To the editor: I continued to wait tables after completing my English degree with honors in 1979, while experiencing goals that included travel and triathlons. (“Study English Lit to acquire ‘marketable’ skills? Maitzen argues that such is not why one should study English literature. I later completed a second degree, in biology, at UC Riverside, where I was a science writer for two colleges. I have done well not despite or because of an English degree.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 28, 2017 12:00 UTC