My first Blog
2007-02-05
Okay so I always hear about this whole "blogging" craze but never really took the time to try it out myself. So here I am sitting on my butt wondering what I am supposed to be "blogging" about to the whole internet world. Maybe for my first one I should just pick a topic and go off on it so that maybe one person can randomly read this and think I am crazy or I can just feel satisfied that I made a contribution to shoutpost.com. Either way, here it goes
So I am about to finish up college...well okay when I say about to finish up I mean in another year but the wording makes me feel better about going into my fifth year. Well after much soul searching that you are supposed to do in college, here I am four years later not feeling that confident about the fact that I haven't picked out the "job of my dreams" yet and the only reason I have even declared a major is because I looked through the catalog and randomly picked one on a whim....how motivating. I really like how when you go into college people are like don't worry about your major, just choose something your junior or senior year you you will be fine. Um this is not the case. What they fail to mention is that if you wait to choose a major and switch your major you end up having to take a lot more classes to compensate for the requirements not fulfilled because either a) you weren't aware of the classes you were supposed to be taking due to the fact that you had no major or b) all the classes you have taken for your major are out the window because you decided to switch....I mean come on I am a women why should I have to be punished for changing my mind, it's what I am good at!!!! The university however is not too worried about letting people know this.....they should just say we will do whatever it takes to keep you in as long as possible and suck every dollar out of you that we can.
So say I do graduate college, then what? Am I going to be guarenteed a job? Will I be making enough money to pay for not only the loans I had to take out to put myself through college but also a roof over my head since my parents are not longer going to support my 25 year old ass? The answer to these questions are no. Unless you are majoring in something extremely specific...like being a nurse or you choose to spend another arm and a leg for grad school chances are you will be doing nothing. Ok I know I am sounding really negative right now and truth is I am far from being a negative person but I am just stating the truth here. I am not saying that a college degree with worthless because it definitely is a good investment for the furture, I am just saying for the amount of time and money you spend getting it doesn't mean you are guarenteed anything more than a piece of paper.
So it's actually probably a good thing I didn't graduate in exactly four years or less. On the bright side I get to still work as a part time waitress and not feel THAT stupid telling people what I do, I can party at the bars whenever I want and people don't think I am a complete drunk because I can just say "I am in college" and it makes my actions ok and I get help from the parents while I am "working so hard" to get my degree.
Life is good :)
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