When I tell people that I am an English Major, I usually get one of two responses: a quiet smile that hints at the question, "Oh, so you just like reading," or the question, "So... what do you plan on doing with it?". Sadly, both reactions miss the true point. I do enjoy reading, even if it is seemingly an obsessive addiction, but it is more to do with what I have learned through studying English. It is less to do with books and more so with the people I have met, the percept
