Monday, December 7, 2009

Switching Majors

So for the past few months, I've been pretty much set in my ways here at UMBC. I planned on taking a German class every semester as it's my major and a bunch of ancient history classes (a secret interest of mine). However, it's almost the end of the first semester and I'm having doubts. "Do I really want to be a German major?" "What will I actually do with it?" "Do I even like German anymore?" I began to question my interests in life. I've been learning German since freshman year of high school and got pretty good grades; my teacher even wrote my recommendation. I thought this was something I was good at and would come to enjoy. That's not the case. It's not that I don't like learning languages, it's that it bores me now. I don't know. Maybe it's because we're learning about topics I'd rather skip, or maybe I just need to study harder. Either way, I may just switch over to sociology with a minor in Chinese, or be an ancient studies person. Here's to not knowing the future. Cheers!

3 comments:

  1. These things happen, you still have some time to figure things out. I guess it's cliche to say, but do what your heart tells you. If you don't enjoy it now, how're you going to work with it in the future?
    the unknown sucks.

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  2. It's refreshing to see someone accepting this sort of a change without starting to crack. I went through something similar with learning Spanish. Certainly, I could have mastered the language, but I lost interest. Now I'm pursuing an Environmental Science degree and haven't looked back. You'll find something you love. Count on it!

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  3. I heard a quote once from an older guy.

    "The most interesting people I know still don't know what they want to do at age 45."

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