Ah, English majors. Some of the most sophisticated, yet slightly pretentious people you’ll ever meet. (Oh, stereotypes) Nah, just kidding. But we will out-read you, out-write you, and out-poet you any day. Besides being blessed with no actual written exams and straightforward Discussion Board homework assignments, us English majors do feel the heat sometimes. Don’t ever say it’s an easy A major, because it’s not!
1. Running out of inspiration
It happens. A lot of English majors like to fib and say that they never run out of inspiration. Well, they’re lying. Writer’s block is one son of a bitch to break, but once we find the inspirations that make great content material, there’s no stopping us!
2. Competition
Somewhat similar to those who get competitive about their grades, it’s a norm for English majors to get competitive about the content that they produce. In English classes, it’s typical to share your pieces with the class for constructive criticism. May the best writer win?
3. Our classes are only offered once at a time
Yeah, WTF? Usually in one semester, a specific course will only be offered on one date at one time. If you can’t get into that course, you’re basically screwed. What happened to freshman year when we had ten different time frames to pick from!?
4. We learn a lot of the same material in multiple classes
This can make class easy, but can also make it boring because you won’t be learning anything new. This happens a lot as learning points in literature will often cross paths in different courses.
5. “So, do you want to be a teacher?”
Okay, listen. Yes, most English majors are going into education. But it’s THE most common and most annoying question to continue to answer, whether you’re studying to become a teacher or not. Come up with something a bit more creative!
6. Page requirements for essays
I’ve been lucky to spend all four years of college with a very limited amount of papers that actually required more than five pages. However, that means when they get a ten-page paper thrown at them, the English major enters maximum overdrive… of fluff and bull-shitting. And we manage to get an A when we feel like we did EVERYTHING wrong. Thanks, teach.
7. English isn’t a real major
Bitch, WHAT? English has allowed me the largest skill-set in any major. You are given the professional resources to write, speak, critique, read, analyze, and much more that are absolutely vital in a workplace. So feel free to come back to me and try that again. *sips tea*
8. Just because the curtains are blue doesn't mean that it is a representation of depression
No. Just… no. (I’m looking @ you, non-English majors that try REALLY hard to sound profound)
9. “All you have to do is read and write… isn’t that super easy?”
Yeah, it’s super easy if you like being put on the spot to speak in class, in depth and vivid detail about the 75 pages you read last night, that I know you didn’t read and just Sparknoted it instead.
10. I still love it anyway
diva that I am today.
