well, I have made a decision...
Apr. 25th, 2007 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
And it is probably the stupidest decision I've made in my life, really, but I'm being brave and actually doing something I want to do.
I'm starting over at Purdue Calumet from square one, and I'm going to go premed. I feel like I've been doing nothing but wasting time at IUN for a degree that's essentially bullshit. (I know I was in some classes with Nichole, and I know she's got a decent job after college, but I don't feel like I've gotten any guidance about what to do with my life.) I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with a BA in English Lit. Whenever anyone asks what I'm going to school for or what I'm majoring in and I tell them what I'm going for, they always ask, "Ohhh, are you going to teach?"
Hell no. I don't have the patience to be a teacher.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about it in the last month or so. Mom's not getting any better, and frankly, I think a lot of her doctors that she's bounced around from just jack her around and don't know what kind of treatment to give her. If no one's going to help her and if there's no immediate cure for MS or any sort of neurological problems, then I'd rather be proactive about and make it happen.
I still want to be a writer or a filmmaker, but sometimes you don't really need to go to college to learn to write. I've got all of these years of studying literature under my belt, and I'm seeing nothing come of it. I would still love to get my work published (writing-wise or graphic-novel-wise), but it's tie to focus on something a little more practical, something I can apply that will actually help people. I'm tired of feeling like I'm doing nothing with my life.
I also went and put in some job applications yesterday. I put one in at the Hooters on US 41 in Schererville, and I nearly got an interview on the spot...then a lunch rush came in, but they said they'd defintely give me a call back because I guess they ARE looking for help. And that was fine with me; I wasn't exactly looking my best for a job interview at Hooters, if you know what I mean.
I'm starting over at Purdue Calumet from square one, and I'm going to go premed. I feel like I've been doing nothing but wasting time at IUN for a degree that's essentially bullshit. (I know I was in some classes with Nichole, and I know she's got a decent job after college, but I don't feel like I've gotten any guidance about what to do with my life.) I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with a BA in English Lit. Whenever anyone asks what I'm going to school for or what I'm majoring in and I tell them what I'm going for, they always ask, "Ohhh, are you going to teach?"
Hell no. I don't have the patience to be a teacher.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about it in the last month or so. Mom's not getting any better, and frankly, I think a lot of her doctors that she's bounced around from just jack her around and don't know what kind of treatment to give her. If no one's going to help her and if there's no immediate cure for MS or any sort of neurological problems, then I'd rather be proactive about and make it happen.
I still want to be a writer or a filmmaker, but sometimes you don't really need to go to college to learn to write. I've got all of these years of studying literature under my belt, and I'm seeing nothing come of it. I would still love to get my work published (writing-wise or graphic-novel-wise), but it's tie to focus on something a little more practical, something I can apply that will actually help people. I'm tired of feeling like I'm doing nothing with my life.
I also went and put in some job applications yesterday. I put one in at the Hooters on US 41 in Schererville, and I nearly got an interview on the spot...then a lunch rush came in, but they said they'd defintely give me a call back because I guess they ARE looking for help. And that was fine with me; I wasn't exactly looking my best for a job interview at Hooters, if you know what I mean.
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Date: 2007-04-26 12:45 am (UTC)I think that's really cool that you want to go pre-med. Think of all the people you'll help. :)
Best of luck to you. Let me know if you need anything. ♥