Today a man in my psychology class said something that got me thinking all day and honestly really bothered me. My professor asked us to get to talk to the other students around us and get to know someone new. I turned around to talk to the two men behind me. They were both quite about older than me but that is expected at a community college. I introduced myself and then they asked what my major was. I told them that my major is communications and one of them said, "well you could change your mind so keep your options open." To be honest that remark really made me angry and this is why...
When I was about six years old I decided that I wanted to be a weather woman. Which is actually a pretty realistic goal when most kids at that age want to be an astronaut or a singer. One day my dad told me that no one likes weather women because they are often incorrect about the weather. So being a typical six year old girl I was crushed. You never want to have your daddy tell you that. So what do I decide? I want to be a News Anchor!
For years I would wake up early just so that I could watch the Today Show in the morning. My mom would come out of her room and be surprised to find me on the couch watching the news. I mean really what kid watches the news? But I loved it. I loved hearing all of the stories and knowing what was going on in the world. Even in high school my teachers would be surprised on how important current events were to me. But to me what is the point of life if you don't know what is going on around you? Even as a young child I realized this.
Anyways, I continued with this dream of one day being on the Today Show and being the next "Katie Couric"! I wanted to be like "Katie Couric" when she was on the Today Show not the Nightly News and when she became all fake, just wanted to clear that up. When I got into high school I wanted to take a class that was in someway close to broadcast journalism so I decided to write for the school newspaper. I started my sophomore year and continued until my senior year. Senior year I was also an editor and even though I loved writing I knew that I didn't want a career in journalism. So I sat down and wondered what else could I do? Well I could major in journalism and become a high school english teacher and make a difference in a child's life. I thought maybe I could even teach overseas.
Then I came up with the idea of majoring in Communications! It was a great idea because then it is an umbrella for all of the things that I have always wanted to do and I think it really fits me. I sat down and thought about all of the different things that I could do with this career, there is a lot! I decided that I want to be a public relations specialist! Which to me sounds like an amazing job. For those of you who don't know what a public relation specialist is someone who promotes a person or organization which to me sounds like a great career.
Yes, I understand that things change, but in my situation I don't believe that my opinion is going to change. Maybe the job might change but you will never see me being a mathematics major, a biology major (sorry dad!), or a psychology major. My interest has always been some sort of communications and I believe it always will be! It is not the place of someone who knows nothing about me to say that I am going to change my mind. Just because he changed his mind and is going back to school does not mean that he knows anything about me. I am not the kind of person who is ever going to be undecided. I enjoy having a goal to look forward to. In a year and a half I plan to move out of Chico and attend a CSU in Southern California and get a bachelors degree in Communications and a minor in Italian. After two years at whichever CSU I chose I hope to move to Italy for a year and continue my studying abroad. Then move back to the states and work in the Public Relations field. So lets see if I change my mind!
