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I'm doing an English Literature degree.

>> No.16626621

>>16626611
>I'm doing an English Literature degree.
Thoughts?

Also, I just bought Stoner. What am I in for?

>> No.16626629 [DELETED] 

I'm doing a peepee poopoo degree.

>> No.16626647

>>16626611
As a guy with an English degree I'd recommend reconsidering that. I'm about to be homeless because I can't find professional work and when burger jobs run a background check they find I have the BA and say I'm overqualified. Really bad spot right now.
If you're not american disregard.

>> No.16626654

>>16626611
We must imagine Sisyphus happy to rape his wife.

>> No.16626683

>>16626647
Wtf is a background check? Just don't put it on your application

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>>16626611

>> No.16626698

>>16626683
Of course I don't. A background check is when they pay a company to look into your past to see what you've done and haven't done including past convictions and any degrees, etc. you might have.
I know it's happened because I applied at a fucking jack in the box and the manager said he was sorry but I was overqualified for the position. I'm about to start mugging people for rent.

>> No.16626717

>>16626647
Have you looked into the military? I know that's not an appealing answer but if you're truly on the verge of homelessness and not obese then it can get you back on your feet with plenty of money saved up after a 2 or 3 year contract, assuming you're not retarded.

>> No.16626892

>>16626621
Stoner's pretty damn good. I'd even say it's the best American tragedy piece—profoundly melancholic.
>>16626647
I'm not American and I don't care about job prospects anymore: I just want to become my ideal person, which includes become erudite in literature. I could just read as a hobby but immersing myself in the academic aspect of it would do good. My dream is live somewhere snowy where I have ample time to read and write; such a dream needs money but I'll find a way. Once I desired the world, now I just want my own to reside in.

>> No.16626961

>>16626717
This, if you have a degree, you can even apply for a commission as an officer, and be trusted with more responsibility.

>> No.16626966

>>16626611
>>16626647
Can't you teach?

>> No.16627325

>>16626961
Is being an officer even interesting? Is there even a war to fight? Soldiers are just underpaid janitors most of the time.

>> No.16627347

>>16626611

you're going to spend a lot of time and money doing something that won't lead to a career

>> No.16627358

>>16626611
I got an English degree and it has been a long 5 years of menial jobs. i have been doing pest control lately. There's not enough time to read. I exclusively read philosophy and math now. i have been thinking about quitting my job and volunteering or working on a farm for free housing and food, so i can devote myself to study.

>> No.16627363

>>16627325
>>16626961
Don't be an officer if you're just joining for a check and ego boost, you'll just make the people under you miserable.

>> No.16627364

the academic study of literature leads nowhere.

>> No.16627377

>>16627358
Fake religiosity and become a lay monk.

>> No.16627380

>>16627363
I’m looking for something to fill my soul. I like working hard but not if the task is picking up litter around base every day. So is it interesting? I’m not asking how much it pays

>> No.16627384

>>16627380
Monk time mate.

>> No.16627389

>>16627380
>if the task is picking up litter around base every day
That's not an officer's job

>> No.16627413

>>16626892
I would say try to get into academia if you want to do literature. Just make sure you get into a great university for your graduate studies if you aren't already.

OR
Try to write a great novel while also in school. Maybe by the time you're done or before you're done, you'll be published and make it.

>> No.16627430

>>16626647
Just do a conversion course.

>> No.16627437

>>16626892
Major in philosophy instead. I've heard things about english departments being overly focused on social justice/ liberal nonsese, and I'm a leftist. Look up some uni your interested in and browse the English deptartment website. Look at the interests of the faculty, or the courses offered. I guarantee you it will be very different from your idealized 'literary' collegiate experience.

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16627441

You should be a lit teacher if toy wasn't too sturdy literature.

You can make some money doing that, you're out of luck with just a basic literature degree.

>> No.16627457

>>16627437
If you choose modules on literature from before modernism you can generally avoid that. Still would advise against doing English Literature, although for me it was good as I didn't know what I wanted to do when I left school and after my degree I only had to do a 1 year course to become qualified as a lawyer.

>> No.16627513

>>16626611
I met a dude that did the same degree as you back in uni
We were doing some education class requirement
The guy looked shy, thin, had an effeminate voice but a typical nerd face, square glasses, some pimples, big lips, pale skin and a posture of someone that didnt want to stand out, yet, as i liked to talk to random people i said hi, and asked his name and his degree, nothing muvh beyond it
He never talked to me again, but he stayed with his group in the class, I stayed with mine

>> No.16627538

>>16626611
Good luck

>> No.16627544

>>16626698
Bro, that's when you talk your way into the job. Holy shit, it's a manager at a Jack in the Box, and you have a degree in English. If the degree was actually worth two cents you would have realized long ago that you are over qualified for burger jobs. And if you really needed a job or had a fucking brain you would have come up with that solution.
You're either larping or just retarded. Good luck on the streets.

