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   Greetings to you Mr/Mrs Reader who has either found this blog via private discovery, or maybe because you are one of the people I have linked it to in order to gain more followers for this site! I am Michael Hale, a senior English major here at the University of Texas at Tyler.

    I feel the process of blogging must convey some inspirational, educational, and/or motivational component, otherwise I always imagine the reader ( you, dear person! ) are reading nothing more than a glorified Facebook post with far better font options.

   What do I have to say? What things will this blog cover?

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After deciding to attend college, I already knew what I didn't want to do. Picking a major is, undoubtedly, a major decision. You will never find me happily sitting in a math or science class. My preference is not based upon not recognizing the importance of those fields; I do. However, I have always been more moved by issues in communication and language. Without proper skills in reading and writing, a person has no hope to retain lessons from the past or communicate effectively their preferences for the future.

When I came out to my family as an English Major, they were pleased, assuming that I would be a teacher or professor. After I cleared up that I had no interest in teaching, they were concerned. "But isn't that the only thing you can do with a degree in English?" "How will you support yourself?" "Oh, you'll be broke your whole life."

Of course, I started to worry. How would I support myself? If everyone expects me to teach, maybe that is all I would be capable of? I started considering possibly changing my major back to business. That idea was far more well received, and seemed practical.

Then, I read the description on UT Tyler's website, and the information they shared eased my mind. Without understanding the past and the people that inhabited it, we have no hope to better ourselves in the future. Plenty of fields are looking for individuals that have a command of language. My department graduates people who get the degree and work in fields including journalism, linguistics, communications, advertising, social work, publishing, theatre, theology, law, and government. Not to mention my professional, paid blogger dreams~

UT Tyler Hosts Region Model UN Conference

UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

NEWS TIP: UT-Tyler to Host Region VII 2011 Model UN Conference

January 27, 2011
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Public Affairs Specialist
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.565.5769

The 2011 Model United Nations Conference for area middle and high school students will be held at The University of Texas at Tyler Ornelas Activity Center, Dr. Robert Stevens, UT-Tyler professor of education and Model UN Conference coordinator, announced.
Sessions are Jan. 27 – 28, Feb. 1 – 2, and Feb. 3 – 4.

This year, there are three sessions to accommodate the growing number of participants. About 450 students
representing 13 school districts in Region VII will participate, Stevens said.

Student groups will make presentations representing a pre-selected country. They also will propose solutions to global problems within their respected countries and debate.

For additional information or interviews, call Hannah Buchanan, 903.565.5769.