For as long as I could remember I wanted to be a teacher. I had this little whiteboard/ chalkboard that I received one Christmas and I think that is when I fell in love with the profession. All throughout high school I wanted to be a history teacher because history was my favorite subject. It just fascinated me; I always wondered why this happened, when the first inventions like the printing press were made. That's what I want to do; teach high school kids history. I fell out of love with the thought of teaching history though (I love history still). Senior year of high school I decided to become an English teacher because books are my passion, I wanted my future students to love books and what they could get of a single story. Soon the summer of 2014 came. I was recent high school graduate, and my career of being a teacher was left behind on the school football field after the graduating ceremony concluded.

With teaching not in my future anymore, I could still have one thing I loved: books. I love a great story. When you think about it, stories that we read can often times relate to us or society as a whole. Society really has not changed from reading a book from the 1800's to a book from this century. So I decided to stay the path of majoring in English in college. However, I was told one day during lunch senior year that you can't do anything with and English degree except be a teacher. Oh how wrong that girl was. My mom told me that night that having an English degree is universal.

So here I am majoring in English. Every time someone asks me what I am majoring in and I say English, they automatically without doubt reply "Oh so you want to be a teacher?" "No, I don't."

I remember talking to this woman in Stop& Shop as I was ringing up her order. We got to talking about college and she majored in English and I said I major in English too. She told me to never let anyone tell me I can't do anything with an English degree. She's right because English majors can do so much with their degree in the workforce.

In Merrimack College's English Department there are pamphlets with articles about why this one man hires English Majors and a list of careers for English majors. I took a look at both and there are many careers for the English major to choose from. If I wanted to I could go into public relations, marketing, or I could travel the world and be a travel writer. The list is endless.

The next time some tells me "oh you want to be a teacher" I will just kindly say "no, not all English majors want to teach." I mean look at Emma Watson, she majored in English and is an actress and has her own campaign.