Attention English Majors: Your Ego Has Been Padded

Whassup, international news.

Whassup, international news.

What’s better than waking up in a pool of your own cold sweat at 6 A.M. only to realize it’s a Monday in February? Why, getting mad props from the Huffington Post, of course!

According to their post, aptly entitled “So You Want To Be A Writer?”, Kenyon is one of the best places in the nation to study creative writing and journalism. As someone who has done some hard-hitting reporting on this campus, I’m overjoyed. Finally, my self-worth has been affirmed by some lady I met on the internet who lives thousands of miles away.

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10 o’clock List: Ways to Make Other English Majors Think You’re a Better English Major Than They Are

Umm bish don't make me go all Toni Morrison on your ass. (via wordpress)

Umm bish don’t make me go all Toni Morrison on your ass. (via wordpress)

I’m a bad English major.

“But Gracie, your articles are so captivating! Every time you post one, I wet my pants with excitement! Look, it’s happening now!”

I know, I know. Calm down, small one. I know how you feel about me. But seriously, despite my obvious blogging prowess, I’m a pretty poor example of a Kenyon English major. Every time I read a chapter of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, I have to hop on SparkNotes to get a layman’s rundown of the allegory I just grossly misinterpreted. (Sorry, Professor Prakas. I’m doing my best.)

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