Monday, September 18, 2006
So I've been thinking about college...if you haven't talked to me before about it, then I should tell you now. I am REALLY excited about going. I'm thinking about changing my major. For those of you who didn't know, I was going to go into business, open up my own little coffee shop and bookstore, and just...chill I guess. But I really didn't care that much about it, as in, it wasn't my passion. But I really didn't know what it was until about a week or so ago. I'm doing a research paper on children in third world countries and even in the tiniest bit of research that I did, I felt a strong pull towards them. Then I was talking to Stephanie on IM and she was telling me about http://www.wellspringinternational.org and that really touched my heart. And that's when I realized...that's the place for me. Not to be overly dramatic or anything, but that's the way it is. So to make a long story short, I've decided to change my major to missions, or to make it sound more official, intercultural studies. Alright gotta go to bed.
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That sounds really interesting. Though, if you go out there and die, I'll never speak to you again. =-P
politics are good as well. another term for intercultural studies in cross cultural studies. maybe it depends on what the school calls it...
*is* cross cultural studies...
There seem to be two things arguing against me making the following comment: "Political Correctness" (the idea that men and women should be thought of as essentially "the same") and being accused of (or thought of as having) a lack of faith (because I'm suggesting that it's far easier for women to enter the type of ministry that you are considering), but I'll say it anyway. I totally disagree with the former and the latter would be baseless speculation.
Because of the lack of expectation, as a female, that you will financially support a family when/if you have one, you have a greater liberty as to educational and vocational choices. If your dream career doesn't turn out to be able to sustain a family, you can just rely on the income of your husband. You have far less pressure on you to position yourself with experience in a practical field.
You have more liberty to make a "long shot" career "leap of faith" because failure matters less. A young woman with a failed or dead-end career can still be an excellent prospect, whereas a man in the same situation is almost always not.
I don't think this is a bad thing at all. It's actually good, in that women can take the riskier path, which has rewards in proportion to its risk (especially if those rewards are not financial). Men and women are not "the same". They are different and have different (and complementary) roles and charactaristic traits. I'm not at all saying that a man has no business taking the same risks: I'm just saying it's harder.
Not that it's easy in any case.
You go, girl.
Haha! I saw your profile pic. I looked at it after I got home. Cute. Hehehe.
That's really cool!! =-) Definitely make sure you pick something you like as your major, the last thing you want is to be sitting in classes that you despise thinking "I can't believe I have to do this the rest of my life."
But that sounds like a really awesome major. =-) I want to hear more about it when I talk to you next time.
And seriously, what is with the wedding picture? I feel sorrowfully out of the loop. Unless of course, you and Davy did tied the knot, in which case I'm offended that I wasn't invited. And I'm not sending a wedding present either. *hmph*
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