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I've been completely out of it for 20+ years. I still subscribe but to an online edition -- same newspaper but without the paper and ink.
For at least the last 15 years, I haven't picked up a paper/ink newspaper except for the free ones they give you when you travel.
When the NY Times went behind a pay wall and I got tired of clearing cookies, I started reading and watching free news from overseas The Guardian, BBC, ABC, NHK, SBS. The local paper is still free online but frankly those Patch websites do a better job of keeping the news local.
I'm majoring in English and plan on getting my Bachelors soon. I was wondering what type of things I can do with it besides teach. Im not even taking the right classes to be a teacher. I know it's not as practical as say an engineering degree. My math skills are too weak to major in something that involves a lot of math. I am not too worried about my job prospects. I feel like if im persistsnt enough I will find something decent that I will also enjoy. my goal is not to be rich but i dont want to be barely making either. I don't want to hear "work at McDonalds." I would like to hear from posters that either have an English degree or know someone that does and what was done with it. Thanks!
I'm majoring in English and plan on getting my Bachelors soon. I was wondering what type of things I can do with it besides teach. Im not even taking the right classes to be a teacher. I know it's not as practical as say an engineering degree. My math skills are too weak to major in something that involves a lot of math. I am not too worried about my job prospects. I feel like if im persistsnt enough I will find something decent that I will also enjoy. my goal is not to be rich but i dont want to be barely making either. I don't want to hear "work at McDonalds." I would like to hear from posters that either have an English degree or know someone that does and what was done with it. Thanks!
I'm majoring in English and plan on getting my Bachelors soon. I was wondering what type of things I can do with it besides teach. Im not even taking the right classes to be a teacher. I know it's not as practical as say an engineering degree. My math skills are too weak to major in something that involves a lot of math. I am not too worried about my job prospects. I feel like if im persistsnt enough I will find something decent that I will also enjoy. my goal is not to be rich but i dont want to be barely making either. I don't want to hear "work at McDonalds." I would like to hear from posters that either have an English degree or know someone that does and what was done with it. Thanks!
OP, I did not read the full thread. I have a B.A. in English and I work in advertising. An English degree is very broad. Figure out what interests you and try to find internships related to it, it will help you build a resume and in turn find a career you like.
I'm majoring in English and plan on getting my Bachelors soon. I was wondering what type of things I can do with it besides teach. Im not even taking the right classes to be a teacher. I know it's not as practical as say an engineering degree. My math skills are too weak to major in something that involves a lot of math. I am not too worried about my job prospects. I feel like if im persistsnt enough I will find something decent that I will also enjoy. my goal is not to be rich but i dont want to be barely making either. I don't want to hear "work at McDonalds." I would like to hear from posters that either have an English degree or know someone that does and what was done with it. Thanks!
I have my BA in English lit and am perusing my MS in Professional Writing. I am a proposal writer. Before that I was a copy writer and editor.
I'm majoring in English and plan on getting my Bachelors soon. I was wondering what type of things I can do with it besides teach. Im not even taking the right classes to be a teacher. I know it's not as practical as say an engineering degree. My math skills are too weak to major in something that involves a lot of math. I am not too worried about my job prospects. I feel like if im persistsnt enough I will find something decent that I will also enjoy. my goal is not to be rich but i dont want to be barely making either. I don't want to hear "work at McDonalds." I would like to hear from posters that either have an English degree or know someone that does and what was done with it. Thanks!
I have a similar degree and worked at low-paying jobs (including dog-walker and waitress) and then eventually found something professional but low paying - hated that with a passion, then went to school to get credentials to teach ESL. It was nearly impossible to find a "real" job because I didn't have any direction - no experience, nothing to make me appeal to any particular type of industry, no reason to give for wanting to have any particular job with any particular group - it was like starting from nothing. And in the pre-internet days a network was much more important because there really was no way to find out about jobs except for the help wanted ads. I actually got my first job through a friend, and my last job more or less by accident.
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