Are all college English classes literally just reading, discussion and then writing essays...

Are all college English classes literally just reading, discussion and then writing essays? Are there any benefits to taking college classes over just reading on your own, and then thinking deeply about literature by yourself, other than the ability to craft good essays? Would your time be better spent just being an autodidact? Of the english classes that I've taken, first of all, 90% of the class is a white liberal girl, and second of all, they all felt like just high school english with slightly (only slightly) smarter students. I go to a top university, so it's not the quality of the college that's the problem. Is university level English education really this bad, or does it get better?

It's the degree you get so you can have authority and write in scholarly journals, make a name for yourself, become a critic, etc. Why do people think being in a class is going to impart some esoteric wisdom on them? A Bachelor's degree is simply there to teach you how to research, so you can become a researcher or write for scholarly journals for post-grad.

>college English classes literally just reading, discussion and then writing essays?
Pretty much yeah. I took a couple classic lit courses where we went over some Greek literature and that was basically it. She'd assign chapters, we'd discuss it in class and then she'd talk about assignments/tests. I guess she would occasionally bring up a bit of relevant info that I wouldn't have picked up on or isn't in the book. It can be helpful if you go in with the right mindset and ask the professor lots of questions since they probably do know a lot on the subject. They're probably on auto-pilot so if someone doesn't ask about deeper shit they most likely wont touch on it.

Yes. No. Maybe so.

>i go to a top university
obviously not

except I do, sadly

Undergrad is pretty much like that yeah, grad school supposedly gets better.

Yes. Yes. No. Imma needa' sauce senpai.

>Are all college English classes literally just reading, discussion and then writing essays?

No, there is also the acceptance of your professor's views on the material and the writers so that you can regurgitate them on command, because that's what you'll be graded on.

There's nothing wrong with reading a lot of great fiction, thinking about it, talking about it, availing yourself of Professor's office hours, and writing thoughtfully about what you come away with. Unless you're taking loans to do it at a private university. Then you're spending way too much money for an experience you can have for free on iTunesU.

yes, English majors have some of the lowest iq’s of all the majors, above Comm, Education and other retards but way below even Law students, Engineer monkey niggers, compsci niggers, med school sperg faggots, mathnerds and science niggers. You’re sitting in a class with people who have no skills who don’t understand how life works and think the year is 1970
>would i be better served being an autodidact
yeah, there’s no reason to go to college outside getting the degree and networking unless you are STEM and need lab time and tutors.

its a joke and people who go to college are barely smarter than the general pop who does not. most of those people will not go to grad school, most of them will cheat and get C’s and B’s and most of them read off of study guides and online helpers. The average college student should be working from age 16 till death. Most people are functionally useless mouths, english majors and psyche majors and education niggers are prime examples of these. If you have any talent at all become an attorney or into CS and get some kind of Phil combo degree and you might get a job. You’re already fucked tho my man. Im sorry but if you fuck up even once with school its over for you socially and financially. Make the best of what you have going or drop out and get ready to work brutal hours at thankless jobs. The world is a very dark, awful place user