I get a variety of reactions when I tell others what I'm studying at my university. Those that truely understand the value of my decision either have been to college or have been explained to before that not everyone fails at being a success with an english major.
The reaction that makes me smirk the most is confusion--a "what will you do with that?" is hilariously annoying to me. I simply tell them that I plan to be either a university professor/fiction writer. I wait for those faces--those particular faces that scream ignorance and doubt. Judgements made swiftly in the minds of those who don't rightly possess such power. They don't know me.
And although I stand firm on my decision, it is those silent reactions that stir concern within me. But I will not fail. This concern is now my motivation to prove to the world and myself that I will be the exception--the low percentage--the rarity in society's clouded eyes.
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