lioness17

I just finished reading Sarah Dessen's LJ and I was very sorry to hear about a complaint she received from an angry mother regarding her use of the "f" word in one of her books. Language is language, swear words and all. I feel bad because this woman obviously has never written before, or if so, not very well. People get angry, they swear. Also as a writer, I find that a lot of what my characters say cannot be changed by me without having the feeling of being fake. Just because I don't swear doesn't mean they don't. And I have said the odd word in a stressful situation. But I hope Sarah doesn't let it bother her too much.

In other news, I'm struggling with choices as far as university. I know I want to major in English. That's it, though I've been telling people I want to go through for languages as well. But I don't know. Like, I love learning languages and I want to learn many more, but do I really want to pick one to minor in and rip it all to pieces like we do in English? As far as grammar goes, who cares? As long as you can be understood easily and it makes sense, why should we analyze where the verb goes and why it agrees or doesn't? Another option to minor in is history. I really like history, but I'm not sure what area I would specialize in. Ancient, Middle-Ages, or Russian Revolution? Or something else entirely? My compromise between languages and history is Classics. That is, Greek and Roman ancient history while learning Latin and Greek. How cool would that be? But is it where my passion lies? I've also thought that a law degree would be cool because then I could work for the government (I think). Of course, I need my teaching degree too. That, at least, I'm set on going to Australia for. I'm starting to look at scholarships too. My friend Amanda's mom has a website for different scholarships you can get in Canada and I'm slowly working and finding information for the Rhodes Scholarship.

I'm actually going to research that now...or after my math homework.