They aren't bad subjects but the topics aren't very interesting to me, especially for English. I love to write but most content classes have for it are incredibly boring.
I always hated English due to the fact that we had to read really boring books (-shivers- Frankenstein...) and Shakespeare plays. All I wanted to do was write short stories! ;w; I finally got to in College and it was the best class ever! It was a creative writing class that I absolutely adored. I love writing and can never shut up when I type. I found myself having to restrict myself because there was a page limit on our short stories. It was funny. I wrote a short story that was five pages single spaced which turned out to be eight double spaced. The stories needed to be a max of 2 pages double spaced. WHAT. That was SO short!! I struggled but eventually took out words and scenes to shorten it. I got to five pages and then had to give up or the story wouldn't make sense. Luckily my teacher didn't seem to care. It was pretty sweet.
Anyway, sorry, getting so passionate about that class. I really wish they'd teach grammar in grade school English classes. From like, grades 5-12, they literally didn't teach us any grammar. I actually had to look up the difference between its/it's. It's pretty bad. Oh but thank god we read The Merchant of Venice!
Right? English curriculum is incredibly boring and it's no surprise they put people off of reading on their free time. I wouldn't mind English classes if the books assigned were actually interesting that can really spark a discussion like memoirs or politics or something. It doesn't help that most fiction books assigned have insufferable characters and no longer relate to today's society.
I completely relate to limiting your writing! I ran into the same issue. I tend to overwrite as well. Creative Writing classes are so fun in comparison. Short story writing is so challenging. x_x It took a few years to get better at it. Writing drabbles helps imo!
My least favorite classes were Chemistry (the teacher didn't teach)
I understand they have to teach the history of English literature so that's fine; boring, but still fine. But why is it that we have to read Shakespeare plays for like, four years in a row? Isn't once just fine so we get the idea? Baaaaah.
As well, they really need to switch up the books. My Dad said that he read the exact same books as I did when he was in high school. Goodness, switch them up a bit maybe?
Hmm, I've never written a drabble before. I'll definitely check it out though! Thank you very much for the advice!