I'm A Business Major But I'm Not A Stereotype
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I'm A Business Major But I'm Not A Stereotype

I don't judge your choice of major, don't judge mine

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I'm A Business Major But I'm Not A Stereotype
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Going into my freshman year of college I had no idea what I wanted to do. I thought about aviation management, education, accounting, marketing, and business management. I was all over the road with what I wanted to do with my life. As the days passed, and I continued taking my Gen-Ed classes, I started to realized what I wanted my major to be. Business Management. I plan on double majoring with marketing, and if I have enough time, minoring in accounting. So, to say the least, I'm in the College of Business at my school.

Most people think that business majors are people who have everything handed to them from their mother and father, and when they graduate they will take over the family business. People also think that we are only in it for the money, and that we don't care about anyone else, except for how much money we are making. We are seen as the boss, rude, hateful, and fake people as management students. But let me tell you what, I'm none of the above.

I don't come from a family where I get everything handed to me. Actually, I have been helping my mother since I started working my first job at 15-years-old. I pay for everything I need, and everything I want. My car is a 2012 Nissan, and guess what, I have monthly payments; neither my mother or father pay that for me. I have worked my butt off since I was 15, and at one point in my life I was working three jobs -- roughly 90-hour weeks. Last semester, I took seven classes, and worked 30 hours between Friday and Sunday. I don't think I get anything handed to me.

I have had people say to me, "Oh you're just in the degree for the money." Actually I'm not -- not even close to that. The career I want to pursue does not make a lot of money. The reason I want that job is because I truly love working there. I don't want to be a CEO of some company, I just want to be a full-time manager at some amusement park. I have worked at one in St. Louis for five years, and I couldn't think about actually leaving that job. I picked that job because I love what I do, not because of the money I will make.

A lot of people think that business students are people who don't care about anyone else, and they're rude and hateful to everyone. Don't get me wrong, I have my times of not being the nicest person, but for the most part I have a huge heart. Not everyone is a workaholic like me; you need days off, or you need to get off early, or help to get lunch because you don't have enough money. I get that, and I do everything to the best of my ability to help you out. For a lot of people, I would drive hundreds of miles just to see them. I don't want to rip people out of their money, or be this super hated boss.

I have noticed that being a business major student can be quite tough, sometimes, but I know that the career path that I have chosen will make me happy in the future. I hate the fact people stereotype others, but don't stereotype someone even more because of their major. You have no clue what that person has been though, or where they are wanting to go. You do your life how you want to, and let me do my life how I want to.

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