Who absolutely HATES English Literature?

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I hate literature. It is so unrelated to anything... I had to suffer through so much German literature in school, that it made me hate the things we read and many woo subjects as well. Our teachers always said you could write anything in the tests as long as you can find arguments for it - however, those who disagreed with the teacher mysteriously got worse marks.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to destroy those darned books when I've finished with them?

I may consider buying a firecracker (or two) and blowing those books up! Or, should I try to get some rubidium, put it on the books, and pour water over it? Or should I just give them back to my teacher at the end and say, "I think you'll need them more than I do!"

I LOVE English lit because it is a very abstract and woolly subject

*shudders, wondering how he survived in his english class* ><

I like reading but I hate literature classes. Literature instructors (and art instructors as well) seem to me to often have chips on their shoulders against people in scientific and technical fields and thus like to f*ck with our heads with subjective questions that drive me crazy.

I didn't like my honors literature classes that I took in high school because of all the reasons in the first post, especially the abstract reason.

I absolutely hate fiction, but I'm actually really good at writing in one way: I don't make mechanical mistakes like in grammar and punctuation. Unfortunately this is not enough. I also have to be able to argue about abstract issues and make emotional connections with various elements in a novel in a way in which normal people have no issues, but which for me is very difficult.

I scored very well on the verbal and writing sections of the SAT and ACT, but I still hate and and doing poorly in AP Lit. I have an extreme dislike for victorian literature, which made up the majority of the assigned reading in my class.

I'm working on my last credit of high school right now and it's British Literature. It was horrible at first (especially with everything in Old English). I'm about half-way through it now and I can say it has gotten easier. The English isn't so old and the stories are actually kind of interesting. The book I'm reading right now is the abridged version of 'Jane Eyre'. I just started reading that and it's great!

English Lit not a problem, Interpreting Lit thats a problem. Like you've done when you know the meaning to some of the old english words there is zero problem with it because if needed you can sub the words out.

I had a hard time with AMERICAN literature, so I would struggle even harder with ENGLISH literature, especially the ones with old English.