(11-12-2017, 08:58 PM)originalamyj Wrote:(11-12-2017, 05:26 PM)Yenisei Wrote: Thanks- it might work then. The ROI on this degree is pretty good, so I might do it.
Would love to hear your ideas/experience with the ROI on the English degree. You are a technical writer, would it be mostly in that area? I am pursuing English because it's my love. I currently teach literature and composition to homeschoolers but after I have the degree I would love to open my own tutoring business. I have to stay home for the next ? number of years because I care for my elderly mother in law, but later I would like to do something with this degree online so we can be more mobile. Tutoring or grading essays, things like that. I love editing essays and working with high school kids to improve their writing skills so I may find a way to stick with that.
The only real utility an English degree has for me is for getting a job as a techical writer in the US (I've worked as one for five years in Germany, where they want a technical background, which I do have). I do translations as well, so that's another potential area for ROI on a BA in English.



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