/lit/ - Literature

>>9807712
>mfw I'm still unemployed a year after graduation from Oxford

Shit's tough mate. The grass is always greener on the other side, but once you get there you realize live is still shit.

>have a dream to be an Oxbridge student
>study hard for years to get amazing grades, work during holidays to be able to fund college fees
>get accepted to Oxford as a graduate student
>don't notice any significant difference in quality of education

Feels bad man. The only real difference are the higher standards and the better facilities (gym, social clubs, etc)

>>9599216
I thought that the Iliad was about the siege of Troy, but. Only after I actually read the Iliad I realised the city is called Ilium and the region Troy.

>>9586772
>mfw I even started dreaming in English

>>9553981
>mfw I realize that most of the classical works that were written weren't preserved

Imagine all the masterpieces we will never be able to read

>>9521760
>mfw I don't dare to take an IQ test because I'm afraid that it will shatter my false belief that I'm actually intelligent

it's all I have left

>>9480511
>mfw I put months of labor into my thesis, and the only person who will ever read it was my professor