My daughter is finishing up her first year at Carleton and is leaning heavily towards an English degree. I’ll have to find a way to climb that paywall because while I enthusiastically support an English degree, many of her STEM friends question her choices.
You can just use Pocket -- just set up an account (free) and you can copy and paste the links to any paywalled things you want to read, and it will show you the whole article.
Both of my kids are English majors. One graduated and hopes to get in to an MFA program, the other just finished her second year and is thinking about teaching. Humanities majors are the best!
Welcome home Abby! My 13-year-old, who starts high school in the fall, told me tonight she doesn’t really want to grow up past 16, mostly because it means leaving us. I had to agree, though you always remind me here that they do come back. ❤️
I’m one of those English majors ( with a minor in school librarianship) …even if I did graduate in 1972. I never wondered what I was going to do with it…I went directly to get my master's in library science.
Somewhere in the (paper) files from my undergraduate days as an English and History major at UCLA, there’s a (probably student-written) poem I had photocopied and pasted on the billboard on my door, entitled “I tell them I’m an English major.” The second line is something like, “And then, of course, they ask, what are you going to do with that?” (And a list of poetic things ensues. If I can find it, I’ll send it to you. It’s lovely.) So, what I did with that: got my M.A. in English and then my M.D. Founded a medical humanities journal at med school that, last time I checked, is still going. Learned how to listen to people’s stories, which helps me every day as a physician at a community clinic. We have four kids, and the third one is off to UC Davis this fall majoring in Music and English (yay!)— and I know what he’ll do with it: be an educated person, a good critical thinker, an excellent writer. Whatever he does, it will serve him well. (And now I need to go find that poem.)
Here's a link to that article without the paywall:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rise-english-major-blackrock-coo-193340590.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD0EVXDK7EcLHc6cWhXK5LHiGNtRipbqeDlAwC_sY-ABRiGIEk1ut4R12pjrxUtFmu4KtH5dzaTYg-z7aeaCD2GRSItaocy8Shch-vCOTANOJce417xMer9z3_a58LQwCzmEth5QM_KDe60Kp8Y5VmlrTmPbKAxDJTK_DoyVKzxw
My daughter is finishing up her first year at Carleton and is leaning heavily towards an English degree. I’ll have to find a way to climb that paywall because while I enthusiastically support an English degree, many of her STEM friends question her choices.
Robin - Email me jenny@dinneralovestory.com
You can just use Pocket -- just set up an account (free) and you can copy and paste the links to any paywalled things you want to read, and it will show you the whole article.
i'm no lover of poetry but, damn, that emily d knew what she was doing. beautifully soul piercing. thanks to you and your daughter for sharing!
Both of my kids are English majors. One graduated and hopes to get in to an MFA program, the other just finished her second year and is thinking about teaching. Humanities majors are the best!
i made the strawberry rhubarb cobbler and it was fantastic! thank you!
yummmm miso beans! go abby!
Welcome home Abby! My 13-year-old, who starts high school in the fall, told me tonight she doesn’t really want to grow up past 16, mostly because it means leaving us. I had to agree, though you always remind me here that they do come back. ❤️
I see you English majors and raise you with a degree in art history. Cheers to all the liberal arts!
The biggest takeaway from this is that Abby has great taste!
Those beans look delicious - will have to try them this week!
I’m one of those English majors ( with a minor in school librarianship) …even if I did graduate in 1972. I never wondered what I was going to do with it…I went directly to get my master's in library science.
Can’t wait to make those rhubarb recipes!
Your girls are incredible! And now you are learning recipes & wisdom from them! Mother's work, done.
I'm just gonna hand this newsletter right over to them pretty soon.
Living proof, here, that English majors do not always become English teachers. Sometimes they write cooking newlsetters…
Somewhere in the (paper) files from my undergraduate days as an English and History major at UCLA, there’s a (probably student-written) poem I had photocopied and pasted on the billboard on my door, entitled “I tell them I’m an English major.” The second line is something like, “And then, of course, they ask, what are you going to do with that?” (And a list of poetic things ensues. If I can find it, I’ll send it to you. It’s lovely.) So, what I did with that: got my M.A. in English and then my M.D. Founded a medical humanities journal at med school that, last time I checked, is still going. Learned how to listen to people’s stories, which helps me every day as a physician at a community clinic. We have four kids, and the third one is off to UC Davis this fall majoring in Music and English (yay!)— and I know what he’ll do with it: be an educated person, a good critical thinker, an excellent writer. Whatever he does, it will serve him well. (And now I need to go find that poem.)