I have an old best friend who was an English major. I encouraged her in Politics. That was her dream goal. Why do English for Pre-Law? Isn't Politics reading? Reading about naked people thousands of years before Christ? That was my experience in HONORS English. See, I wanted a well-rounded education, too, and I got one for a year. All it is is exposure. I don't remember it. I encouraged my old best friends to come to Loyola in New Orleans with me, but I guess it wasn't special enough with me. I respect her high intelligence, don't think I'm joking.
Early on, I feel I made the decision to do English more than History and so stayed in the Catholic school. Religion was so easy and made so much sense. I was barely conscious of what was going on. The teacher was from Pennsylvania, so pretty astute.
I liked reading fantasy and fiction by myself. I don't know what you'd call things like Alice in Wonderland and A Little Princess. Children's novels. I still haven't read a lot of things, like Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations. I may have owned a small version of Great Expectations. I remember looking through it. Now what? I'm at a loss? It's not special anymore?
Why would people who can read but didn't express early respect for it be dodging the darts as an English and Psychology major?