I’m losing you…
I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know i got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
Mine is a blind kind of love
Oh oh, the sweetest thing
I’m losing you…
–U2 “Sweetest Thing”
The number of students as literary majors has been shrinking in my department. Many of the people who quit complained about either the difficulty of studying literature or its detachment from real life.
It somewhat saddens me that I’m losing peers. I agree with all the accusations of literature, but an unwillingness to surrender spurs me to move on.
Besides, literature preserves humanity in this chaotic, materialistic world. When we eventually step into society, into the job market, we may never read those “hollow” stuff. So why not cherish the opportunity now?
I have no right to stop the people from leaving, and I wouldn’t bother. I’d leave… after all.
- Schooling, Books & Literature | Time: 1:13 pm (UTC+8)
i dunno if it will be a wrong decision… but anywayz i’m gonna try… hahaa…. well after all, it’s not the end of the world if i find that i’m not capable to major in linguistics one day~ i won’t be so depressed cuz i had been beaten by literature once already… it won’t hurt much
Comment by Luis — November 30, 2005 @ 4:48 pm