The Ol' College Try: Choosing a Major
Published April 23, 2003
Now all that you need to do is to find the counselor related to that career on the back of the printout. For instance, if the career that has been chosen for you is "Car Tires and Gasoline", then you will call the counselor over the "Modern Combustible Ethics" department. If you want to lean what classes are requireed for your major, you will need to arrange for an appointment with a school counselor as soon as possible, since it will take at least 4 months to reach the counselor over the phone, and another 7 months actually meet with him/her.
When you finally meet with your counselor, you will be given a "Four Year Outline" for your chosen major. For example, if you have chosen to go into "Physical Therapy," you will notice that half of your classes are directly related to the field. The other half will be courses in "Asynchronous Transfer Mode programming," as well as courses in "Nuclear Biotechtronic Assimilations" and "Sociology of Urban Liquorish."
You will attend course after course, until you, as a student, become competent enough to graduate and take your place in the world as a "Carl's Junior Door Greeter and Window Washer." You see, the job market isn't what it used to be, what, with all of the ups and downs in the Economical...NASDAQ...Thing. But these are the kinds of things that you'll LEARN about by attending college. Someday, you'll be washing windows with some other "non-graduate," dazzling your friends about the changing trends in European Computer Network Traffic, simply because you have taken the time to invest upwards of 15,000 dollars to educate yourself, to become a well-rounded individual.
Eventually, however, you will become disatisfied with your career, and will need to reasess your employment future. In fact, you may end up changing your career three to five times in a lifetime. Don't panic; this is common. Simply take several three by five cards and begin by writing on each card, a talent or gift that you have...
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- Published: April 23, 2003
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- Writer: Nathan Nelson
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