In terms of a career, I see myself teaching literature, writing criticism, and going into editing or publishing poetry. The studies would be valuable to me in several ways. First, your teaching assistantship program would provide me with the practical language experience I am eager to acquire. Further, earning a Bachelor’s degree in English and American literature would advance my other two career goals by adding to my skills, both critical and creative, in working with language. Ultimately, however, I enjoy studying literature for its own sake and would like to continue my studies on the doctoral level in the future.