English, in my experience, is a major that is constantly looked down upon, or stigmatized. As an English Writing Major, I have faced this every day since I decided I wanted to major in English in my senior year of high school. If you're an English Major as well, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about.

Here are five things that every English Major is sick and tired of hearing:

1. "Oh, so you're going to be a teacher?"

Well, certainly you can be, and there's nothing wrong with that, but there are also multiple other career choices you can go into such as journalism, publishing, etc. Teaching is not the only job choice available for English Majors.

2. "You do know that you won't make a lot of money right?"

I know that it won't be likely that I would make a lot of money, and honestly that was never my goal in the first place. My goal is to be happy for the rest of my life, doing what I love. Money should not be the only motivation for picking your major.

3."You should pick a different major."

You don't see me deciding your major for you or judging yours, give me the same decency.

4. "You like reading and writing? What? That's so weird!"

Everyone has their niche, mine just happens to be a love for writing and interpreting texts. Some people have a more analytical mind, mine is a tad more creative and fabulous.

5. "What would you do with an English Degree anyways?"

Okay. Cool. So now I get to educate you.

I once heard my major be called "The Little Black Dress Of Degrees." Although it may seem like there are a limited amount of choices to what you can do, it is actually the opposite. In fact, some companies look for English Majors in particular due to the fact that English Majors are very articulate and tend to have very useful skills such as communication, critical thinking, writing, and research. English Majors also tend to have very good empathy, and many companies are starting to recognize it's importance in hiring people according to their ability to understand others. If you think what I'm saying is absolute bologna, feel free to check out the following article by Bruna Martinuzzi, President and Founder of Clarion Enterprises Ltd. She explains why she tends to hire English Majors and why they're the hot new hire.

All in all, English Majors are not completely worthless like some believe they are, and most English Majors are sick and tired of being treated this way. We are tired of the constant assumptions and low key very insulting questions of our major. So without a doubt, we are sick and tired of hearing all of these things, and hopefully, this will bring light to the value of English Majors, and make others question themselves before they decide to question us.