<p>i've been an english major jumping in and out for 2 years, and i just don't know if i really like having to wonder whether this is or not for me every single quarter. i'm thinking of just dropping it once and for all and not look back to it. one of the reasons i chose this major was because i enjoyed writing a lot, and i thought it'd be interesting to read english literature books. but since i'm not focused, i haven't been writing much actually, and unless i take a british literature class, the only books i read are books having to deal with gender issues, or cultural issues. the classes are a little dry sometimes, and i hardly see the symbols in the texts. and the last thing i hate most are group discussions. it just makes me feel like i'm in high school. sure, it may help you in your communication skills, but i'm sure i can take some toastmasters course, or find some people i'm actually interested in listening to. the things i wanted out of this major was writing and critical reading/thinking skills. i think i can get that out of this major, but if i hate group discussions so much, and almost every english class requires it, does this look like time to change majors? someone told me that if i just wanted to read the lit books, i should just join a book club instead! lol!</p>
<p>i'm actually more interested in the topics in philosophy, but the texts are murrrder. does this just mean i'll get used to the texts eventually. one last thing, if you compare texts, would philosophy texts or english texts be more challenging/useful in the future? or it doesn't matter because they're just all so damn hard?</p>
<p>Since you've detailed what you don't like, how about some things that you do like / are interested in. I'm guessing you want to stay in the humanities, and if so, there are plenty of options available; it all depends on what you are interested in. One of the more catch-all majors is history, since there are so many options available depending on what time period you want to study.</p>
<p>Another option coud be an interdisciplinary major, in which you design your own major, but not all colleges offer this option.</p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck in finding your passion!</p>
<p>yes, i do want to stay in the humanities. know how i found out? by trying for math and science (knowing i wouldn't like it and doing it just to make sure i didn't want to do it. i have a feeling this is one of those times). </p>
<p>what i do like is writing, foreign languages, translating. unfortunately, i also don't like history very much. the text is very dry and boring. </p>
<p>should i focus more on taking classes that i like going, but have a harder time doing the work. or taking classes i don't really like going to, but have a easier time doing the work?</p>
<p>okay, well, i've seriously considered dropping the english major, but i don't know why, i can't do it. i think i'm just going to double major and stay a little longer. i think i would get a lot out of both majors.</p>
<p>You could also try linguistics. It's fascinating. You mentioned you liked foreign languages and writing but not too much dry reading. Linguistics is really all of that. I definitely recommend trying out a class and seeing if you're interested--I had no idea what it was until I took an intro class in it and now I'm thinking about it as a second major (with English). </p>
<p>well, i took an english class that was very close to linguistics, and i didn't like it. i am already taking chinese language courses, but i have a very hard time reading history texts, so i couldn't take the chinese history classes.</p>