My major doesn’t define me. Your major doesn’t define you. Now, when I say this, I don’t mean your major doesn’t define what your interests are or what you want to do with the rest of your life. What I mean by this is, your major doesn’t define your level of intelligence or the amount of effort you put towards your schoolwork. Today, people often determine what a person is like based off of their major. Oh, you? Since you are a biology major, you must be a super smart a** and not care about anything other than your grades. You? You are a communications major so you took the easy route just so you could get a college degree. These stereotypes based off of a person’s interests and what they want to do with their future could not be more inaccurate. A person’s major doesn’t define them overall; it defines what their interests are and categorizes what they want to do as a career.
If you are like me, it took a while to figure out exactly what it was that I wanted to do as a career after graduating from college. I ranged from education, to speech pathology, and now couldn’t be happier to be a Communications major. All I knew was that I wanted to work with kids and make a difference in people’s lives. Do I need a biology or mathematics degree to do this? Absolutely not. My interests shouldn’t define my knowledge or the way people think about me. My interests are for me to love and help me pursue something that I want to do for basically the rest of my life.
Growing up, I was never the best test taker. Heck, I’m still not. However, does this mean that I’m a slacker and that I’ll never graduate college? No. To me, my major and my schoolwork are very important. If I happen to fail a test or quiz, I know that I can get right back up and try again because I have been wanting the one thing that everyone goes after from day one of college, a college degree in something that we love.
Honestly, it offends me when someone asks me what my major is and I answer with, “communications,” and they just give me the good ole fashioned “ohhhh okay,” and move on to the next person who answers with Biology or Mathematics and they say, “Good for you!” Yes, I understand completely that biology and mathematics are two of the most difficult majors, but does that mean my major isn’t difficult as well? No. Does that mean I won’t be just as successful as those people? No. My major does not mean that I chose to take the easy route. My major doesn’t mean that I’m not just as intelligent. My major does not define me.
Life is all about receiving new opportunities. A college degree doesn’t and shouldn’t set anyone back from trying different things. That actress on that famous TV show who is now making millions? She graduated college with an education degree. That professional basketball player in the NBA? He’s a graphic designs major. People have different interests and different ways of how they want to live their lives. Stereotypes according to a person’s path they choose to take throughout college are showing people that a major defines a person, when in reality; a major defines a person’s interests, not the person themselves.
