they can communicate better, that's what my reason would be at least (and the fact that I want to be an author).
What I don't understand is why diss on something others choose if it has nothing to do with you? Sure it is their opinion, but that person didn't even answer my question. I gave him or her a thumbs down.
This other girl told me that maybe I can major in English but have a concentration in communication, creative writing, or education. This answer I really liked because I didn't know about that.
But yeah, I felt like ranting, like I did on yahoo answers too about constructive criticism last summer. But hey, at least someone refered me to AW as a result.
This concludes my rant. I have officially calmed down now. Writing (well typing) things down gets a whole lot off of my chest/shoulders/back, whatever you get my point
Go figure.
