Majoring in Communications is great; you have so many wonderful experiences and get to do amazing things. But it's not all sunshine and daisies. Majoring in Communications is certainly not for the weak.
Here's my take on what it's like to be a Communications Major...
How I felt when I began my Communication Degree:
It never fails, the start of the term you are excited but then it just goes downhill from there. Usually, the excitement fades the week after "drop" deadline.
I have a class where 60 percent of our grade is made up of two written essay tests. I took the first of two tests last week and felt like this when it was all over:
(Thankfully, I got a good grade on it)
Every week when you are a Communication Major.
They say it prepares you for the real world, I am sure they are right, they are the teachers after all but it doesn't stop you from feeling like a contestant on the old game show "The Weakest Link". I half expect my professor to stand in front of my desk and say, "Cindy, you are the weakest link, Goodbye"
You know you are a Communication student when you remember to pack all this in your back pack but then forget your shoes at home.
I used to love sitting at my keyboard and writing but now...
That feeling when you're given your midterm review:
You might feel like this all the time when doing research:
I'm 100% sure this is what my professors are thinking:
But I -- I am thinking this...
You start feeling guilty when you do something other than writing and research. My subconscious when I check Facebook or twitter:
Pretty much your break from writing should be... more writing
Then when you think you're finally done...
(After all, teachers always tell you the secret to good writing is revision).
Soon college will be a distant memory and those Journalism teachers that gave you a headache will be forgotten and the ones you really liked will be your colleagues. You will joke about how stressful college was with them and laugh at the students he has now. 'Till that time, here is my wish for you as final tests and projects come due.