"Universities diversifying and expanding their research/curricula is probably inevitable and for the most part productive, but in classrooms this often results in the omission of the base of knowledge which used to be considered a prerequisite to call yourself an educated person. The consistently off"
"It makes my skin crawl thinking that I might never have a full grasp on literary history, that I might never have the time, or the structure/focus to read the entire western canon (i'm gay as hell)"