What is your Major in College and why?
By tildy12
@tildy12 (760)
United States
December 19, 2006 2:05am CST
What is the Major you are currently persuing and why is the field you choose to study?
I am Pre Med I choose it as a Major because as a child it was my dream to become A Pediatrician and also because before my cousin passed I promised that I would dedicate my life to helping and taking care of people that are sick or in need
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@pangeacat (619)
• United States
28 Apr 08
When I first entered college, I started out as an English major. I really wanted to be an English teacher, at the high school or even Jr. high school level. I had all kinds of lesson plans already plotted out. And, I was always good in English, so I figured that wouldn't be so bad. I wanted to be a writer eventually as well, and thought this was definitely the way to go.
After a single semester though, I decided that I just wasn't interested in taking that many English classes, when I was so much more interested in other subjects. I was good at it. I wanted to do the teacher thing with it. But, I just wasn't passionate about the things I was studying. Some of them, sure. But, not enough of them to make taking twenty English class per semester worth it for me!
So, I switched my major to anthropology. Anthropology provided much more of a challenge for me, and it was something I was truly passionate about. True, I didn't know exactly what I would be able to do with a degree in anthropology, but it was at least a passion.
While I was taking my classes, I had to take some child development classes, for my job as a T.A. in a preschool. When I was done with all the anthropology classes I could take at the freshman and sophomore levels, I decided to change my declared major to child development, with an emphasis on special needs. I had decided, at that time, that I would fulfill two passions, and get an A.A. in child development, with a specialty in special needs, to make caring for and teaching special needs kids my career. That would make me immensely happy, while also satisfying the need for a steady kind of job. At the same time, I thought, I'd continue with anthropology at the junior and senior levels, to get my B.A., and perhaps even go further, just for my own personal satisfaction and growth.
The requirements have changed in California however, so I would need a B.A. in child development to officially be considered a teacher even at the preschool level. That made it a bit more difficult to accomplish these goals.
As it turns out, I had a couple children and decided that I want to stay home with them while they're young. I do plan on going back to school one day though, and when I do, I plan on sticking fairly close to the child development/anthropology plan. Of course, that said, I've also been looking into other majors, and even maybe continuing with the original English. *sigh* It's so difficult for me to decide what I want to be when I grow up.