What's a unique aspect of an undergraduate level degree in English? I've recently been having more and more discussions based on the merit of the degree with people that like to assert having a degree in English is obsolete. Thoughts on this topic based on your own experience Veeky Forums?
Value of an English Major
James Howard
Oliver Gutierrez
It's a useless degree.
But that's true of pretty much any liberal arts degree.
Jacob Diaz
Why is that the case?
Bentley Edwards
lol do STEM xDD
Cameron Lewis
Do it only if you plan on teaching at a university. University professors can make a lot of money if they are good, you also get a lot of time off.
Other than that it's really not any good.
Brayden Long
It's a fine degree if you plan on going to law school.
Logan Lopez
Something tells me you haven't looked into the academic job market. Or are living in some country where it's not completely screwed up, maybe.
Nathaniel Reed
user probably means it's feck all use in getting a job / making money. Might seem like a restrictive definition of 'useless', but I think if you're starting from the concept of 'use' you're already more than halfway down that road.
Parker Russell
It means you will actually learn about books and stop thinking crap like infinite jest and James Joyce are pinnacles of the art form because the words are hard and they are long.
Liam Bennett
If you've come to a certain premature conclusion on what the concept of "useful/less" means then, as offered, you're going to arrive at a predictably bourgeois conclusion.
What "use" you find in being an arbiter of an enduring form of artistic expression is solely up to you: after all, why do we attempt to convey the plight of humanity for, anyway? Most people probably can't relate and you're a piece of shit for beigng so self-centered anyway. Personally I posit that any attempt at an articulation of the fervor of self should be punishable by death