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jlauer95
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<p>Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: alabama
Posts: 514 Blue: You sound whiney, spoiled, cynical, uncivilized and selfish. </p>
<p>If you were my kid, I'd knock you upside the head with your diploma and pray for an attitude change. </p>
<p>I say we shut down this pity party. "</p>
<p>I don't care what you think, but I am none of the words you used. This is the last time I ask for advice here.. Geez. People are starting to make me halfway sucidal</p>
<p>emerald,</p>
<p>I switched majors as a senior. That's why I had no clue what I wanted to do until now.</p>
<p>I know that some students do switch majors- but admittedly not usually as seniors- usually they just finish up their BA and go to grad school in something else.
In anthro as you anticipate you will be fortunate to find a job in your field even with a phd, but I don't think it is unreasonable to say you are looking for work until you are ready to attempt grad school.
Networking is how most people find their jobs and if no one knows you are looking, no body is going to be thinking of something for you.
You are at a disadvantage though, because it doesn't sound like you have any work experience- jobs build on each other- and most people right out of college don't have their dream job- heck most people 20 years out of college don't have their dream job.
English majors joke that they have a job in their field because they speak English to do it! :)
<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2000/11/17/career/q_degreeanthropology/%5B/url%5D(">http://money.cnn.com/2000/11/17/career/q_degreeanthropology/(</a> from this article it doesn't sound that it is as hard to find a job as I thought)
I don't know if you are interested in social/cultural/ or physical anthro, but your school career services dept should help you explore what possiblities there are for you after graduation</p>
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<p>Blue- this is a public forum where posters are from all walks of life. If you truly want to ask for advice you need to think about how to receive the suggestions you get. And you need to think about how readers, who don't know anything about you, will interpret what you have to say. I know you posted about a specific question but it sounds like you have another "agenda" there- l sense an anguish that is underlying everything. If there is no other agenda then stick to the main point and respond to the suggestions appreciatively and in a way that is conducive to getting a dialog going. JMHO
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<p>A lot of people in my major switched as late juniors or early seniors. Probably about half the people that were in it last year and this year switched, and there are a few people now in a class that is in anthropology but can be counted as a general ed. requirement that have said they want to switch into anthropology because they HATE their other major or it is too hard. I guess we all hated our other majors. I could not stand the other thing I was in anymore. I have comtemplated quitting school several times though too. Maybe the degree is worthless. :( I hate life. I wish the world would end or I would die or something. If the world ended, it would be a better place.</p>
<p>I don't see what the deal is with jobs. I know someone else who said her parents would not allow her to work this year unless it was babysitting (I guess cause' it doesn't take up a lot of time) because they were afraid her grades would get lower.</p>
<p>Now I'm starting to wish that I hadn't picked this major either, all because of this.......</p>
<p>What is Americorps website, emerald? But I doubt I could do it if it like PeaceCorp and you have to commit to years of doing something.</p>
<p>You can Google to find Americorps website.</p>
<p>Another interesting article. I thought Go Ask Alice was a book on a girl that was on drugs. Guess it is some kind of help website too.</p>
<p>i ask students what they will be doing in the future because i am truly interested in what their interests might be. i like to hear about the interesting internships they have, the different courses they are taking, what type of job they might want, and sometimes i ask because i want to know if i can help them in any way. if they are interested in a career where i "know people who know people" then i want to help them get a foot in the door. i am not asking to be nosy or judgmental.</p>
<p>Anthropology, is it. Well you could very well study the anthropology of CC.</p>
<p>You want annoying? </p>
<p>So, when are you 2 going to get married? :)</p>
<p>(or when are you going to have kids?)</p>
<p>Isn't it about time you found someone to marry? Are you interested in girls?</p>
<p>It's not like I asked for it. I've been getting money, clothes, toys (okay no more toys now obviously) since before I could walk. Somehow I thought that's what grandparents do.</p>
<p>Well I got tired of reading halfway through this thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating someone. I think if I were continually asked my plans by 'old people', I'd thank my lucky stars there were that many people... </p>
<p>a) who cared enough about me personally to ask;<br>
b) who thought I was interesting enough to converse with on the topic;
or
c) who still existed with polite manners to inquire about another human being on this planet.</p>
<p>I definitely would NOT make a choice to view their interest in a pessimistic light.</p>
<p>Hi blue, I read this entire thread, and it seems to me that developing healthful mechanisms for dropping some self-judgement and dealing with stress might be useful personal goals for you to adopt. These can be externally oriented, like exercise, or internally oriented, like meditation, or a combination.</p>
<p>Jobs exist. You can find one (even travel related). Graduate school is fun. You can go when you like. NBD - if you don't HAVE to work to live, that's lovely. Don't let it sap your joy, dampen your drive, or push a guilt button. I find that individuals of all ages hold themselves down emotionally by various means - too much planning and micromanaging of their lives, too much worry about the future (a biggie), too much self-judgement. Minds are a mixed bag, and they tend to jump all over the map and get obsessive - you have to manage them, firmly. Anything we can do to foster a self-loving, self-affirming attitude eases the heart and leaves room for the life force and the serendipity principle. </p>
<p>That does not mean that striving and focus are not to be desired. Accomplishments bring satisfaction, that is reason enough to engage in academic, personal and professional endeavors, apart from the financial reality that pertains to most of us, that we eventually have to earn a living.</p>
<p>I second the motion about figuring out a rap - a sentence or two that will make people feel good about having asked you "what are you going to do next?" Even if it is a partial answer, for instance, "Eventually, graduate school in Anthropology."</p>
<p>I feel even worse for undeclared freshmen.....people constantly asking them when they are going to choose a major and what it will be. I mean for God's sake it's their 2nd semester--leave them alone!</p>
<p>Im curious
Why would people come onto the parent board and criticize parents for acting "parental"?</p>