/lit/ - Literature

>>21465933

That is your subjective, personal, opinion. Plus, where did he state that the purpose of his list is to best capture the nature human spirit? Your just projecting your own goals onto this.

>>18574734
The morons who make fun of you in school for being a try hard are mostly gone, and they continue to be weeded out the further you get in your schooling. You're responsible for your education, and at undergrad it really, really doesn't take that much effort to stand out. Do the assigned reading. Note down anything and everything you come across that interests you and pursue it in your free time. Enjoy it. You won't always, sometimes it will be incredibly dry and boring, but try to enjoy it, and go back to the things that made you love the subject in the first place. Go to your professors and ask them about things in greater detail.

>>18574738
I've been on 4chan unironically since 2009, at this point I don't think I'll ever leave. I spend less and less time on /lit/ though since after a while it's just the same thing again and again. Occasionally you get a great post, or something insightful, or a particularly talented piece of prose, but most people don't know what they're talking about.

>>18574747
Nope, not yet. I've only been a lecturer for about 18 months, I'm from the UK and the job market is really tough, so it's lots of short-term contracts in the beginning. I've just accepted one at a university in Germany next year that I'm excited about, then hopefully back to the UK to keep climbing the rungs. It definitely does happen but seems more trouble than it's worth. I also genuinely love my girlfriend. How gay is that?