
So let's get this straight - My 16 year old self sat where you are (well at a desk in a Scottish High School) and said 'What is the point in English? I can speak it; I can read it; I can write it. You can't even revise for it anyway'.
I thought I disliked English. I couldn't wait for the moment that I walked out of my Higher English exam and said 'I never have to do English again'. Ironically, I would be dealing with the same questions and attitudes......