Wednesday, August 04, 2004
My dreams are dashed!
In an
ideal world what Lynnette would do with her life once she's out of TJ would be to flap over to UK and study English literature. Preferably at Oxford. Or UCL. Or, even better but slightly less practically, she would do something Lit-ish but with a twist in it. English Literature and Film Studies (King's College London). Or Literature and Philosophy (Warwick). Hmm. Lit with a Twist. Like...Lit Float. Where Lit is the soda and Fim is the ice cream on top. Mix and match your own toppings etc. But ANYWAY. My problem in this
non-ideal world is that there's no way I'm gonna get the soda! (ok, this is an analogy gone terribly wrong) Basically, the whole terrible unfairness of the world is that there's no way i can take Lit of ANY SORT in ANY COMBI in ANY halfway decent UK college because i freaking need E-Lit at Alevels. Which i happen not to have!
That sounded
angry. It's supposed to sound sad actually, because I am...sad...that there's no way i can do what I've been wanting to do for so long. And yes, as much as I don't like it, it makes sense not to admit non-Alevel-Lit students. And i cannot say for sure that I
will love studying Lit (i like reading...to bits, but its so long since I've read a book for anything more than my own pleasure) but i dunno, my gut instinct's going on overdrive lately. I've whined a lot about this to friends already..if you're one of the aforementioned, you can stop here, i wont blame you.
Some people think i do have a case for taking lit. In an ideal world, that would make a difference. In a non ideal world, it doesnt. Its very heartbreaking.
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