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| What Bachelor degree do you have? |
| English |
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13% |
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| Languages (French, Japanese, Korean, etc...) |
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4% |
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| Education (either this or your actual subject, up to you) |
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11% |
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| Arts (general if you can't put it somewhere else) |
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21% |
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| Art (actual art, music, drama, etc...) |
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5% |
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| Science (Computer Science, Kinesiology, Medicine, etc...) |
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13% |
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| Mathematics/Statistics |
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2% |
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| Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, etc...) |
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3% |
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| Business Administration(Economics, etc...) |
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8% |
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| Other |
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14% |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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 Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:08 am Post subject: What degree do you have? |
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What do you have?
Some are pretty specific as they tend to go with teaching English. The others are just so broad I didn't dare break them down, especially Arts anymore than I already have.
If you have another one, and it really, really doesn't fit anywhere and is deserving of another option (Klingon is a foreign language, use that option  ), I'll add it. Just let me know. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Asian Studies - essentially basket weaving 101 |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:52 am Post subject: Re: What degree do you have? |
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| English degrees aren't worth crap. I took a senior-level creative writing course that had English honours majors, and they didn't even know the difference between "your" and "you're." |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| English degrees aren't worth crap. I took a senior-level creative writing course that had English honours majors, and they didn't even know the difference between "your" and "you're." |
Interesting. All of them didn't know the difference. Maybe they were doing some higher-level creative writing. 
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| Some are pretty specific as they tend to go with teaching English |
I'd like to see this poll for MA's, and see how much more specific it got.
My BA was in English. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| That means your university was crap, not that English degrees are. At my school, we had to take a course in English grammar if we wanted to even minor in the subject. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:29 am Post subject: |
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You forgot a PRETTY big one for the peeps here- humanities (history/sociology/geography/international affairs).
I have a BA in Sociology/Anthropology (archaeology focus) with a minor in drama |
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Francis-Pax
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: |
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I graduated from Saint Louis University (www.slu.edu) with a B.A. in Philosophy and Letter with a concentration in foreign languages (Ancient Greek and Modern Spanish).
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:40 am Post subject: Re: What degree do you have? |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| English degrees aren't worth crap. I took a senior-level creative writing course that had English honours majors, and they didn't even know the difference between "your" and "you're." |
Judging by this board there are a lot of English teachers in Korea who don't know basic English grammar. I see a lot of people who don't know how to pluralize things. For example, it's "Koreans" not "Korean's." There are a lot of spelling mistakes as well. Shouldn't we be leading by example?
As for me, I have a journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa. We would get an "F" on our assignments if we had one spelling mistake or factual error. I'm happy to say I never got an "F" though. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| That means your university was crap, not that English degrees are. At my school, we had to take a course in English grammar if we wanted to even minor in the subject. |
That's a better idea. I took sociology because I knew it would involve more active thinking than an English program where you just rehash essays about dead writers. I didn't pay much attention to my coursework because I was also working as a freelance writer. One I paid for, and one paid me. Guess which one taught me more? |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| I'm happy to say I never got an "F" though. |
Sounds correct, but shouldn't that be "a 'F'"?
You wouldn't say "an 'B'," or "an 'C'," so why "an 'F'"?
Grade on your post: F |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| I don't have one. Never learned anything. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| Bachelor of education(secondary) Career and technology studies |
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| HapKi wrote: |
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| I'm happy to say I never got an "F" though. |
Sounds correct, but shouldn't that be "a 'F'"?
You wouldn't say "an 'B'," or "an 'C'," so why "an 'F'"?
Grade on your post: F |
Ha ha. I expected someone to go through my post with a fine-tooth comb. Believe me, I thought about it before I even posted it.
Let's talk about what you said, because it's an interesting one. I certainly know the rule is that if the next word starts with a vowel, then you use "an" instead of "a." There are exceptions to every rule, of course, and I think this is one of them.
For example, you wouldn't say "a hour," you would say "an hour." It just doesn't sound right otherwise. The last time I checked, "H" wasn't a vowel.
I know that "F" is not a vowel. I'm pretty sure, however, that most people would say "I got an F," not "I got a F." It's just not natural to say it that way. I don't know why, I guess the only explanation is "crazy English." Actually, if you try to say each letter of the alphabet in a sentence, you'll find that you do this with "F," "H," "L," "M," "N," "R," "S," and "X" in addition to most of the vowels, except "Y" and "U."
I love discussions like this. Anyone else want to weigh in on this one? I wish I could look this one up somewhere, but I suspect it's too obscure to be in a grammar book. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Its because the initial sound of "f" is actually short 'e'. The a/an rule is based of of initial sounds, not letters. The same goes for hour (not 'h', but 'o') and all of the others. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies...pretty useless when it comes to getting a job, hence: Korea! |
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