There are great
possibilities to having an English degree, or knowing a lot about English in
general. Being able to understand harder vocabulary is one, this is a very nice
ability to have. In a work place or even when going to a place of high class
you would be expected to have a higher vocabulary. This does happen believe it
or not, personally I got stuck in a job interview and I had a hard time
understanding the type of language he was using. I later found out it was a higher
form of English and that I had way more to learn. Of course this doesn’t happen
with all interviews just the ones where you get a professional job. NOT a fast
food job, or at the mall kind of job, a real job where you are doing your major
or what you primarily studied for. Another thing that is good about an English
degree is that while there are not many jobs that you can do your English
degree alone, you can still be able to have fun. Jobs that are available are
writing novels, though you cannot sustain yourself on only this, going to work
for a newspaper Colum, working at a book store, these are for starters. Getting
into the major works are harder, there are very few job offerings. These would
be business type jobs though, very sophisticated job for highly educated
people. These jobs can pay very well, but some cannot, it really just depends
on where you go and what you choose to do.
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Vocabulary is very important. I know I need to work on mine, especially as an English major. I'm sure this is way too late to change any of it now, but have you thought maybe incorporating some of your short stories into the blog posts? I mean make a short story about vocabulary and why it's important. I think it would attract many more readers, and I believe you would have lots of fun doing it. I think the entries would end up being much longer than these ones, but it may be worth it in the end. It's just an idea. Very truthful post!
ReplyDeleteAnother good thing you touch on in your blog is when to use certain vocabulary and when not to use it. If you know that 75% of the people in the room won't know the word, don't use it; you won't make any friends. On the other hand, if, like you were saying, you're going to a job interview, it's time to act professional and brush up on your 'eponymous' and 'soporific'. This is an important distinction I think a lot of people fail to understand; I'm glad you mentioned it in your blog.
ReplyDeleteI have found that my vocabulary is way above average but I rarely ever use it. All the words that I know are locked in my brain and only pop up when I'm reading but never when I want to find the write word when speaking to someone. I actually have recently been reading outloud so I can simply say all these words that haven't found a way into my life yet. I'm a communcations major and this is also very important and most people don't even realize it. Love your background, by the way.
ReplyDeleteI have discovered that my vocabulary is average, and needs to be improved immediately. Do you have any advice on how I can expand my vocabulary without constantly looking in a dictionary?
ReplyDeleteI learned that my vocab too needs to be iimprove haha. I try to use bigger words it just always sounds funny to me.
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