Lemire can give good advice

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

   This made me think of the saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."  We should not become so wrapped up in our work that we become our job.  A JOB, by my definition, is something that you do in order to make money that you may or may not enjoy.  No matter if you love or hate your job, it still should not be your life because as the saying goes, what will you do if something happens and you no longer have that job?  Also, you should be more well rounded than that.  There are things called hobbies.  In the teaching profession, the one I plan to pursue, you have to try to separate home from work because things will go on during the day that you will not want to think about when you go home.  Maybe you made one of your best students cry because you gave them a bad grade (even though grades are not given, they're earned).  You have to try to push these things out of your mind to just be you.  You can worry about these things when you go to work the next day.

Yes people this is a double feature!  This quote is also from Lemire.

   "For example, if I could do it over, I would have either minored or double-majored in education or communications.  I would have taken advantage of a program my college offered to earn a BA and MA in four years, and I certainly would have sought out more internships" (207).

   If there is one thing I love about mistakes, it's when I'm not the one making them.  Just kidding, I don't like to see others make mistakes but reading this made me think I know some people in my class are double majoring.  Greta is English/French.  She explained it to me and it didn't sound too bad.  I'd have to get on my horse though and get going and talking to someone to find out about these things.  I would be interested in doing communications or marketing or maybe history.  Communications is flexible, marketing seems cool and I have found that ever since I had an awesome AP US History course (thanks Zera) that I like history.  Why not at least inquire about a double major?  It never hurts and most always helps to go above what's expected. 

   This section is my personal little thank you note to Lemire.  Although sometimes what you had to say could have been taken as offensive, I think you wrote a nifty little book and I enjoyed reading it.  Thanks for the great advice!