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I don't really have anything in particular to write about... I'm sitting in a lab at school but I'm really bored cause my 2:00 class let out early, I don't have enough time to go home, I don't have money for food, and I don't have my book for the next class I have so I can't study for the quiz we're having (yet, would I anyway? probably not). So here I am in the computer lab: what a shocker.
Anyway, I guess I'll write about what's going on in my academic life lately, cause some people don't know, most likely. At the beginning of this semester, I thought I was going to major in Mass Communications (Journalism, pretty much), but I came to a point where I realized it's not the major I need. I may write well, but that doesn't mean I need to write for a newspaper or something, cause I shouldn't take a job where I'm going to be doing something WELL but be really bored in the process. So, I have now declared myself as an English major and am very much looking forward to next year and to the other semsters still awaiting me here at SIUE.
English is something that I've always been good at, in grade school, in high school and in college. I am able to write well, especially under pressure. I also am one of those people who is anal about spelling and grammar. Not to the point where I CONSTANTLY correct other people, but it happens. I enjoy reading and learning about literature. Basically, while I have looked into other areas that interest me, I have always known that writing is one of my strengths, and instead of trying to find something more interesting I've finally settled with playing up one of my better abilities.
The main reason I declared for English, though, is that I want to make myself available to learning more about God, study his Word and spend time with Him, and I don't want to have a career that is so time-consuming that I can't participate in some kind of ministry or have extra time to spend the way I want to. Right now, there are times that I feel like school is a waste, simply because it's not where my priorities lie. Truthfully, I don't know if I would be in college if I had been given a choice about it because I am really sick of taking classes that I took in high school. Thankfully, it hasn't been like that too much this semester, but I am totally ready to take classes that interest me and that will show my strengths instead of my weaknesses.
FYI - here's my schedule for next semester:
ENG-200-001 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY 3.0 TR
1230PM-0145PM
PH
2410
Joy
ENG-209-001 SURVEY OF BRITISH LIT: 1789-PRESENT 3.0 TR
1100AM-1215PM
PH
0408
Voller
ENG-211-001 SURVEY OF AMER LIT FROM COLONIAL TO CIVIL WAR 3.0 MW
0300PM-0415PM
PH
3404
Meyering
ENG-212-001 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LIT: CIVIL WAR TO MODRN TIMES 3.0 MW
0130PM-0245PM
AH
3317A
Rambsy
GER-102-002 ELEMENTARY GERMAN II 4.0 MWF
1200PM-1250PM
PH
2410
What I was saying though is that when I get a job, I don't really care what it will be. I don't care what line of work I get involved in, where it takes me, what I do, any of that. It just doesn't matter. All I want to do is follow God's will and keep my focus on him. I want to get married and have a family, most likely, but I just want to have a job doing something I will somewhat enjoy, be able to spend time with the people I love, and be free to spend time with God.
So basically... that's my life right now and what I've been thinking about lately. I just don't really care about the future, honestly. I want to be able to provide for myself, but I want to keep GOd as #1, no matter what. And I wish the same for anyone else who's struggling with the decision I made. Welp, almost time for algebra... see ya later!
Anyway, I guess I'll write about what's going on in my academic life lately, cause some people don't know, most likely. At the beginning of this semester, I thought I was going to major in Mass Communications (Journalism, pretty much), but I came to a point where I realized it's not the major I need. I may write well, but that doesn't mean I need to write for a newspaper or something, cause I shouldn't take a job where I'm going to be doing something WELL but be really bored in the process. So, I have now declared myself as an English major and am very much looking forward to next year and to the other semsters still awaiting me here at SIUE.
English is something that I've always been good at, in grade school, in high school and in college. I am able to write well, especially under pressure. I also am one of those people who is anal about spelling and grammar. Not to the point where I CONSTANTLY correct other people, but it happens. I enjoy reading and learning about literature. Basically, while I have looked into other areas that interest me, I have always known that writing is one of my strengths, and instead of trying to find something more interesting I've finally settled with playing up one of my better abilities.
The main reason I declared for English, though, is that I want to make myself available to learning more about God, study his Word and spend time with Him, and I don't want to have a career that is so time-consuming that I can't participate in some kind of ministry or have extra time to spend the way I want to. Right now, there are times that I feel like school is a waste, simply because it's not where my priorities lie. Truthfully, I don't know if I would be in college if I had been given a choice about it because I am really sick of taking classes that I took in high school. Thankfully, it hasn't been like that too much this semester, but I am totally ready to take classes that interest me and that will show my strengths instead of my weaknesses.
FYI - here's my schedule for next semester:
ENG-200-001 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY 3.0 TR
1230PM-0145PM
PH
2410
Joy
ENG-209-001 SURVEY OF BRITISH LIT: 1789-PRESENT 3.0 TR
1100AM-1215PM
PH
0408
Voller
ENG-211-001 SURVEY OF AMER LIT FROM COLONIAL TO CIVIL WAR 3.0 MW
0300PM-0415PM
PH
3404
Meyering
ENG-212-001 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LIT: CIVIL WAR TO MODRN TIMES 3.0 MW
0130PM-0245PM
AH
3317A
Rambsy
GER-102-002 ELEMENTARY GERMAN II 4.0 MWF
1200PM-1250PM
PH
2410
What I was saying though is that when I get a job, I don't really care what it will be. I don't care what line of work I get involved in, where it takes me, what I do, any of that. It just doesn't matter. All I want to do is follow God's will and keep my focus on him. I want to get married and have a family, most likely, but I just want to have a job doing something I will somewhat enjoy, be able to spend time with the people I love, and be free to spend time with God.
So basically... that's my life right now and what I've been thinking about lately. I just don't really care about the future, honestly. I want to be able to provide for myself, but I want to keep GOd as #1, no matter what. And I wish the same for anyone else who's struggling with the decision I made. Welp, almost time for algebra... see ya later!