If you study English and a foreign language, you could always teach English abroad. That could be fun.
If you study English and a foreign language, you could always teach English abroad. That could be fun.
sure, though the highlight of your "career" will likely be correcting grammar on letsrun.com
Loopy Mc Dorkhead wrote:
Is it as bad as a Sociology degree ?
It probably isn't as bad as a sociology degree, but that's a pretty low hurdle.
Engineers are rarely good businessmen, you say? Hmm. Check the undergrad degrees of Fortune 500 CEOs. The highest percentage, you ask? Engineering. Look it up.
Big Tobaccy wrote:
In my experience as both an employee and an employer, it always depends on the person.
If you have a solid candidate that was an English major, they will likely have used their time in college to polish their communication skills.
Mr. Engineer... With regard to the fluff comment above, anyone who writes with too much fluff was likely not an English major. If there is anything that my English degree did for me, it was to beat the fluff right out of my writing. Boil it down to essentials. That being a said, there is a reason that engineers are not considered social people. Engineers are rarely good businessmen. Maybe that is why you do not like English majors.
The business world is about communication, first and foremost. A degree in English can help you improve your ability to communicate, but it is not a given.