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Writer's Block: School Ties
Feb. 3rd, 2012 07:03 pmSchool Ties
What is (or was) your college major? Do you use it for your career?
My college major was "Foreign Languages and Literatures with a concentration in three languages", which I think is unique to the university I went to (but I'm probably wrong). Basically, I was able to choose three languages and earn a certain amount of credits for each language. Yes, I admit it that the major was a joke, but I really enjoyed taking classes in Japanese and Spanish (particularly a class in the history of the Spanish language) and French literature classes. In other words, I'm a language nerd.
The only thing my major would have helped me with was to become a high school language teacher or get into the literature of one of the languages as an academic field, which were things that I did NOT want to do. So ultimately, the only thing it helped me with was to get a masters degree in library science, which led me to a job working with books in Spanish. However, I grew up speaking Spanish so my major didn't really help me with that aspect of my job either.
What is (or was) your college major? Do you use it for your career?
My college major was "Foreign Languages and Literatures with a concentration in three languages", which I think is unique to the university I went to (but I'm probably wrong). Basically, I was able to choose three languages and earn a certain amount of credits for each language. Yes, I admit it that the major was a joke, but I really enjoyed taking classes in Japanese and Spanish (particularly a class in the history of the Spanish language) and French literature classes. In other words, I'm a language nerd.
The only thing my major would have helped me with was to become a high school language teacher or get into the literature of one of the languages as an academic field, which were things that I did NOT want to do. So ultimately, the only thing it helped me with was to get a masters degree in library science, which led me to a job working with books in Spanish. However, I grew up speaking Spanish so my major didn't really help me with that aspect of my job either.
