because language majors are oppressed.

I once heard that most Creative Writing and Comparative Literature majors of CAL look down on English majors – those whose field of interest is Language, to be more specific. Why? I don’t know. In what way? I don’t know either. Since it seemed like a rumor, I didn’t bother thinking about it; such a waste of time.

Months later, I’ve heard that Madonna said something about Language majors. It was something like, “Language majors are so cliché.” I don’t know what its context was and I really feel like Madonna is just an attention-seeking, unclassified being pretending to be a student, so I didn’t bother thinking about it. I could not care less.

I have had a number of CW and CL classmates. I am proud to say that they haven’t lived up to the rumors. As a matter of fact, some of them are good friends. Until…

Professor: What’s your course (or something similar in Italian)?
Marc: Studio Inglese?
Professor: What’s your major (or something similar in Italian)? La letteratura o la lingua?
Marc: La lingua.

Professor proceeds with the next student;.goes back to Marc.

Professor: Aren’t you planning to shift to Anglo-Am?
Marc: [firm] No.
Professor: You know Anglo-Am was my minor and Anglo-Am majors are blah blah blah (where blah blah blah can be summarized to: “We are great. We are brilliant.”).
Marc: [whispers: oppresive] That’s something subjective [smiles].
Professor: You know Anglo-Am goes for quality, not for the number. AND that came from the Department Chair.
Marc: [in deep thought] Yah, whatever. Just teach Italian, please.

Professor proceeds with the lesson. End of story.

Now, I am thinking of all the possible reasons why we, the Language majors of CAL, are so hate-able. We are peace-loving, positive vibes-emitting, underwear dropping, knee-popping, shoulder-locking, jaw-breaking, limelight stealing students! (Oh! Maybe that’s why.)