Assignment #9: “What compliments me…”

I’m not sure how to cleverly begin this blog post…

Segues are weird.

At this point, I have no idea what kind of knowledge I want to compliment my major area of study. I did take French all four years of high school. And as much as I love the language, I have this inherent concept that I will never be good at it enough to confidently say, “Yes, hire me, because I am fluent in two different languages.” I’d feel like a poser and I don’t really think any amount of learning or class-taking is going to ever make me believe otherwise. So I’ve since given up on it; though I may just take the two hundred levels since that will take care of non-business breadth requirements.

So, what am I going to do instead? I’ve considered pursuing a minor  Originally I wanted to do a sociology one, but since then I’ve learned that no such thing exists. I would also have liked to minor in law or something because the legal system has always interested me, but that’s completely out of the picture now. Not because I’m not interested anymore, but because ‘minoring in law’ not only isn’t possible, but just sounds weird. I’m moved on to perhaps majoring in accounting and then minoring in one of the business concentrations and/or psychology–since the study of people is what business is really all about. I took AP Psychology in high school so I know it’s interesting, but I have yet to summon the courage to take another 2 hour class. But we shall see.

If I could customize six courses into my own themed major, I’d probably have a lot of difficult. I’m quite interested in classics, but it’s useless knowledge in any other field besides Greek, Latin, and of course Classics. I know I don’t really want to do anything with sustainability because really, I couldn’t really give a shit about ‘going green.’ I think it’s an awesome concept, so I’ll leave that to those that are passionate about it. But leave me out of it. I’m not an artist, nor am I interested in science or history. Perhaps I could do some type of leadership minor? Do they have those? perhaps I can combine some management classes with service-learning classes and marketing? Geez I don’t know. It seems I’ve gotten a sort of stream of consciousness going here. As if though.

I think what will compliment my being a business major the most are the things I do outside of class. Sorority events, leadership positions in different clubs, community service; things like that. I hope that farther down the road I will be more aware of what I want to come out of college with, but I hope it will be more than just a degree.

– Ro