It was my 10th birthday. I sat with my immediate family around my grandparents dining room table laughing, eating cake, sharing stories and of course opening presents. Most of the presents are what you would expect a ten year old to ask for on her birthday. Gift cards to Justice, several Webkinz, and of course a new coveted covergirl mascara had been wrapped and then ripped open by an antsy tween. My mother then handed me her present. I opened it to find a Littmann stethoscope, with my name printed in gold letters on it. My mom knew how badly I wanted to be a doctor and had given me the best gift she possibly could have in that moment. Ever since that moment I have held true to my career goals. When high school came around and it was time to think about majors I felt a pull towards biology, I felt myself looking forward to learning more about this subject and not dreading it. Even after my first year of college I have held true to that, I honestly still do not see myself loving anything as much as I love science and I really don't think I would enjoy studying anything as much as I enjoy biology.
This being said, several of my friends have mentioned their absolute hatred for science, yet their eyes light up when they talk about stock markets, politics, education, or current events. Their passion for these things is equal to mine for science even though I have no understanding as to why these things can be so interesting (and lets be real, I’m almost positive they don’t understand why I think bacteria is the coolest thing on this planet). For them, these subjects are worth working for, worth staying up all night for just so they can have a career in a field that makes it all worth while. Yet I have heard so many times this year that since they are not a science major they have it easier, they don’t have to work as hard, that they're majors are a joke.
It started off on Facebook, a few people would begin to post how being a science major was so hard, how being pre-med was hell on earth and how other majors just didn't get it. I get it, learning how DNA replicates is tricky and time consuming but I’m pretty sure that finance is not exactly a picnic either. Aside from all of that, if you are really passionate about a subject, why does it matter who has it easier? If it truly matters to you, working for it should be something you're happy to do regardless of what else other people are taking classes wise.
Furthermore, not everyone finds their niche in the same place. Ask me to explain darwinism and I got your back, but ask me to create a budget for a multimillion dollar company and I’m lost, ripping my hair out, and crying into my notebook. Let’s just say economics was not my favorite subject and without people who were relatively good at it, I don’t think I would have passed. Now don't get me wrong, there are classes in college that are easier than others. We all know about them and seek them out for a so called "easy A" and that's one thing. It's entirely different when you openly say to some that what they're doing for their four years of college is painfully easy, and you can handle way more than that simply because you are interested in something different.
It would be a terrible world to live in if everything studied the same thing, and if everyone found everything to be equally easy. There would be no variety, and frankly life would be dreadfully boring. If you choose your major based on what you are good at, what you enjoy and lastly what you want to study above anything else that’s all that matters, and you definitely should not be put down because of that. Since we’re only human and unfortunately cannot be perfect at everything, we might as well study and plan a career around the one thing that we can honestly say we would enjoy doing for the rest of our lives.
