Lemire (Finish)

"Regardless of your major, however, remember: Your major is not you. Nor is your future determined or limited by your major. If it were, every politician would have majored in political science." (Lemire, pg. 183)
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MadelynGillespie/2008/03/your_majors_yours_but_your_maj.html
COME ON. YOU KNOW YOU WANNA READ THIS LIL' EXPLOSION OF THOUGHTS!

"If you are a capable writer and effective communicator, you could, not doubt, walk into any organization-regardless of whether they sell lug nuts or corn nuts- and write their memos, develop their newsletters, manage their Web site content, or craft their marketing materials. You may even be recompensed handsomely for it. And if the content of what you're writing about dosen't exactly feed your soul or even float your boat, chances are you could fake it and still turn out good work (Lemire 166)."
-http://blogs.setonhill.edu/StephanieWytovich/2008/03/sometimes_i_think_the_author_i.html
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"It's not that I think the major in English isn't a good program of study, it's just that I don't think it's enough, and I don't think the program I took was organized particulary well-or maybe it's just that there are a few things I wish I had been told (Lemire 207)."

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/StephanieWytovich/2008/03/the_story_of_my_life_on_page_2.html

“You will be telling a story to convince and persuade someone that your organization deserves money and support” (Lemire 219).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2008/03/the_transfer_of_literature_ana.html

“We are notified that Angela needs to make a speech—sometimes we get several months’ notice, sometimes we get one day…I speak with Angela about what she would like to include in the speech, and usually, each has two or three drafts… sometimes, the drafts are given to a city hall official to see if any information needs to be added” –Jacque Goddard Snyder (Lemire 195-6).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2008/03/your_mission_should_you_decide.html

"'You must be pretty fluent by now. Did you know Spanish prior to arriving there?'

'I didn't speak the language at all when I arrived, but I'll tell you it's a lot easier to learn than Czech. When I'm nervous, I lose my Spanish almost entirely; on the other hand, when I'm angry, it improves, and I start talking really fast'" (Lemire 171).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LaurenMiller/2008/03/no_es_imposibleits_not_impossi.html

"The MFA program in creative writing I attended, its many merits aside, tended to invite as speakers not editors, agents, or publishers, but mid-list literary authors who would do us the very great honor of reading from their latest volume. When I asked why the program didn't spend more time (that is, any time) on the business end of writing, I was told that doing so would distract students from writing and take time away from The Craft" (Lemire 210).

Throw the ball over: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LaurenMiller/2008/03/know_whats_on_the_other_side_o.html

"Regardless of your major, however, remember: Your major is not you" (Lemire I's an English Major-Now What? 183)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2008/03/lemire_can_give_good_advice.html

The link above has both of my quotes but here it is again.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2008/03/lemire_can_give_good_advice.html

"You may be saying to yourself, I Couldn't work in the [banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, investment industry] because I don't know the first thing about that industry. I was an English major!

Ignorance of a particular industry does not preclude your getting a communications-related job in that industry. For one thing, companies are in the business of training their people. They can train you, too, either in a formal educational setting or via a mentoring relationship. Moreover, depending on who you're communicating with, ignorance may actually be a boon."

-From Tim Lemire's I'm an English Major---Now What?, chapter 8 "Going Corporate" page 161

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/03/the_corporate_world_is_not_for_1.html

Oops. This is the link to my first entry.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/StephanieWytovich/2008/03/sometimes_i_think_the_author_i.html

"Instead of persuading undergraduate English majors to buy into the fallacy that a checklist approach to English literature adds up to an education, let's borrow a page from the travel agency and organize our courses into package tours: organized, structured, carefully chosen, and thematic routes through otherwise difficult-to-navigate territory."

-From Tim Lemire's I'm an English Major---Now What? chapter 10 "Avoiding a Major Mistake," page 217

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/03/be_your_own_tour_guide.html

I think I just declared a minor?
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ChelseaOliver/2008/03/el150_im_glad_im_complex.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KayleyDardano/2008/03/first_a_teacher_then_an_englis.html

“Regardless of your major, however, remember: Your Major is not you. Nor is your future determined or limited by your major.” (183 Lemire)

Hey just so you guys know, the both reflections we have to write on Lemire only have to be the standard 1/2 page each as usual.

"Every business, from the smallest entrepreneurial venture to the global giant, needs to communicate:internally, to its employees; and externally, to its customers, prospective customers, investors, the media, federal and state regulators, shareholders, and more."

"Radio stations need writers, editors and editorial-based project managers like any other form of media; bear in mind, however, that these people work behind the scenes of on-air broadcast, which is a world invisible to you as you rock out to the radio in your car or dorm room."

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JessieFarine/2008/03/from_corporate_bigshot_to_rebe.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/RichelleDodaro/2008/03/so_much_more.html

“College students I meet who express a desire to writer for magazines usually want to write for consumer magazines they know and love (but don’t necessarily read cover to cover)” (Lemire 142)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/03/magazine_desires.html

"Writers express themselves through words. Communicators may express themselves through words accompied by pictures, music, charts and diagrams, and interactive media" (Lemire 156).
"Regardless of your major, however, remember: your major is not you. Nor is your future determined or limited by your major" (Lemire 183).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulianaCox/2008/03/writers_express_themselves_thr.html

“Regardless of your major, however, remember: Your major is not you. Nor is your future determined or limited by your major. If it were, every politician would have majored in political science” (Lemire 183).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/03/i_am_not_my_degree.html

"If I could do it over, I would have either minored or double majored in education or communications" (Lemire 207).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/03/to_teach_or_not_to_teach_that.html

"The job may end up costing you more than it pays you" (Lemire 229).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EthanShepley/2008/03/the_cost_of_happiness.html

"All through your education, your major defined what classes you took, what books you read, and probably even who you hung out with-- but when you are thinking abou work, remember that your major does not define who you are or what job you are best suited for." (Lemire 227)

"I find that there are two kinds of people who sing the praises of the English major the most: English majors who are secure in a job, and non-English majors who are secure in a job. It's very easy when you've got a good job"

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/TiffanyGilbert/2008/03/aprehensive_college_kids.html

"The... problem has to do with those times when, after working on your novel or reading selections of Rilke, you lie awake at night and think to yourself, What am I doing? For crying out loud, I'm writing about corn nuts for a living. Feelings of fraudulence can open a Pandora's box, releasing guilt, anger, resentment, isolation, loneliness, and a dozen other demons." (Lemire 167)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AllisonHall/2008/03/im_not_living_in_a_box.html

"I would also suggest (and I think Mom and Dad would agree) that a course preparing English majors for careers in book publishing has more inherent value than a course in deconstructing The Simpsons, or a media studies course that delivers the big news bulletin that advertising presents a misleading portrait of human life" (Lemire 212).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AllisonHall/2008/03/agreeing_with_lemire_too_good.html

Communicate through words....not just actions.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DeanaKubat/2008/03/when_worlds_collide.html

See!! It does take writing to communicate!!

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DeanaKubat/2008/03/it_takes_just_a_little_bit_of.html

I just realized that my first link doesn't work. Here is the real link. Sorry everyone!
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/03/the_corporate_world_is_not_for.html

I'm a student study at Norton University in Cambodia.