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Originally posted by Toujours_Jolie
I loved being an English major because English encompasses so many other disciplines, and helps you become a well-rounded individual; History, psychology, sociology, and art are intertwined with literature, and by the time you graduate you are famililar with all those areas of study. Also, as an English major, you are taught to develop analysis skills that can be used in a myriad of ways throughout life. Enevitable cons: English professors have the tendency to be the most anal-rentetive human beings on the face of the planet, you often have the urge to correct people when they're talking and edit random emails, you have to read hundreds of pages of literature per week, and by the time you graduate you won't want to write another paper for as long as you live.
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This is great!!! I'm a grad student in English (about to graduate), and I always have to explain why an English major is useful/worthwhile. I love your comment about becoming familiar with other fields. You should write a department pamphlet
Erica
P.S. My urge to correct grammar is almost compulsive!!