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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « on: June 14, 2008, 06:18:11 PM »
Quote from: dallas41 on June 14, 2008, 06:09:30 PM
you can read that also in andys book,she must be studying english..
Fair enough, so she wasn't good enough for drama school and now she's studying a subject that has her doomed to be a teacher/lecturer.


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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 07:22:49 PM »
Quote from: Mark on June 14, 2008, 06:18:11 PM

Fair enough, so she wasn't good enough for drama school and now she's studying a subject that has her doomed to be a teacher/lecturer.


Or will she turn into a WAG somewhere down the line ...
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #2 on: June 14, 2008, 07:37:41 PM »
Quote from: Mark on June 14, 2008, 06:18:11 PM

Fair enough, so she wasn't good enough for drama school and now she's studying a subject that has her doomed to be a teacher/lecturer.


That's rather damning...many great actors have studied English and being an arts subject, there's a huge variety of job options :p
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 08:31:32 PM »
Do I sense a hint of sarcasm? lol
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 08:33:08 PM »
Er....no.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 08:33:31 PM »
Erm, OK Think

I guess I disagree with you but I'm just about to get my dinner so I can't be bothered arguing.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 08:35:52 PM »
I've just finished an english degree and I am definately not going to be a teacher or a lecturer. Hate kids for one thing. You'd be surprised how many jobs actually require good english skills (though undoubtedly they might require other skills aswell).

EDIT: though, having said that a lot of people on my course wanted to be teachers.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 08:37:46 PM »
What are these variety of job options that you can get just from an English degree? I would understand if it accompanied other major qualifications but on English alone surely a teacher is the general career outcome?
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 08:39:12 PM »
How about ... a writer? Think
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 08:39:46 PM »
Consultancy, publishing, editing, PR, HR, scriptwriting, media production, law (with conversion), management, advertising...
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #10 on: June 14, 2008, 08:40:53 PM »
Writer, editor, journalist, office worker ... librarian!
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #11 on: June 14, 2008, 08:44:32 PM »
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Consultancy, publishing, editing, PR, HR, scriptwriting, media production, law (with conversion), management, advertising...
On an English degree alone? I would say if that was your only major qualification then you are seriously disadvantaged to those looking for a job with more specific degrees.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #12 on: June 14, 2008, 08:46:34 PM »
Consultancy doesn't tend to require a specific degree type, neither does HR. Publishing, advertisiting, journalism, writing and editing - you'd be more than qualified with an English degree. Many management programmes also take people from all different backgrounds. It's all about transferable skills.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #13 on: June 14, 2008, 08:51:13 PM »
I think you're wrong with at least some of those, you're just making an assumption. For example, with Cate's advertising company, it was required to have a marketing degree and if you only had an English degree then you wouldn't even manage getting an interview.
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Does a degree in English doom you to teaching? « Reply #14 on: June 14, 2008, 08:56:19 PM »
Journalism really requires a journalism degree.  I studied journalism.  An English degree would certainly help, but it's not likely to get you into journalism by itself.

That said, English is very useful, but only for specific job types obviously (if we're talking about good careers, and not just a job as a secretary)
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