[tea09]

I could do both. With social work I know I will be able to find work and I like to help people however, I love to write and English/lit classes have always been my strong suit. I just want to know which ones you'd choose if you were in my shoes? I will probably be declaring my major this coming Thursday and I've been flipping back and forth between the two for a while now. Your input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[summer_girl]

I'd ask what kind of social work would you like to do, and what do you think you'd do with a major in English? My first thought is teaching. Either way there are always jobs but I just wondered if you had any kind of vision on what you would like your work day to be like.

[tea09]

I know with social work I would want to work with kids or troubled teens. I'm not really sure what that work day would consist of but I know there would be paperwork involved. With english I'd want to be at a job doing something creative... anything involving writing (which is kind of hard to find these days)

[Wondergirl]

I was an English major and later got a master's in counseling psych. I'm a published author and am now taking courses in order to fine-tune my editing skills. I spent some years teaching/tutoring and thirty years working in public libraries in all departments as well as serving as the resident trainer for staff, volunteers, and court-ordered community service workers.

My point it, I've been able to do it all -- social work, counseling, writing, library work, editing. They all fit together well, overlapped, inter-meshed, complemented each other.

I made it happen that way, and you can too. Start with what you love and branch out from that.

[Fr_Chuck]

Double major, many do