Sunday, September 9, 2012
Why College?
College. A big step from grade school. Hearing about the responsibilities that were going to placed upon me, I still chose to go without hesitation. Why college though? Well I chose to go to college because I actually wanted to learn more about something I had much interest in. Of course my future career was in mind too, but I really wanted to learn more about financing and business in general. It took me a while to even consider college. I was a senior in high school when I made the decision. Before I actually gathered my self and thought about my decision, I always wanted to make music. I thought that I could get far in it and be more than successful, but as I grew older, I matured and thought that the odds of that happening were very slim. I got interested in finance when I was in high school also. My dad always came home and told me about the responsibilities that the Chief Financial Officers had at his job and it immediately sparked my interest. I sat down in my free time and searched online about big companies like Morgan Stanley and Dynegy and played fantasy stock market games on the computer. I was thrilled at the excitement that came from trading and buying stocks and I wanted to learn more about it. I then had gotten placed in a Economics class and we watched documentaries and videos about the stock market towards the end of the year. I looked forward to going to that class just to watch and see how life was in the stock market and about people in it. So why college? Well, because college can teach me more about something I want to know more about and it could help me get a career in the field I want to.
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From the sounds of things, it seems that you follow similar choices as I do. For instance I moved off of one idea to a more financially savvy concept. I wanted to get into art as my major, but I considered the possibility of me becoming a "starving artist". So I reconsidered and chose broadcasting as my major instead, knowing I had much better chances of making a decent living off of that.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog because you expressed yourself. Glad that you have passion for music but also want a collge degree.
ReplyDeleteYou are choosing a good career path. A stable one as well. That is good that you could look at something your father was doing and took great interest to it.Also, it is good to see that you look forward to things relating to your major. Getting your degree in something you love will be way worth it in the end.
ReplyDeleteI think if a person is going to come to college they must pursue something that they are interested in. I think you made a realistic choice in choosing something to do with business and finance. I'm not saying that wanting to do something in music is impossible but finding something that is stable and that happens to be something you have interest in is better. I also think that you choosing business/finance is going to help you in the long run and that could potentially lead to you breaking into the music business if that is still something that you would like to do after college.
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome that you found something that you're veryintersted in to pursue. It makes college seem a lot more neccassary and important to attend. I'm still trying to decide what i want to do so it's hard to find motivation to do complete my work.
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