Lit Theory

[geeaysun]

my advice is this: don't persue anything educational
with a mind to things such as jobs, money, or the
like.  even at the graduate level.  i was concerned
about those things my first year of being a grad
student, and it just ruined the experience of what
being a student's all about.  i was nervous a lot,
freightened about the future...and that's just a
complete waste of time.  go and learn what it is
you're most interested in, and meet and hang out and
talk with people who are interested in like things.

choosing a specific carrer path early on, i think,
should be approached with caution.  allow yourself the
experience of learning, and the ideas you have towards
a specific career are likely to change and develop on
their own.


Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:34:28 -0400
From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Lit Theory

Interesting article!

I have a rather off-topic question, though it does
have to deal with
lit theory and English professors...  I'm at a point
where I'm
considering grad school, but I've been told the
chances of becoming an
English professor are about nil - and to become an
English professor
in the city of your choice is all but impossible.  I'm
almost thinking
about doing Sociology instead, which does interest me
quite a bit and
I've heard that the job market is more open (I am in
the US, for the
record).  Can anyone here comment on this?  I don't
know what you all
do but I'm sure there's someone who might be able to
give me some
insight.

On 7/17/06, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> 
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=y6frtk2l8xsnrqb9mskff9z0gkjpgb6d
>
> "If you had the chance, would you do it all over
again and be an 
English
> professor?" The student wanted to know: can you
still love literature 
after
> the fog of theory?...
>
>
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