re: school.

[loveknot]

Listen, it's not like I'm smart.

I'm not really good at reading things I'm supposed to read, all the classics, or quoting things at you (unless I've seen it on a screen somewhere). I'm really not good at reading poetry. I'm not really good at being smart; I mean, I'm okay and everything, but I won't be the one that blows you away. I don't remember

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[crack_hemp]

I know how you feel. I finally sat down and read The Bell Jar because I wanted to know what I was missing every time someone was talking about it or there was a Sylvia Plath reference somewhere.

And it was awesome.

I miss talking to you. :(

[nova25]

L.M. Montgomery is highly, highly underappreciated. There's a wee bit of critical work on her, but not nearly as much as I'd like. x( I may end up writing a thesis on my deep and profound love for The Blue Castle someday. ;)

As far as school goes, the best thing I can think of to suggest is to try both your first semester. You'll need a humanities course and a fine arts anyway to graduate (I'm assuming this is pretty standard). See what the program is like, what they'll emphasize. Is the English program completely lit-based, or are there opportunities to focus more on writing and teaching? Do they focus on theory and method, or is a more social look at lit?

I don't know. There are many, many wonderful things about an English program, but it can also be frustrating. Since you could so easily go both ways, it might work for you to give them both a try. I'm sure you'd be a smash at either. xD

[loveknot]

You and The Blue Castle and me and Kilmeny of the Orchard... we will be the foremost L.M. Montgomery scholars in the world! Mwahahahahaha!

(So my Lucy is not exactly... um, canon. SO WHAT I LIKE HER. SHE IS FULL OF SUNSHINE AND HAPPINESS.)