Sometimes we recognize the fold that opened a can of worms....
My sophomore year of high school I made a choice that would lead, in some small way to the unhappiness with college that I've felt for the last four or so years. I had taken Intro to Graphic Design and loved every minute of it. I made plans to continue on to the intermediate and then advanced classes but then I realized that signing up for Intermediate meant I couldn't continue with German. I had grown a strong liking to my classmates and my teacher and wanted to go on with them. I also wanted to get my foreign language requirement out of the way so I didn't have to take any in college. So I ended up forgoing Intermediate graphic design, thinking maybe I could take it later on but other classes that I had to take were at the same time so I never did take it.
Only now have I come to realize what a mistake that was. Now I feel that I'm four years behind and have a great deal to make up for it all. But at the same time, I only have two English courses left and I'm done with that degree. Three more TAM courses and I'm done with college. So what's next? Now that I've really put my finger on what I want to be doing, where do I go from here? Do I continue on and try and find a good school to further my studies in graphic/web design? Do I try and get an internship or job involving such fields. Do I work retail for the rest of my life, deciding that my English degree is perfectly useless?
But maybe that's thinking too far ahead. I still have a little ways to go here. If I ever hope to get into some design school, they will request a portfolio no doubt. So that should be what I work on now. During all my free time (most of it) will be doing just that. On top of that, I have to research schools for graphic design programs. I've already been told that Seattle, Chicago, and Minneapolis all have good schools (Minneapolis supposedly has the best of them all). I feel those are two lofty goals that'll keep me busy.
Our country is in a crisis in so many ways and it makes this all a lot harder for so many people but I cannot, we cannot let it get us all down. I plan to keep going, to work hard, and to get what I want. I want to be successful and I want to do what I love and I cannot let anything get in the way. I wish I was more awake so this was better writing but whatever. Anyway, I will update soon on my progress. Adios!
Only now have I come to realize what a mistake that was. Now I feel that I'm four years behind and have a great deal to make up for it all. But at the same time, I only have two English courses left and I'm done with that degree. Three more TAM courses and I'm done with college. So what's next? Now that I've really put my finger on what I want to be doing, where do I go from here? Do I continue on and try and find a good school to further my studies in graphic/web design? Do I try and get an internship or job involving such fields. Do I work retail for the rest of my life, deciding that my English degree is perfectly useless?
But maybe that's thinking too far ahead. I still have a little ways to go here. If I ever hope to get into some design school, they will request a portfolio no doubt. So that should be what I work on now. During all my free time (most of it) will be doing just that. On top of that, I have to research schools for graphic design programs. I've already been told that Seattle, Chicago, and Minneapolis all have good schools (Minneapolis supposedly has the best of them all). I feel those are two lofty goals that'll keep me busy.
Our country is in a crisis in so many ways and it makes this all a lot harder for so many people but I cannot, we cannot let it get us all down. I plan to keep going, to work hard, and to get what I want. I want to be successful and I want to do what I love and I cannot let anything get in the way. I wish I was more awake so this was better writing but whatever. Anyway, I will update soon on my progress. Adios!