Why Study English?

Anna Sam probably heard that, from parents, friends, counselors. What good is an English (or history, or speech, or philosophy) major? Can it get you a good job, even pay the bills? Then she wrote a best seller - well, translated into 13 languages, at least - a sociological study of life as a grocery store check-out clerk. Listen to her story on a PBS Radio interview. I thought it a great illustration of how to turn your passion, your calling, into a paying gig, even when you are stuck in a dead-end job. What do you think?