sit at home and read english

Roll it up really tight, and it makes a pretty good baton. Also, journalism, mostly.

Maybe work as an editor?

Many jobs these days do not require a specific degree. Experience is more important. I know people who work in our finance department with an elemetary education degree. I am computer manager with an economics degree. I am sure that degree could be used to qualify for many different jobs. It could be used to business, management, education, marketing, writer, editor, etc.

Law or B-school!

The same jobs you would do without an English degree.

Be a writer? A friend of mine who majored in English is now a fairly successful journalist in Providence RI.

You could always be a critic. I'm not sure if most publications require their book critics to have an English degree, but I'm sure that one would come in handy for the job.

law... but i'd say do a double major. in something else crazyyy cool :P

become an editor

writer editor journalist freelance writer poet screenwriter writer for movies/tv/plays writing lyrics for songs

Lots of things. Any type of job where communications are at a premium. Ad agency, copy editor for service firms that write briefs or reports (accountant, lawyers, engineers, etc.) Book publishers.

There are many firms that hire technical writers, or writers of training manuals, etc.

Journalism perhaps. Can I just point out that the ability to write in good English will serve you well in anything you decide to do in life. Also it is a general degree and opens many doors.

you could write novels, or short stories, or columns for magazines or articles!! It depends on how creative you are, you could basically could get all kinds of jobs that required you to be articulate. Which is most jobs. lol I'm an English Major! English Majors Unite!

Anything you want. (I'm assuming, of course, that since you are or are considering being an English major, that you would NEVER want to be an engineer, and accountant, or work as a research scientist in the pure sciences.) In addition to various literary, publishing, journalistic and academic careers, (and those include editing, proofreading, and even advertising) believe it or not, you can go to work as an office worker just about anywhere. You can also go on to get a graduate degree in Law, Business, Divinity, or any field of the humanities or social sciences, from Anthropology to Zen. If you have the requisite coursework in biology and chemistry, you can also get into medical school or nursing school. And since the liberal arts major usually requires fluency in a foreign language, you can also build on that. If you can get yourself truly bi-lingual (assuming it's not Swedish - since they all speak better English than you do probably - or something really obscure) you will never want for employment opportunities as a translator, in international business, and international customer relations. Federal and state Departments of State also like English majors.

Getting an English degree would be a good part of finishing for a stay at home wife / mother.