Thoughts of LoWriter

I applaud you for following your dream. I also chose a fairly useless but awesome major. I'd much rather learn about things/skills that I love... screw practicality.

If you're getting bored/annoyed with the classes, it sounds like they're not really in line with the reasons you want to write. Are you looking to do a job where the degree is specifically needed (such as teaching in a formal setting), or do you just want to write on your own and see where it goes? If the latter, do you really need to get the degree? Even if you like the classes giving ideas or teaching some things, if you don't like the pace or enforced structure or whatever else, and don't need the degree for anything specific, auditing them would probably be cheaper.

I agree with h, screw practicality. At the end of the day what you love is way more important than what might bring you 'more security'.

I hope that the class gets better, it's a bummer to hear it wasn't exactly what you were looking forward to.

Woohoo! Yay for people who share (kinda) the same dreams. And at least writing is an applicable/marketable degree; I'm looking at an MA in Literature because I love to read, and nobody'll hire you to do that. But I'm hoping to pick up a swanky English accent in the process; my girlfriend is training me already. :)

Oh, and if anyone sees a job for professional readers, please let me know. ;)

Thanks for your support, everybody.

Thom--Actually, if you're interested in teaching, you are far mor likely to get hired with an MA in literature than you are with an MFA in writing. They look at the MA as a more serious degree because you can go on to get a PhD. If you're not interested in teaching then congratulations. You too are going for a useless degree. We can co-miserate while you're living with my pals in the TCs.

Jeremy-- You make a good point. But to answer your question, I do want to teach writing at the college level, and I really can't do that without the degree. (I also want to write for me, and the classroom setting really has helped me get motivated in the past.)

This is going to sound really eliteist, but seriously, I just don't feel challenged. I feel like I am not getting as high quality education as I got at Bethel. And I have spent so much time paying that degree off that I really don't want to f it up by getting a subpar graduate degree.

Nothing wrong with complaining about not being challenged - it's better to know the problem than to hide/not admit it. Who's to say you can't get the degree again at a different school (or a similar one, or just take the classes)? Especially if you get the degree so that you can teach and do so at a school with classes that are better, you can probably take classes their for free or at least very little cost.

Thanks for the support, Jeremy! I really appreciate it.