so what do you do with that degree in english?
An English major is required by definition to have a number of snappy comebacks when someone inevitably asks, “so you’re a lit major, what are you going to do with that?”
To the engineers and scientists, we are told to say, “We are the translators of the technical age. What good will all of your advances do us if no one can, with elegance and insight, explore and explain how they relate to our reality?”
To business people, we must remind them that, “We record and translate life. It is we who struggle to make life understandable, memorable, meaningful, and lasting.”
On a bad day, we just say, “Sod off! I love books. Why can’t everyone else?”
hitokirihoshi said,
November 19, 2008 at 9:11 am
i guess to spread the wonders and art of english. before technology and business, its communication and art first to make things more successful… hehehe.
Michael said,
November 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Sod off? Is that from Jane Austen?
Stella said,
November 24, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Amen sistah. Thank you for representing the English majors.
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