Yay for overly grand titles!
I was looking over my blog and realized I literally hadn't posted in months. This saddens me. I read through a couple old posts and realized I really missed writing these crazy little rants. Today's blog is taking the form of a life update as opposed to advice-giving or heavy-duty topic-discussing post.
My friends on Facebook all probably saw that I finally declared my major - sociology!
Now I've heard. The social sciences are soft. You won't make any money there. What can you do with that?
Honestly, I don't quite know just yet. The plan for now is that I want to literally be a sociologist, conducting research, and possibly teach social sciences classes at the college level.
In order to do this, I have to go to grad school. If I want to teach, add a professional or doctoral degree on top of that. Yeesh. That all sounds a little overwhelming to start, but I have always loved school. I loved learning from before I ever started school all the way to now. I even told my friends (before I had some semblance of a plan) that I just wanted to be a scholar, but no one pays you to learn stuff anymore. *sigh* haha
I took a career orientation this semester that kind of helped me put some things in order. It made me look at interests, skills, and values as well as personality type, all to help me figure out what my best occupation would be. All those things considered, sociologist fit. Whee!
I kind of knew ever since I took an exploratory sociology class in high school that soc was what I wanted to do. I entered my college as an open option student to figure out if anything else would tempt me more than sociology. Nothing did. Alas, Darcy is a sociology major. =)
The thing that helps me know that I would enjoy this job is that I would feel like I was actually making a difference. There are some serious large-scale issues in society that are scary. Did you know that human trafficking goes on everywhere in the world, including the United States? Including Iowa? Including the town where I go to school, even? It's disgusting, it's wrong, and I want to stop it. Maybe I can. THAT is what I want. Believe you me, there is a post on human and sex trafficking coming soon, but that is not this post.
I didn't know that I wanted to be a social activist a year ago. It's always a good thing when I get really mad about something - that means I must care. A lot. And care I do!
I'm not sure where I would want to specialize because sociology is an extremely broad field, but I have at least three years for that.
Back to more tangible updates - I'm considering picking up another major in psychology, anthropology, or (gasp! dare I say it!?) political science. Also, I think I would like to minor in Spanish. I desperately need to study abroad, and Spanish is my in! ha HA!
As for making my future awesome, I need to start networking and get involved in my field. I really need to get an internship doing some sort of research or really anything in a social sciences field. If any of my beloved readers know anything or anyone in this area, please please PLEASE let me know. It's detrimental to my getting into grad school and ultimately getting a good job. (Heavy, much?)
By the way, I am finished with my freshman year of college! I absolutely loved it. Had a blast. I love being in such a diverse place, seeing and interacting with all different kinds of people (hello, sociology major). I also love the coursework - it's so different from high school. I feel like I spend more time actually learning than doing worksheets like it was in high school. Ya dig? It's more challenging, which I enjoy. Yay college!
Alright. I'm rambling now. There's my suuuuper long update. Comment, yo! Make my day. =)
Looooooooorrveee,
♥Darcy