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And What Do You Want to do with THAT?: The English Major

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Go English majors! Below is the speech I gave, during the weekend of my college graduation, at my English convocation:

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At the start of the movie Adventureland, there’s a scene in which James, the main character, has just graduated from college. Although he got into Columbia for graduate school, his parents tell him that if he wants to go to Columbia, he has to get a summer job. He starts calling various places to see if they’re interested in hiring him. The first employer he calls asks about his previous job experience and he responds, “I wrote for The Gordian Knot, it was a literary journal in college.” The employer tells him that he’ll have to get back to him.

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“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard” – A.A. Milne.

Eventually, James tells his parents he knows the only place he can…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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