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To: Academiadotorg
"I don't even know what I'm looking for," says Michael Bledsoe, who described months of fruitless job searches as he served customers at a Seattle coffeehouse. The 23-year-old graduated in 2010 with a creative writing degree.

You mean you didn't get an education suited towards the career you wanted? If you got a creative writing degree, you should be looking for a job...where you write creatively.

Apparently the critical thinking class has been cancelled at the local college. At the very least the barista should be offering a resume writing service to his customers...

6 posted on 04/27/2012 7:35:07 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: kingu

Seems to me people of any major should be able to write well, why do they need a degree solely for writing? Write what?


9 posted on 04/27/2012 7:36:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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