My Eng. Lit degree from U of T's Victoria College is the ticket to humanity, the well-rounded life and quality of experience. One of my favourite lecturers said it best: "I wouldn't want to go through my life without having read these books."  So true.  I pity the poly-sci grounded lawyers and the doctors whose only arts training was in a pedestrian religious studies course chosen for easy marks. The Coles notes version of life isn't the real one to my mind. Eng Lit. is the coin of the realm.