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>>16626611

>> No.16627566

>>16626647
just get a tefl (easy af to get) and go teach english abroad

>> No.16627660

>>16627437
I’m too poorly read in philosophy to do that: I plan to remedy this this coming December when I have a moment to immerse myself in the texts.

>> No.16627713

>>16626647
No freelance copywriting work available? Always a quick way to make easy cash.

>> No.16627721

>>16626647
i feel your pain bro. ive been trying to land a tech writing job for over a year now. good luck anon.

>> No.16627772

>>16626647
Just sign up for auxiliares and fuck off to spain for a few years. Do an online masters in something practical and there you go.

>> No.16627775

>>16626717
Retarded. Suicide is preferable (and more dignified) than joining the military with a degree.

>> No.16627813

>>16627775
Elaborate. And say nothing of “dying for da kikes” and things of the ilk

>> No.16628037

>>16627544
You're judging based on a limited set of information. You have no idea what's going on in my life. It's fucking hard out there, dipshit.

>>16626966
You need a master's to teach.

>>16627713
Haven't run across any that'll hire me.

>>16627772
I don't know what this means but I'm interested and I speak spanish too.

>> No.16628068

>>16628037
>You need a master's to teach.
That’s not true. What country are you from?

>> No.16628069

>>16626611
XD

>> No.16628080

>>16627775
joining the military is already a soft suicide.

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16628091

>civilians trying to talk about the military
lol

>> No.16628106

>>16628068
America. It's based on state and in every state I've lived you need a master's to teach full time. Several certifications to sub.

>> No.16628157

>>16628106
>America. It's based

>> No.16628629

>>16626611
Just finished mine. Made a bunch of connections during my time there. I now work as a translator for a academic publishing house and just got accepted into a nice Master's program, with a fu scholarship. This faggot here >>16626647 was just to stupid or to incompetent to make the most out of it. Academia is a social game too. Get close to your professors, be part of their research groups, develop at least reading skills in two Romance languages and abuse your library. You're gonna do fine.

>> No.16628682

>>16626892
>I'm not American and I don't care about job prospects anymore: I just want to become my ideal person, which includes become erudite in literature. I could just read as a hobby but immersing myself in the academic aspect of it would do good. My dream is live somewhere snowy where I have ample time to read and write; such a dream needs money but I'll find a way. Once I desired the world, now I just want my own to reside in.

You are dreaming on Haruki Murakami's life

>> No.16628700

>>16628106
You don't need a master's to teach English abroad. You just need a bachelors and a tefl and maybe some experience tutoring

>> No.16628709

>>16628106
>America. It's based on state and in every state I've lived you need a master's to teach full time.
I have taught full-time for 8 years in 6 states and I only have a bachelor's.

>> No.16628712

>>16627437
>I've heard things about english departments being overly focused on social justice/ liberal nonsese
This is a blanket statement that only applies to low tier schools. Source: top 10 college

>> No.16628725

>>16628709
>6 states
>in 8 years
How many kids did you molest?

>> No.16628726

I'm about to switch from an English Literature degree to something else

>> No.16628728

>>16628725
Har har. It's not uncommon for teachers to move a lot, especially with the wide gaps in job quality from state to state.

>> No.16628795

Ive got a classics degree and I have slaved away at mostly labour jobs for the last 4 years.

Ive kind of accepted that there really isn't anything for me beyond academia

>> No.16628827

>>16628726
Why? It sounds like you dont know what you'll switch to. Is lit so awful?

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>>16626688
SOURCE. NOW.

>> No.16629047

>>16628795
Bullshit, I know a girl who did classics who does quite well in sales now

Your job doesn't have to map 100% to your degree. Classics shows you're high-verbal, use that to your advantage

>> No.16629167

>>16628795
Postman. It’s good.

>> No.16629195

>>16628795
just do menial secretary work that you can read while you're working
or security guard
you can just read/watch stuff 90% of the time

>> No.16630186

>>16628728
Yeah but surely moving about like that isn’t good for a kid’s education

>> No.16631844

>>16629167
I hear postman is pretty awful work.

>> No.16632003

>>16631844
They are the only government employees who deserve respect.

>> No.16632690

>>16632003
Why?

>> No.16632714

>>16626688
literally me

>> No.16632728

>>16626611
>I'm doing an English Literature degree.
>Yes, I would like some fries with that

>> No.16632769

>>16628700
>teaching English abroad
Lmaooo most pathetic losers imaginable. Probably the dumbest and most pathetic people to get a job in a country where even the homeless think you’re pathetic.

