Being an English major isn't easy. Not only do we have to deal with multiple essays, hundreds of pages of reading and teachers who spend their office hours talking about Lord of the Rings instead of helping you with your essay (no criticisms there, though), but we also have to deal with people questioning us about our major. And our life choices Here are some questions that all English majors get:
1. “Oh do you want to be a teacher?”
Fun fact: not all English majors want to teach English! In fact, most of us would rather be curled up in bed with a good book rather than having to deal with small children or *shudder* highschoolers.
2. "What's it like having an easy major?"
Try taking three English classes per semester with 30 pages of reading for each class a night. Oh, and did someone say essays? Yeah.
3. “How fast can you write an essay?”
Believe it or not, we procrastinate just like everyone else.
4. “Can you write my essay?”
Dude, we haven't even started on our own essays lol.
5. “So do you like, read for fun?”
Do you *gasp* not read for fun??!
6. "I could never be an English major. I hate reading."
A good rule of thumb is to never tell an English major you hate reading. It's like telling a math major that you hate math.
7. "You know you won't make money, right?"
Probably a good rule to never say this to any major. Ever.
8. "Everyone already speaks English, what's the point of an English class?"
The fact that you're even saying that means you should definitely be in an english class.
