I remember when I first started my course in art college, I think I spent the whole week just thinking to myself "I REALLY shouldnt be here."

nope.
I am studying what I love and for awhile I never declared a major/minor but always had an inkling of what I wanted to study in college.

Hear ya, loud and clear WEB!!!! I'm taking the summer off too! I'm going to do a little traveling with my honey. Hopefully, this whole "What am I going to be when I grow up" drama will subside for a little while.

:D

<Sometimes letting your brain take a breather can help>

that's a really good way of putting it. My brain is tired!

What keeps me going during times of doubt is just the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.

I don't know about all you're majors, but working towards a BS in Biology, I really feel like I'm going to a school of wizardry.

I mean, we go to chemistry lab and make solutions change color after a certain amount of drops fo solution B.... we open up turtles (I am thankful for their sacrifice) and alter their still pumping hearts with various chemical solutions and electrical stimulation... we use these crazy machines called microscopes with fluroescence hookups to peer into a world so alien and beautiful I'm often in lab way over the allotted period... just astonished at what I'm seeing.

Its just awesome to take a step back and realize these intitutions are institutions of Higher Learning... they are training us cosmic beings with the methods that have proven to be successfull in the exploration, manipulation, and fabrication of the collective experience we call reality.

I mean, the question often comes up in my mind -- if this external reality is truly in myself, then why must I study these things? Are not the rules and regulations of cellular function merely a projected construct of humankinds collective consciousness?

And, the great thing about this whole learning thing, is that you already know it all (based on the non-linearity of time, collective consciousness thinger, and god knows what else)... so you're not actually learning the stuff, you're learning how to remember what you already know. It's a calibration and refining of intuition.

I may be honing in on the science field here, but I feel this holds true for all majors....

And the greatest thing about these Institutions of Higher Learning is that they are more Institutions of Greater Change..... I overheard a lecture in a business class where the professor was going through WalMart's business plan and shooting down every facet of it.... they are training our business people to change things! To teach the norm so the next generation knows what not to do, to know what needs to be improved and changed.

We must accept our responsibility as students.

Don't let the bastards get yah down.

And as for the long years ahead, that is in this wonderful thing we call the future.... which various parties are claiming doesn't exist.

And another thing that has helped me through the academic adventure...

CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS! WHEN YOU ACE A TEST, CELEBRATE! WHEN YOU FLY THROUGH ANOTHER SEMESTER WITH AN AWESOME GPA, YOU BETTER GET YOUR ASS TO THE NEXT PSYTRANCE PARTY AND DANCE YOUR HEART OUT.

And, my god, when summer comes, be sure to let summer be summer. The old timers knew what they were doing when they designed the academic school year.

So, that is my ranting. I hope you're semesters are all winding down nicely....

and furthermore,

COFFEE AND ADDERALL!



May the light of a billion suns fuel you through the rest of your academic obligations.

Martilias

Well, I'm 33. I've been out of college for six years, but plan to go back soon. My major is Anthropology.
I started out in Psychology, moved to sociology, moved to criminology and back to sociology and now I'm in anthro.

I became ill, still not well so going into Roman or Aztec archaeology is really not practical for me now. I still love ancient roman history, have a fondness for the Aztec, but I think Anthro is awesome for someone who isn't positive what he/she wants to do.

Of course in the interim I've started learning belly dance. I love belly dance and have started teaching, so now I'm thinking of keeping my studies of Rome more on the hobby line, and sticking to Anthro, but making it cultural so I can related my dance experience to my field of study.

Hell I don't know if I'm going in the right direction still, as I'm getting ready to start a dance and fitness fun center. I just hate giving up on anthro as I have a deep love for the field in my heart.

Aurelia