>> No.16632771

>>16632690
>Elected representatives don't give a shit about me outside of my vote
>Armed forces cull sand niggers for corporations
>Cops kill niggers for pleasure
>The postal service worker smiles while bringing me my copy of dracula two days before the estimated arrival date

>> No.16632808

>>16632771
The post is something most people take for granted until something goes wrong. It's understandable but nonetheless egregious that the average post office has a 2.3 star rating on google maps despite the fact they do their jobs correctly 98% of the time.

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16632838

>>16626647
I am too. Consider being a substitute. I make shit cash, but it's enough for books, Vidya, and booze. If your state requires certification, find one that doesn't. Connecticut doesn't. I wish only the best for you.
>>16626966
Most places require an education degree rather than whatever subject you hope to teach. They want to make sure you'll be a typical teacher.

>> No.16632859

>>16632771
>>Cops kill niggers for pleasure

lmao pls

>> No.16633172

>>16632728
Don't most degrees make it so you can work in some office doing admin work? English would be one for example

>> No.16633193

>>16626647
Join the air force as an officer.

>> No.16633204

>>16632769
I’d rather hear about it from someone who’s actually done it

>> No.16633358

>>16632771
I don't think it's for pleasure lol. I think they just pussy out because "muh family".

>> No.16633414

Luckily England has a much better system. If you wish to teach you're expected to have a degree in the subject and a PGCE (a year long course that makes you eligible to teach Secondary School and Further Education).

I have an interview at a College that I live a 5 minute walk from next week.

>> No.16633496

>>16626611
i'm doing a combined double degree of german and japanese linguistics
i have plans to do a phd after this in germanic philology
my mom did an english degree, she's in a high paying job at mcgraw hill rn, making more than i could ever hope to make
it's not that bad for you anon

>> No.16633531

I swear some of you make these threads just to make people feel bad.

>> No.16633564

>>16626647
I'm in the same boat as you, but I would still recommend taking a lit major if it's something OP really wants to do. The economy is completely fucked up rn so there's no guarantee majoring in STEM will get you a job either. My friend graduated Comp Sci with Honors and still hasn't found a job despite filling 30 different applications

>> No.16633575

>>16633564
>30 different applications
I filled out well over a thousand.

>> No.16633594

>>16633575
I'm sorry, anon

>> No.16633629

>>16633496
whats working at mcgraw hill like?

>> No.16633899

>>16633204
I've actually done it. After a day of being ridiculed by "real teachers" and getting my car stolen by my students, I walked home only to get assaulted by a gang of academic homeless men who beat me up and called me a "foppish and boorish dullard, with no respect for the integrity of education". Then I died of aids because they raped my massive butthole.

>> No.16633981

>>16628037
You need a Master's to teach college level.

>> No.16634003

>>16626647
I finished mine a while back, was hopeless for a while then sold out and earned an advanced diploma in PR. Only took a year and you can use any degree to get in. I write for work, but I have to dumb it down for the average retard.

>> No.16634047

>>16626611
same, i'm giving up, guys
find me in architecture now

>> No.16634670

>>16628068
He is from Azerbaijan.

>> No.16635651

>>16634047
kek. Isn't that like an 6 year degree?

>> No.16635712

>>16632838
>Consider being a substitute. I make shit cash
Then why would I waste my time being a sub?

>> No.16635929

>>16635712
Because it’s enough for books and vidya and booze?

>> No.16635937

>>16628833
horny faggot

>> No.16636080

>>16626611
Majoring in English was the single biggest regret of my life. I picked it because I wanted to go to law school but law school is a shitty scam so I changed my mind. Now I'm stuck with an English degree.
Haven't found a job since graduating. And I did internships in marketing and other things. You just can't get a job with an English degree.
I decided to just get a masters in an unrelated field and go from there. I kick myself every single day for majoring in English.

>> No.16636133

guys who have an english degree why you just dont come to asia or europe to teach english? i guess you are mostly americans so you are native speakers
i knew a brit who is working as an english 'teacher' and his work is literally talking with adult people about daily-life stuff in his native language

>> No.16636166

>>16626698
Dude, people don't pay for background checks on McDonald's applicants. That would be more costly probably than your first salary.

>> No.16636191

>>16636133
I'm married, and my wife has a career here in the US. She doesn't want to give it up to live in a giant concrete Chink hive while I teach school children

>> No.16636243

>>16636191
thats understandable, but i think most people who are doing english degree (especially here on 4channel) are in theirs middle twenties and they are probably single