<p>Hello, I am currently in my fifth semester of college. I am majoring in Digital Forensics with a AAS degree. I have one more semester to go (current Spring Semester, and the summer semester).</p>
<p>Thing is, I dislike my major so much I want to quit and pick another major. Why pursue something you don't like anymore?</p>
<p>But at the same time, the fact that I am two classes away from getting that degree is eating me away. Why quit when I should finish what I already started? I just need two classes! TWO! which is Math and a Linux course and those are what I am taking this summer. </p>
<p>The reason I picked Digital Forensics is because I like the criminal justice field and this major, I felt like was right up my alley since I get to be taught about investigating cyber and computer crimes. I went into this major with exciteness...now I have regrets picking this major.</p>
<p>The thing is that the digital forensics field requires knowledge in the Network Security field...sounded easy but then I started to get confused when they started talking about all this DHCP, routers, switches, IP addresses, firewalls, honeypots, DMZ, DMS, and all these other things that I lost interests in even paying attention whenever my instructors lectured. But I always did the homework and always made A's on everything which was the reason I passed all those class throughout the semesters.</p>
<p>All I know about networking is connecting my laptop to a wifi-connection, Ip addresses, and some router stuff but these courses at school are so advanced. </p>
<p>But today that stuff hit the fan....we had a lab assignment today. And I felt lost and confused. I had no idea what we were supposed to do. We were supposed to do some wireless bridging and I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know the difference between a router and a bridge device, what cables we needed or what. I was at a standstill and it hit me: "You are dead meat! You have no idea what you're doing."</p>
<p>I was on the edge of having an emotional breakdown. I didn't wanna ask the instructor for help because I felt like he was going to call me out on my mistakes in front of everyone.</p>
<p>I felt like such a failure...all that financial aid and time wasted on a degree that I had no idea about anymore and had no interest in it whatsoever. I felt so bad and all I could do was leave the classroom and not finish the lab assignment. </p>
<p>I felt like I went into this because I thought I had an idea of what it would be like but I was wrong. I thought digital forensics was simply taking the suspect's computer, pulling out the hard drive, looking for the evidence and presenting it in course. But it's more than that and I hate it so much. </p>
<p>My original plan was to finish, graduate with a degree and then go back to school and pursue the criminal justice degree which I have high interests in. That, I feel like I know what I am doing and I know all about. </p>
<p>But since I had that revelation today, i was thinking about quiting all together. And just not finish the digitial forensics degree but go ahead and pursue the criminal justice degree...I don't know what to do. </p>
<p>Finish the digital forensics degree which I so hate but go back and do the criminal justice degree? Or quit the digital forensics degree and change my major to criminal justice?</p>
<p>I am not wasting my own money. Financial aid is paying for this...aand I feel really bad since I wasted all that money on nothing.</p>
<p>I don't know what to do...but either way, if I do finish the digital forensics degree, there's no way I am going to get a job with that because like I said, I have no idea or interest with what I am doing. </p>
<p>HELP! What should I do?!?! I feel like such a failure!!</p>