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SusanofO -> RE: What did you want to be when you grew up? (12/28/2006 6:39:14 PM)
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Three things (one of the three, anyway - didn't matter which one):
1. An artist (which I do, occasionally, to a degree. I draw charcoal and pencil portraits. But not professionally. But they are pretty good. That's what people tell me anyway. I was an Art major in college for a year. My parents wanted me to have a more "marketable" degree - and they partly paid my tuition, so...).
2. A novelist (haven't done much about this, really. It's still a dream, but right now apparently requires more time and self-discipline that I've got, I guess).
3. A social worker (I was a Social Work major in college for a semester. Until I figured out how much it paid. Today, I do an above-average amount of volunteer work with the homeless, and disadvantaged kids, and adult women who need money for college).
I had six majors in college. I drove my college counselor and my parents crazy changing majors. My majors were: Zoology, Art, Elementary Education, Criminal Justice, Social Work, and finally - Business (Marketing Management).
Zoology was the one I thought was the most interesting, btw. But I knew too many people with Master's degrees in that field, who couldn't find jobs and were feeeding the animals at the zoo for $7.50 an hour, so I did the "practical" thing - I became a Business major. I am about as cut out for the business world as a fish is to bicycle across the great plains, but I did land a great job after college.
- Susan
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