feedback, please
Dear people who know me/voices of experience,
Should I apply to a graduate program in:
a. education (such as this language and literacy program)
b. public policy
c. law
d. literature/creative writing (MFA, for example)
e. other
Please state, along with your answer, the reason for your choice.
I am leaning towards option A (something in education) because 1. I am over-qualified; 2. Potential job opportunities working for a school district/education policy non-profit; and 3. Technology in schools is an underused resource about to explode (imagine, for example, using weblog technology in an English classroom).
But, you know, deep down I just want to write poetry and read books.
Discuss.
Option A, of course. Because, well, it's right next door to me. And all that exploding technology stuff.
ReplyDelete(d) Tenured professors of english probably get to write poetry and read books. :-)
ReplyDelete(e) otoh, hotel management sounds to me like it should be a good field: lots going on in a hotel (conferences, dining, guests with concierge service needs, on-site health, recreation and entertainment, construction projects for maintenance and expansion, facility maintenance, labor relations, public relations, etc.), and if it's a hotel chain, you probably get to travel around for conferences and meetings.
(e) professional gambler. (thrown in just for completeness.)
I would vote for you to do the thing you love the most, which my instinct tells me is the MFA route. Anyway, you could still teach with an MFA -- it would probably just have to be on the college level, as a creative writing instructor. (Because, presumably, part of the MFA would be to submit your stuff for publication, and you could use a record of having things published, coupled with the MFA, to wrangle a college teaching post.) So, really, the MFA route could combine (a) and (d).
ReplyDeletePlease note: I'm not a person who knows you, just a person who has read your blog since forever. But I *am* a voice of experience.