Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Major in College

Looking Back, I picked the wrong major in college. Don't get me wrong, I love the health sciences and chemistry. But i'll be working with that the rest of my life. It would have been nice to step out of my comfort zone a bit.

Yeah I picked something that would conveniently work along with being a pre-dental student, so what? Okay let's brainstorm, what would have also been nice?

A Theater Major:
I was going to be in the Vagina Monologues. And, personally, I LOVE it!! I am relatively a shy person. It takes me a good minute to get used to new people. And it is oh so difficult to talk in front of a room full of my peers when giving a group speech about the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle. But put me on a stage there's no pressure, put the spotlight on me, and let the acid trip begin. I'm the youngest in my family, and also the only girl, so of course attention was always on me. I'm not gonna lie, I still enjoy it (well, as long as it's Positive Attention)

Comparative Literature and/or English Major:
You've already seen my love letter to words and books. This would have been another perfect compliment to my personality. But would I have walked away feeling the same about what a read, would it have burnt me out. I think it might. At this point in my life. Reading is still a treat, not a chore, I might not liked being told that I HAVE to read this. (I'm not very good with following authority, and I don't do homework).

Sociology Major:
Everybody I know that's a sociology major gets to take these really crazy fun sounding classes.
I took Soc100, and LOVED it (it didn't hurt that my prof was a cutie either). Not too many classes I had assignments that I enjoyed doing like in this class, not just pushing electron around on a piece of paper or something. You get to learn about people and how they work. Experience and discuss topics you otherwise would have never even thought about.

hmmm?

1 comment:

SunnyD said...

Soror I completely agree with you. I had no clue undergrad could just be about pursuing other interests and that graduate work was where u can really delve into your career choice. I DEF would have picked another major. Probably Gender Studies, Indian Studies or Spanish...OR I would've made my own and done a thesis.