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Sunday, August 27, 2006
quiz lifted from Kristen
Since I actually spend quite a bit of time contemplating college, I jumped on this quiz a few days ago but decided not to post it because I was in the middle of a flurry of posts. Better to save it for a time when I needed to fill a gap to keep the blank page at bay. ;)
You scored as Linguistics. You should be a Linguistics major!
What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3) created with QuizFarm.com |
Interesting. I do like the idea of studying linguistics, being a nerd-girl type who likes to dissect words and see where they came from and who still sometimes thinks in French even though I haven't sat in a French class for over thirteen years. I don't suppose it's a highly marketable field of study, though, outside the world of academia (and I am SO not a professional academic. SO SO not), not that the sole purpose of study is to prepare for a career, but still, four years and however much money is a bit of a big investment, probably too big to toss away on something that's for personal enrichment alone. I guess a translator is a linguist, and that would be fun work. Still, though, I feel a real pull toward nursing. Not that all this matters at this point, when I'm who knows how long from actually doing anything about it (T's work schedule changed this summer, making it pretty much impossible for me to take any night classes without enlisting a babysitter). What I should be thinking about is this upcoming school year for the kids, which starts in eight days and for which I have only the barest outline done up. I do have a good stock of crayons and glue laid in, though.**
** What a bittersweet day it will be when we no longer need crayons for school. *snif*. (I hear Marilla's voice in my ear: "For pity's sake, if you must borrow trouble, borrow it handier home.")
Comments
What?!?!?! Are you implying that there will be a day where crayons are not needed?? never! ok. now I am picturing buying my teenage boys crayons. ok. perhaps that day will come, but I will go back into denial now, thank you
Posted by: debi at August 27, 2006 06:46 AM
I sometimes fantasize about the days when a woman was encouraged to go get a full education but was expected to do nothing more than raise a family, cherish her husband and nurture some nice hobbies! (Did you EVER think you'd hear me say THAT?) Can you imagine, being encouraged to get a specialized education to simply just enrich your mind without having to go out there and prove that you're some sort of super woman?
If only I lived out there, I'd watch your kids so you could go to school. I wouldn't even charge...But I might raid your fridge ;-)
Posted by: jenn at August 27, 2006 11:30 AM
I'm so relieved to know I'm not the only one supposedly near to starting school, but woefully unprepared!
Posted by: Denise at August 27, 2006 01:10 PM
You are such an interesting mix! Engineering and Chem are pretty high up there.
Posted by: Kristen at August 27, 2006 06:39 PM
Thanks for the quiz link. It was fun and the results said I should be an English major, which I was.
Posted by: twocatmommy at August 28, 2006 08:59 AM
At least at ASU, a lot of people working on MAs in Linguistics were planning on becoming teachers of English as a Second language.
Posted by: dichroic at August 28, 2006 10:13 AM
