English 3, Post 2, 'Why did I choose my major (study program)?'
Warm Salutations, Earthlings from FCQF
In this week, you are expected to write about,
- your dream jobs when you were a child
- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university
- what made you decide on this major?
- your experience at the university until now
> word count: 130 words
> don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates' posts and on your teacher's post as well.
As usual, I leave a sample post for you to make fun of or to take as a starting point for your own written work,
Since I was a child, I did not think about getting a job or dreaming –daydreaming, perhaps- about getting a job. I did not contemplate the idea of an ideal job because it simply did not exist in my childish world. I was really into video games, soccer, and cycling. Now, that I think of it, I never imagined myself making money out of playing video games or playing soccer. I thought they were only hobbies to spend my time on.
When applying to a University program, there was a hand of career options I seriously considered following: Philosophy, Literature, Medicine, and Law. I decided on English Pedagogy because I saw English as a medium for reaching an end (nowadays I still do), what sort of end, you might ask. It was an end to reach Literature and Education from other perspectives, the ones from an English-speaking country.
When recalling some experiences from my experience at University, I only will tell you they were not as satisfactory as I could have thought they would be, mainly because of an idealism one may nurture from adolescence, or because I felt sort of misplaced inside the university community itself. I would like to think it was because of the latter.
There is no ideal job for me to think of, but I would like to say that I would like to lecture on two topics; (a) English Literature as a matter of intellectual escapism, and (b) Methodology and Applied Linguistics to prospective Teachers of English as a Second Language.
What about you?
Thanks for reading,
Cheers.
Hi, same like you i didn´t think about getting a job when a was little.
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I miss the times when the biggest concern was playing...
ReplyDeleteIt is impressive to read how people think about what they want to study in the future and then learn about their experience in the major. I think that thinking about this topic from a young age creates an idealism that crumbles as you get to know how things really are. But despite everything, the best thing is to do what you really like.
ReplyDeleteI think nobody thought about getting a job as a child, or at least not realistic
ReplyDeletehow sad that his college life has not been entirely enjoyable
ReplyDeletehow sad that his college life has not been entirely enjoyable
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel like you with regard to the university environment, maybe it is the modality
ReplyDeleteI miss that too, just worry about playing.
ReplyDeleteI never liked sports, I envy that you lik them
ReplyDeleteFeeling out of place is very sad :( sometimes I get it
ReplyDeletehe is obviously an excellent linguist!!!!! :)
ReplyDeletehe is obviously an excellent linguist!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI also like video games, especially arcade emulators
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ReplyDeleteI also miss my carefree childhood.
Sometimes the road it's most important that the goal, keep going.
ReplyDeleteI miss my childhood when I could spend all afternoon watching cartoons:(
ReplyDeleteI understand you, I had many career options too!
ReplyDeleteI was really into video games too. I would like to be good at games to be an streamer and live of playing videogames now :(
ReplyDeleteWhen you're very young, you usually just want to have fun.
ReplyDeleteit was very satisfactory read something that i feel i'm represented. specially the university experience thing
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