Conversation with my econ prof last semester

Prof: "You know, your intuition for this stuff is pretty good"
Me: "Thanks."
Prof: "What did you say your major was?"
Me: "English lit."
Prof: "Huh. You know I was almost an English major myself."
Me: "Really?!"
Prof: "Yeah. But I enjoyed reading too much to spoil it by doing literature."
Me: "I understand completely"


I like this because, well, sometimes I resent being pigeon holed as an English major. Doing the english major has taken up time and energy that I honestly would rather have put to use taking more random interest courses like environmental econ, and psychology and political economy. So... it was neat to get validation from my econ prof, and also to hear that he might almost have been a wayward english major like me.

P.S. this is not to say that literature hasn't proven invaluable in a lot of ways, but being forced to take x-number of courses in a, b, and c categories... i mean... who the fuck cares.
Maybe this is just part of my ongoing rebellion against needless imposition of order over my right to self-determination