Early in my freshman English class at Rice, we were asked to write a brief analysis of a specific poem. Mine received a mediocre grade, and the grad student Teaching Assistant explained that I had completely ignored the obvious Christian religious symbolism.
Well, duh. Not being a Christian, it wasn't obvious to me.
But that convinced me: for the rest of the semester, I adapted Cliffs Notes analyses and got better grades.
And I took no further English courses.
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