When I grow up I want to be an astronaut. Well, when I grow up I want to be a sports agent. This is a very easy choice for a ten year old to make; deciding what they want to do with the rest of their lives. I thought I want to be a professional hockey player or in the CIA. However, now I have no idea when forced upon making this decision in college. Entering college, my personal diagnostic tests showed that I am a problem solver and might want to pursue an engineer track in college. I thought to myself I could be an engineer, I like to put things or parts together. Although, once I started my engineer courses I started to question my course of action. Most of my friends are happy with their choices of major and are really enjoying their classes. How does someone all of a sudden say they want to major in journalism or business? Do they get hit on the head or they knew as soon as they were born? I was just wondering for those who found out what they wanted to major in, where your inspiration or motivation came from? And if I could have some?
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Don't worry Plunky, I have no idea either. I know want to get into the business school but I don't know why. I don't really know what's out there or what I want to do after I graduate. However, we still have time until we have to make that decision and I'm sure that one day you will figure out what you are supposed to do.
It's okay to have no idea what you want to major in. I, however, know that I want to major in accounting and minor in psychology. I knew that I wanted to do accounting because of my own strengths. Math is my best subject and my favorite. I love dealing with numbers and solving problems using numbers. Psychology is just a subject I'm interested in. I absolutely love my psychology class this semester and I'd rather spend my elective courses on psychology classes rather than something I find boring. What I recommend to you is to figure out what core academic class you like the best. Starting with a core class like english or math can lead to many opportunities. Knowing what you want to do in the future involves you knowing your strengths. What academic class in high school or college has interested you the most?
Blondie's advice is good. What you are good at is usually what you like to do. So, for example, I was really good in English when I was in high school. But then I got this idea that I wanted to be a nurse. In those days, being a nurse was cooler than today, and the older sister of a friend was doing it, and I thought she was cool. So I got a summer job as a nurse's aide in the newborn nursery at the local hospital, and I did find that fun, taking care of little bitty babies. I wasn't going to be just any nurse, though. I was going to be the head nurse or a teaching nurse. When I got accepted at Case Western Reserve University, my goal was to get into the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing. And then came the requirements: chemistry. I envy Blondie because math is my downfall. I could not do the proofs for my chemistry experiments. Bottom line: D in chemistry, no Francis Payne Bolton. I switched around to speech therapy and then history, which I did major in, but guess what: I minored in English and went on for a Master's in English. So I landed just where I should have if I had paid attention to my strengths and interests in high school.
Hang in there. Deciding what you want to do with your life is something that you may never find out. I know my father hates what he is doing today, and he has always told me to do what makes me happy. You should do the same. My advice is to try different classes such as your perspectives. These are designed to help you get a well rounded education as well as maybe spark your interest. Don't stress about it! Try psychology or sociology-- it's interesting and you might learn a thing or two about yourself.
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