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A Pseudo-Manifesto for Liberal Arts Students: your Degree + the Digital

Little freshman me, coordinating a virtual / in-person meeting in my dorm hall. I graduate this upcomi ng August. Maybe it's because m y looming graduation has made me  sentimental or reality is hitting me that I am entering a new phase--either way, I am feeling nostalgic, reflecting on my liberal arts education and how it has prepared me for the "real world".  I am an English major. When I first began my university education, I applied for the English program because: I love reading novels  I love writing poetry I love talking philosophy My reasons look an awful lot like hobbies, and for the most part, they are. The professional world does not give you a job because you like to read books or you can write a sonnet.  So what can an English degree offer someone looking to enter the professional world?  *cue me questioning the past 3 years of my life* I contemplated switching majors plenty of times, but I stuck with my English major beca...