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[Snow Phoenix]

So there are a bunch of adults here on this website (go figure since Pokemon has served as a basis for most of our childhoods) and there are quite a few higher learning students (college/uni) here. What's your major/area of study? Why are you studying said subject? What are your plans with it? How are you enjoying your studies?

For those too young or who chose other alternatives. How about considering what major you would consider and answer the questions as well.

I'm a Microbiology major. I'm studying it because I have a natural talent and interest for studying disease. I also had received enough credit from high school to allow me to study upper division course work in my major much earlier and wanted to take advantage. I plan on aiming for pharmaceutics or entering grad school for immunology. Public health is definitely my ultimate goal somewhere. My studies are eh. I love my major, but I'm not as big of a fan of the other classes that I had to take. Organic Chemistry was a pain. Still, nothing better than learning all the many ways that one can die from really small parasites 8D Some sarcasm there...

 

[gimmepie]

I'm studying Primary (Elementary) Education right now and I am currently in my second year of study. The plan is simple enough really finish my course do a lot of relief/substitute teaching until I feel experienced enough to take on a classroom full time. Right now I'm nearing the end of units based on child development and on curriculum and I have my first Literacy and Numeracy units coming up. I have been giving a lot of thoughts to electives I'd like to do throughout this course, right now I'm thinking I'd like to do Creative Writing as one (oh and I might have my first practical placement this year).

I'm taking the course simply because I love teaching and, as you said for your own area of interest, I'm pretty good at it to.

How am I enjoying my studies? They have ups and downs - I have quite a few boring units to look forward to (even more so than curriculum) but they are necessary. It's when you get bad lecturers/tutors that things really suck. Apart from that though, uni is a vast improvement over high school in a lot of areas.

 

[Sweets Witch]

Picking a major was the biggest reason why I hated college. Everything that I would enjoy doing would end up paying absolutely nothing unless I got famous, and everything that would give me a decent life was something that I really didn't want to do. I think I settled on being a Theater major because I decided that I'd rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable, although I'd still be pretty miserable if I had no money.

Hated my studies. Absolutely hated them. The school I went to had tried to rope me into getting a different degree that would end up with me having taken more classes than I needed to in order to reach my goal. Some days I'd go buy a newspaper and just sit in my car for four hours before I had to go home so that it'd give the illusion that I was going to class. There's a chance that I'll go back one day, but even with that chance I'd rather turn myself over to cannibals first.

 

[Honest]

Well, I'm not a college student, not for another 3 months anyway whoo, outta high school, but I'm planning on majoring in Psychology. The reason I'm going for a Psych major is cause of two main reasons: one is that I am very capable at handling the stress other people feel and am rather good at helping them out. More importantly, though, I simply have a really big interest in the human brain. I mean, EVERYTHING we ever do, ever though, or have yet to even perceive comes from that stringy organ. Doesn't that just fascinate you?

 

[WooliestSteam]

I'm currently in 2nd Year studying Computer Games Development, however the college where I'm learning it is awful. Now the college itself isn't bad it's quite a nice place actually, only we aren't be taught the correct material and what not.

I actually would love to study abroad now that would be awesome, but I would have no Idea even where to start looking for places to study. :/

I actually have an exam in a couple of hours and instead off studying I'm on PC! :)

 

[Belldandy]

I have a natural gift for languages. I'm also gifted in math, having an IQ >135 (not sure of exact number, but 135 was the "minimum" to be considered a "gifted" student in school). When I was eleven, a lengthy test showed my learning capacities to be in the highschool / first year university level. I'm twenty now.

I'm going for Education. I've tutored before and have helped struggling students go from 35% to 75% in half a semester, including the final exam (worth 30%). I'm also wellspoken and outgoing, so being a teacher is something that fits my personality and my interests.

I'll be doing two Minors and a Major. I'm not sure which yet, but I'll be studying English, French and Geology or English, History and Geology. I love languages (aside the gift), but I also love History and Geology and achieved phenomenal grades in those classes, too.

Also, having gone through traumatic events in my childhood and teenage years, I feel I can serve the somewhat-obscure secondary purpose of teachers: unlicensed therapy. I would look to my teachers and counselors for help, advice and support. I hope to be there in that same way for struggling kids; to be that opening if they can't turn to dad, mom or others for whatever reason.

I feel my "life's calling" is in Education, and I can't wait to become a teacher in secondary education.

:)