I've heard and I've seen it a lot, but I hadn't actually realized it until my sophomore year of college just how incredibly rude it was to me. So, here's a bit of a breakdown for you. My roommate is majoring in History as her undergrad, and studying Law for her graduate. Pretty impressive, huh? I definitely think so. We're roommates, but also good friends, so we go out and get food and such together quite often. Whenever we meet someone, our majors and such usually always come up with the topic of discussion. And it really isn't such a big deal for me.
My roommate states her major first, and the person looks pretty pleased. It isn't about pleasing anyone, of course, but the person does indeed look happy with her choices, I guess you could say. So then I go next, and I say that I'm majoring in Communications. They just nod their head and get that hint in their eyes. I know it, and I've seen it before. They're pretty much thinking, "Communications? Really? Of all things of the things that you could do?" They then ask me what I want to do with that in life, to which I answer and say that I would just like to write for the rest of my life. It's something that I wouldn't really mind doing. I'd love to write for a pop-culture magazine, or even a newspaper would be fantastic. The main prize is writing a book -- that's something that I've wanted to do for so many years, and I would be thrilled to do such a thing.
But anyway, back to the ignorant person. I'm highly aware that they aren't pleased with my major, but that's okay. I won't get angry at you or your ignorance. I call them ignorant because they don't realize the impact that writing has had on my life. And that's not their fault -- they don't know my life story. Hell, they don't even know my last name, so I won't get angry at them. But they are truly uneducated for treating me as if I am less of a person, or should be disrespected because of what I am studying in school.
People can say whatever they choose to say about my major. But just know that writing is something that I have loved for I don't know how long. It's been something that I can take with me and write down whatever I so choose. It's something that has helped me overcome so many challenging obstacles in my life. So I'm sorry that I'm not in school to become a Nurse, a Lawyer, a Doctor, or anything of that sort. That isn't something that interests me or anything that I want any part of. And as a human being, I deserve the same exact respect as my roommate, no matter what we're both studying. And you know what? Don't ask me to peer review and edit your papers for you, either. It's not happening, sir.
