double majoring
a word on academics these days.
journalism makes me feel like i'm not good enough. it requires things to be perfect, thorough, broad, contextual, and complete with pictures, soundbytes, video, and links. it points out your errors as a reporter and punishes you for them. it forces me to do more... without regard to how much i've done already. things are never good enough. it's overly critical and not collaborative. the department brings me down. (and i quote, "maybe some of you (four person class) should realize that this is not your career path. it may be your major, but you won't be journalists.")
religion makes me feel like that's ok. it makes me think about readings, concepts, discussions, and my life. i can think as much as i want on one subject and as little as i want on another. i can ask questions-- any questions. i can propose theories and make connections. i can compare, contrast, focus on experience, analyze from the outside, provide insight from the inside... just as long as i'm saying something. i can be incomplete. i can be a work-in-progress. i can be sorting things out.
i need to leave the j-school as soon as possible. that's the moral of the story.
journalism makes me feel like i'm not good enough. it requires things to be perfect, thorough, broad, contextual, and complete with pictures, soundbytes, video, and links. it points out your errors as a reporter and punishes you for them. it forces me to do more... without regard to how much i've done already. things are never good enough. it's overly critical and not collaborative. the department brings me down. (and i quote, "maybe some of you (four person class) should realize that this is not your career path. it may be your major, but you won't be journalists.")
religion makes me feel like that's ok. it makes me think about readings, concepts, discussions, and my life. i can think as much as i want on one subject and as little as i want on another. i can ask questions-- any questions. i can propose theories and make connections. i can compare, contrast, focus on experience, analyze from the outside, provide insight from the inside... just as long as i'm saying something. i can be incomplete. i can be a work-in-progress. i can be sorting things out.
i need to leave the j-school as soon as possible. that's the moral of the story.