Life: Rereading "Oedipus the King" or "How I learned to loathe English as a major"

I am finishing up a 9-month English course I have been taking online. While the class has been pure torture I have to say that I feel like I have learned a little more about myself and what I love and dislike about the English field overall. I am not a grammar Nazi by any means. If you can't tell I do not edit most of my postings because I like to go with my original thoughts and processes, but in my homework I do edit because it is a grade and what a teacher expects from me. I also have discovered that I uncomfortable critiquing the way that most English majors need to be able to do. I feel more comfortable stating what I liked or disliked about something I read, even if I am so off base that someone scuffs at me. The beauty of reading is we each form our individual opinions on what we read and if it is something you got from the reading then it had to be something in it that drew that out of you. Most teachers do not appreciate that because they believe in a singular answer or believe certain things must be addressed in the English field. It simply is not for me. I am glad that I took the course, however, because I would never have discovered this.

My point of this though is to say that I have noticed recently that my understanding of reading has changed as I have read more and more this last year. This became the most apparent to me while reading "Oedipus the King". I read this my first semester at my university, but did not understand most of what was going on in it. I finished it again for this class a few days ago and understood it completely. This is not because I read it previously, but because I could place characters easier. I could also understand the language in a way that I was not previously able to do. Has anyone else had this experience with anything that they have read? Feel free to comment about your experience if you have.

I also am working on getting regular content back up and running. The hope is to start on the first. I have already posted four reviews in the Graphic Novel category, so I know that at least one new review will come a week in that particular field. The desire though is to get at least three a week done before October 1. I am not going to stick to any one particular field at this current time, but I will be posting more regularly if I keep it down to just three times a week. This will give me a chance to also get future weeks done in advance as well. I am finding the right schedule for me instead of trying to fit into what I think other readers may want. It feels nice to be a little more concerned with my own reading habits.