major daze

Stumbling through the confusion of choosing a major

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Vaxjo U, Where are You?

Monday, Monday. Registration officially begins on Monday. I don't have a schedule yet because I hate the one I have put together.

I was thinking that maybe I would go to Sweden for a semester. My U. offers an entire semester at Vaxjo University in the southern part of Sweden. It is an international school, so classes in English are no problem, but classes that are devoted to English are. They offer a Master's degree in Psych. through classes taught in English there, but Vaxjo does not have many classes which focus only on writing and reading English. So, maybe my major will change again...

I thought about doing Psych for about a semester shortly after I got here. As a freshman, my Intro to Psych class (Lib. Ed) went really well. Then I took Human Sexuality. It was an interesting class, but it was at 9 a.m. and I didn't have another class until noon. Yah, I didn't make it very often. Oddly, I still stuck with Psych. My Abnormal Psych class went really well. I was actually only 2 test questions away from an "A", but the prof wouldn't bugde. It wasn't all that interesting after Abnormal anyway.

When I applied to this college, I think I started with an Elementary Special Ed. major. I decided after about three weeks that I was no longer really interested, but never got around to officially declaring another major until a few weeks ago.

I thought briefly about the Social Work field. The classes were enjoyable, but whatever. It didn't work out.

International Studies was also interesting to me. I had already done the exchange program thing, so that part was taken care of. Just a few more classes would have given me a minor. This was the reason I took a year of Chinese. It was tough, but I managed and "A". Things were going well with Int'l Studies, but it just ended up falling apart. I don't really know what happened.

I actually went back to my original idea of teaching at this point. Then I spent a semester working at an elementary school in town. Bam! That dream was over.

Oh, where did I go from there? I don't know...business (can't do math)... Phy. Ed. to be a yoga instructor, then actually became a pilates instructor and realized my mistake...History (after one course on American History)...Political Science (realized I am a terrible liar and have good hair)...I don't know. There have been so many.

English might be getting closer to what I really want because I actually declared the major at the records office.

Going to Sweden will help me clear my head. Plus, I love the country. Yes, this is a good idea. Sweden it is. Good bye B-Town.

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