Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Student for Life
I've always had a lot of areas of interest.
As a child, I always wanted to be an actress/dancer growing up, the only acting/dancing I do now is with my kids playing pretend and dancing to Baby Einstein in my living room.
Next up in my, "when I grow up I want to be" desires was an architect. My hobby as a kid was to buy house plan books! What kid does that with the very little spending money they ever had? Me! I still would do that, but my very little spending money I have now is used for other things. I figured out in high school I didn't have the math potential needed for such a career.
Then I went on with an early childhood special education interest. I decided I wanted to be a teacher.
Then I went to college (four of them) - these were my majors:
Major #1 - Speech Pathology
Major #2 - Early Childhood Special Education
Major #3 - College #3 - Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (Then get a teaching certificate)
Major #4 - College #4 - Family Science (I was going to be certified for Early Childhood Special Education)
Major #5 - my junior year - Recreation Management (an d I put all those social sciences into my minor, Family Science? I think is what it is called)
Then after I graduated, I payed a lot of money to take a course to become a certified wedding planner. I could have just read 500 books on the subject and call it good, but I needed that piece of paper that said I was certified.
I still would love to go to school to learn how to do hair, floral arranging, photography, fitness instructor, culinary arts, and really the list goes on... and on...
So, I guess I have put my minor to good use raising three kids, but let's be honest, by raising three kids, I'm getting my doctorate in Family Science right now. I mean, I take tests every day, they just might be issued by a two year old...
I hope I graduate... with honors...
How many majors did you have in your college career?
Post Script: I can not believe I graduated from college TEN years ago next month. That makes me feel old!!
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2 comments:
i'll be 9 years next month...not far behind you. shocking, right? though, what is most shocking to me is that in 10 years you've gone from a newlywed to a mom with 3 kids. for me...well i got some dogs. ha ha.
i would love to be a perpetual student. i figure there are enough books and internet resources in the world to learn about anything. on my list: beekeeping, keeping chickens, having a garden, learning to quilt, learning to sew something i'd actually wear, midwifery, etc. good thing we're both so young! :)
business and it only changed from a concentration from operational management to finance. my mom was convinced I needed to play an instrument (the flute) and go to business school. she never let me take home ec in middle school or high school and I wasn't allowed to get a "mom" degree. And what do I do all day at the age of 28? stay home to take care of Sam, clean and sew. HAHA.
I take weekend and night classes all the time and they're great!! The things you have mentioned you want to learn about are offered all the time. I see them when I look for classes to take. It's a great way of learning something new and not having to get another 4 yr degree.
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