We're going to go home for Thanksgiving in a few weeks and your family will have lots of questions for you. This may be one of the first times you've seen your extended family since you started school. Here are ten questions they will most likely ask you that you'll most likely not want to answer, no matter what year of school you're in.
1. How is school going?
How I should answer: "GREAT!" *left eye twitches* And then I talk about all the projects I was assigned over Thanksgiving Break.
How I want to answer: "Good." This question is then followed by a more specific question, that forces us to actually respond better to the question.
2. What classes are you taking?
How I should answer: I tell my family all the classes I'm taking and how I love them all.
How I want to answer: I now have to visualize my Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes and then my Tuesday, Thursday classes and somehow I start to get confused and end up responding with a number instead of my actual class names.
3. How many credits is that?
How I should answer: I just sit there and try to add up the credits until I get a number that sounds accurate.
How I want to answer: "I have no idea. I don't keep track. How should I know? That's my advisor's job to know."
4. What have you been up to lately?
How I should answer: "Well.....*proceeds to talk about how busy I've been.*"
How I want to answer: " Netflix. Trying not to cry. Barely surviving. How about you?"
5. Have you joined any clubs or groups on campus?
How I should answer: "Yes, I'm Secretary of the Psychology Club!"
How I want to answer: "We have clubs on campus?"
6. What is your major?
How I should answer: "I'm majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology."
How I want to answer: When someone asked me my major and I told them, "Psychology", they replied with, "That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee at McDonalds."
Thanks, dad.
7. Didn't you used to be a Social Work major?
How I should answer: "Yes, but I decided to switch, not because I have anything against Social Work which I don't, I love Social Work, but I chose to switch to Psychology because it offers more of what I'm looking for when it comes to my future vocation. It offers a more "one-on-one view" whereas Social Work focuses on the population, and that's not the direction I want to go."
How I want to answer: "Yes. And now I'm not. Next question."
8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
How I should answer: "Well, I want to be done with getting my Masters in counseling and hopefully married and thinking about starting a family soon and have a good foundation on my job and such."
How I want to answer: "I don't even know where I see myself in the next 5 minutes."
9. How have your grades been this semester?
How I should answer: "Great! I'm doing really well my Psych class. We just wrote this paper about..."
How I want to answer: "I'm sure they're fine..."
10. Do you know what you're doing after you graduate?
How I should answer: "I mean...no."
How I want to answer: "I mean...no."
