I need everyone to leave the planning of my life, up to me.
So one of my Aunts came to Houston for the first time, this past weekend, and the first time we have seen her in 10 years. I only had some of Friday to see her, as my mom drove me to a class orientation on the other side of town, and then after the orientation we went shopping and got dinner.
As soon as they picked me up one of my least favorite questions came out of my aunt's mouth. " what are you majoring in?" i knew i didn't want to answer it.
let me explain. (for hopefully the last time) I am not sure what I want to do, I know I want to travel, so the only thing I can think of is being a flight attendant. Flight attendants don't need college, they don't require a degree, But many years ago my parents did pressure me to go to college.
so I found myself eventually thinking "ok, I need to go to college to get them to shut up. But what will I do at college? I know I won't need it."
so i flipped through the HCC catalog, looking at all the degree plans. A degree in arts seemed simple enough for me, and I would get to take art classes (turned out to be 1 painting class) but once i got the required courses out of the way I found my niche. I found some fun classes I really enjoyed (environmental science, online geography, and historical geology - maybe if flight attendant doesn't work out i can be an archeologist ). I need 17 hours of elective credits to get my degree, i asked a counselor if language courses could count as electives. she said yes. so that is when my plan went under way. I would learn as many languages as i could. there are enough spanish classes to take to fulfill at least 10 hours of credits. and here I am, so close to finishing. I am in my 4th spanish class, i still can't speak it that well. but i have learned a lot, i don't regret my plans one bit. I feel like i am right where i need to be. and by christmas of next year, I should be done, and ready to work on getting myself into my own place.
so when a relative, i haven't seen in 10 years, hears that i planned to get an associates degree in art, and asks me what i plan on using that for, it is kinda difficult (if you look at the block of text above) to explain, my plans, and my reasons.
so this whole post came from the need to vent, because when i wasn't around my aunt told my mother, that i wouldn't be able to get a job with my degree. and after hearing that. knowing my aunt is criticizing, in a way my life, my life that she has had nothing to do with. I believe my mom told her "one thing, it's none of your business, and two it's really none of your business."
to add on that, for one thing, i know of at least one job that requires a college degree, and apparently they aren't picky, they just want you to have gone to college and get a degree. and i plan to get that job for about a year after i graduate in order to make enough money to support myself until i can get a flight attendant position. and two, maybe someday i will have a better idea of what i want to do. I can always go back to school, and maybe i can build upon my associates degree in art.
plus ya know what? it is my life, I want to make sure i have a job i love. there just doesn't seem to be that many i would enjoy, i know there are many i wouldn't.
so why doesn't everyone leave this up to me? If i need help, i will ask a counselor... in fact i am planning on doing that soon, just to make sure we are on the same page and all my credits are in order, and i can graduate as planned.
don't worry folks, I got this.