Lit Theory

[jd]

This sounds like solid advice - someone else sent me an off-list
comment that seems to support the comment.  I'm not worried about ever
making a lot of money as it is - but working in academia sounds like a
pretty good gig, especially when it's a subject I would like a lot.
I'm the type of person who does try to focus on every step as it
comes, but I like to keep my eye on the horizon as well as far as job
opportunities go.  Just so I get the general idea of which way I might
want to zig or zag along my general path of education.

On 7/18/06, geeaysun <geeaysun at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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