Failed: English

I survived the first week of school, but I don't know that I'll make it much longer! I'm taking 2 English classes this semester for my major and I'm afraid I feel completely out of place. I love English; I love words, putting them together, reading and seeing how other people put words together, all of it. As we went around the room and told everyone our favorite books/authors/poems etc. I felt myself shrinking into the background as people spouted off names like Hemingway, Milton, Faulkner, Shakespeare and more. All I could think was that I have seriously failed as an English major. I don't read those kinds of authors, I hate poetry and I don't dissect everything I read. A lot of times I like to read books that I'm sure aren't considered "literature" and that most of the people in my class would not consider to have any literary value, but I love them!! This is going to be an interesting semester...