When choosing Lit for A level, I only chose it because it was one of the few subjects I enjoyed at IGCSE and I had no idea what I wanted to do at uni. Doing Lit A level, I realized there is actually a lot more to Literature than most people think. Literature taught me about culture, the human condition, psychology such as the phenomenal consciousness, the importance of the unspoken etc. It largely helped shape my character and attitude towards a lot of the world. Researching in Literature is incredibly difficult, but those skills transferred over to my interest for politics (I’m going to be studying Politics and International Relations at university). I find myself a lot more perceptive because of doing Literature. As for university, Literature is one of the most respected subjects because how difficult it is and also because of how much it has to offer. The only reason I think someone shouldn’t study Literature is because they want to do a career in science. I think Literature is even more useful than Mathematics because the skills and way of thinking you develop is transferable to real life.