Full disclaimer: I'm tired and a bit weepy, so I may ramble/not make any sense

I don't think I want to be an English major anymore. I don't think I can be an English major anymore.

Rozelle's class has made me realize that... I don't like it. I don't like doing literary crit. I don't like writing about other people's stuff. I want to write my own stuff.

And... I've been feeling like this pretty much all semester, but I haven't had any idea what else I could major in.

I hate that class. I mean, a lot of it is interesting, and Rozelle's actually pretty funny. But I hate it. It doesn't mean anything to me. It has no value. And it's what I would be doing for the rest of undergrad, as far as I can tell. And I don't wanna do it anymore. I'm sick of these damn essays and papers about some dead guy's writing. Ugh.

So I've been trying to think of what else I could do. And tonight I talked with my mom about this idea I've been kicking around in my head for a while. I think I want to do some sort of activism/advocacy for the queer community.

And that's so vague, I know, but it's more of an idea than I've ever had for what to do as an English major. And well... I think this is more necessary, if that makes sense.

So, I may need to change majors, but I'm not sure to what. I was thinking sociology, but I don't know. I think I'm going to talk to a prof here in the near future. The one I have in mind is really nice, and should actually be helpful; I also know from some previous conversations that she's queer-friendly, so I can be up-front about my possible new plan.

So... yeah. Thoughts?

Yeah, so I posted this to my journalfen last night, and decided to cross-post. It's kinda of a frowny-face-ish post, so feel free to skip.
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And now, back to your regularly scheduled lulz.

I wish I had some other kind of academic skill, because I don't seem to make a very good English major. But you know, it's the only thing I actually know how to do, so...


In other news, I have a problem with professors who flat-out lie to students. I see what you were doing there, Dr. R, but it's still lying, and it still makes you a shitty teacher. sry2say.

Also, I, like many people, immensely dislike pretentious English majors.

Christina just had to use her pepper spray.

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