College is never easy, there’s always going to be a class that is either not fun because it’s boring, the professor is bad, or it’s genuinely difficult. Sometimes there are multiple classes like that, and sometimes it relates to your major. For example, I am in three courses that I need for my major this semester and they aren’t my favorite classes.

In one class, I love what I am learning, but it’s difficult for me to understand some of it, and the other is rather boring to me. The one that is rather boring to me is my subject matter that I am studying. With that being said, I know there’s a greater purpose for me in my major.

My major is unique to begin with, it’s Earth Science Education and I am taking Geology courses because that’s going to be a crucial part to my curriculum when I am a teacher. With that being said, Geology can be boring at times and that’s okay. I am not going to love every part and course to my major, but I love my purpose in my major.

My reasoning for being in my major is that I want to change the world. As corny and as cheesy as that may sound, I want to legitimately make this dark world a better place. At least, help make it a better place.

How is an education major going to change the world? Well, that’s easy because I am a firm believer that teachers are the core to changing the world. They are what mold the young minds and future generations.

They can get students interested in biology and have them become a doctor that finds the cure for cancer, or they can get a student interested in politics and have them create massive reforms around the world. Even more so, they can get their students interested in teaching and have them inspire future generations. That’s what happened to me.

Sometimes people find their love or their passion outside of the classroom, but in those developmental years of schooling, teachers can mold their student’s minds to set up for that passion. If not that, they can be an outlet for the student to express themselves, which can lead to finding that passion. I have a lot of personal stories that really amplify this message.

How does this all relate to my major? Well, I know that the stuff I may be teaching can be boring at times. I know that the stuff I am learning can be boring at times, but since what I am teaching is unique and not a common interest in the world, there’s a lot of great perks to it.

The biggest perk is exposing something really cool like the whole aspect of Earth Science to students, and Earth Science embodies a lot. It embodies astronomy, meteorology, geology, and environmental science. All science that people heard of, but not a lot of people get exposed to it until in college or if ever.

Being someone who is going to teach it and expose this to someone during a critical point in their life because let’s face it all of high school and middle school is this critical era in life. This could change the course of a student’s life because they could realize that they want to do more with what I taught them. They could want to save the environment and figure what to do to save the environment all because of my class.

That would the coolest thing to see a possible future student of mine to do someday, and their interest started because of my class. If not that, a future student could realize because they want to be a teacher because of me, and that would be mind-blowing. Granted, that impact might not come until years and decades from now, but it could happen.

That’s why I am sticking in my major. That’s why I embrace everything I love about rocks, and try to find the beauty in the stuff I dislike in my major. I could change someone’s life and that is a weird thing to say, but it is possible.

My major is challenging at times, but I can change the world through it, and that is the most rewarding thing ever. That’s what I hope I can do someday, and that’s why I love my major.

So, to you guys, if you’re debating changing your major or whatever, look at the purpose of your major. Ask yourselves your intention for life and if your major covers and achieves that intention. If it doesn’t then, maybe you should consider it. I did write an article on some things to do and NOT to do on choosing a major, if you want some help!