Being an undergraduate student, majoring in Latin and Italian, and resenting the entire idea of working in education, I really tire of people saying something alongs the lines of: “so you’re going to teach latin/italian when you leave university then, i suppose”. At this stage, I really only am studying the languages because I love language and linguistics, a proper career idea hasn’t really presented itself to me yet.
Would anyone like to give me ideas of career paths with languages that aren’t teaching, so I can not only undermine that oh, so, annoying and presumptuous comment but also perhaps move me into thinking about the future without and impending sense of dread?
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