{"id":10884,"date":"2016-06-01T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=10884"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:46:38","slug":"rothwell-janet","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/people\/rothwell-janet\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Rothwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>In Janet&#8217;s own words\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a bit of a winding road after graduation! Odd jobs. A magazine store. A small communications firm. Some crying and unemployment along the way. Then eventually some government work. Lot of learning on the job. And it all paid off. I&#8217;m now very happy in my job as Speechwriter and Senior Communications Advisor for the Canadian Human Rights Commission. I&#8217;m still using skills I learned during my time at Carleton every day. I remember Professor Beecher told our first-year class on our very first day, &#8220;If we&#8217;ve done our job, then by the end of your B.A. in English you will have learned two things: how to write and how to reason&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never forgot that.<br>\nTalk about life skills!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majoring in English turned out to be one of the Top 5 Best Decisions of my life, and I rarely meet anyone who says different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers to my fellow alumni!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has your Carleton English degree informed your professional and\/or creative path?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majoring in English was one of the BEST decisions&nbsp;of my life. I can trace so many of my career building blocks back to my English degree. Attaining an English Lit degree&nbsp;prepares us well for our careers. It is hard work! It trains us to be able to read anything, to write anything, to make a compelling argument and to juggle multiple deadlines. These are&nbsp;<em>all&nbsp;<\/em>skills Canadian employers are looking for.&nbsp;I remember Professor Beecher told my first-year class on our very first day: \u201cIf we\u2019ve done our job, then by the end of your B.A. in English you will have learned two things: how to write and how to reason.&nbsp;Both of them will serve you well.&#8221; He was right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>\nWhy Carleton?&nbsp;What specific experiences or opportunities did you benefit from while studying English at Carleton?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved being a student at Carleton. The caliber of professors is world-class, and the learning environment feels just like home. From the gorgeous facilities, to the surrounding water-ways &#8212; Carleton looks like what university is supposed to look like! 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