Academic Advice
The academic advisors at my school were some of the nicest people I’d met in the administration. Unfortunately, I think they were also the most misinformed… I can’t even remember how many times I heard contradicting information from them, and had to re-do things because someone didn’t know what they were talking about.
Luckily, this new storyline is not about that, but instead, about a quest to find a major, and thus find some sort of meaning in life…
Here’s where I go into pure opinion: I think that there are a few select occupations that require a specific degree — like doctor, for example. But if you’re just planning to go into regular business and do something somewhat generic, your degree can be varied quite a bit. Do something that interests you. Just my two cents.
The question remains… what interests Chuck?
January 28th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I agree about most degrees being pretty “generic”. I have a degree in Bible and Music and I’m doing maintenance. It is at a church, but It’s not a “ministry” job, per say. Yet my degree is a “ministry” degree. “Do something that interests you”…absolutely right. However, I have the same question about myself…what interests Chris?
January 28th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Yeah, I’m with you. My degree is not related to my job, and a quick survey of my office peers would show that very few of them have degrees that relate to what they do. Not that I’m saying your degree is meaningless, just that having a degree in “something” is of worth, and unless you’re going to be a veterinarian or a lawyer or something, you’re ok to get a degree in something random.
I think my real point in saying this is to counter the people in high school who really pressured me to have everything figured out so early, and really poured a lot of undue stress into my life at a time where that was the last thing I needed.
January 28th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I hear you on the folks in high school. Silly to expect a 17-18 year old kid to know what they want to do in life.
January 28th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Or a 26 year old, if you ask me.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:09 am
True dat!