Wednesday, July 10, 2013

College Graduation

I've always known that when I graduated college that it would feel pointless. It's like I don't know how to do anything that I was supposed to know how to do when I graduated. It's not so much that I don't know how to do what I went to school for it's just i'm not applying it with an actual job in my field even if it was just a receptionist job I would at least get some experience using my English degree.
When I decided five years ago to become an English Major I wasn't doing something that I necessarily knew how to do. Math and Science but mostly math was my strong suits. I would do them and still have an easy time doing so and I haven't taken these classes in such a long time now. I Probably should've done something I'm good at and something I wanted to do whether major or Minor because I certainly wasn't good at my minor. I just sucked it up all the way in college knowing I should've done Music and Math. I would've probably had scholarships academic recognition and the full support of my family.
My Mom and Aunt often asked me what I was going to school for. Every time I told them that I was in School for English: Creative Writing they always asked what would I do with it. Before I could answer my mom would say she's going to be an English Teacher and my Aunt would always say you had to go to school to do that? Why? And my mom would always reply I told her she should've went for math and science.

I think many college students have some form of regret but I think the biggest is not doing what you set out to do when you were young and dumb and not truly giving thought to your future your career and not taking full advantage of the time you spend in college. Even if it isn't quite regret it's an irrational fear that you won't do what you thought you could in the beginning.

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