I have been interested in languages for almost as long as I can remember and have thought about studying Linguistics since I began my college search way back as a senior in high school (wow, I'm starting to feel old already). Despite my interest in linguistics, I decided to make International Affairs my second major instead of linguistics. At the time I thought international affairs seemed more practical.
Then while I was in China I started thinking that I don't really even like international affairs and that I should switch it to linguistics when I got back. Well once I got back, low and behold I had already earned too many credits toward international affairs to really be able to justify dropping that major, and so I resigned myself to not studying linguistics.
But then I started looking at the requirements for linguistics and realized that by delaying my graduation only one semester (graduate in December 2006 instead of May 2006), I should theoretically be able to finish my international affairs AND add a linguistics major (and of course there is Chinese which is already finished). So I made an appointment with my advisor to see if she thought it was feasible, and she thinks it is. So today I added my third major, linguistics!
In order to finish both the international affairs and linguistics majors by December, I am going to have to take full course-loads both semesters and maybe even an online course or too, but I am really excited about getting a third major in something that I think will be really interesting to me. And to do it all in only 9 semesters when plenty of people take more than that to do just one or two majors will be cool.
Other good news, it snowed the other day and it is snowing pretty hard out right now too. I love it!
7 comments:
Yeah I'm glad that you're finally following your dream of linguistics! However, I must remind you that I am pissed off you will not be suffering through Kanner's class with me next semester.
But you like Kanner, you won't be suffering through it. It would have just been you watching ME suffer through it while you laugh at my pain.
Oh yeah, that's what I meant. Mwahaha.
yeah...its official..you suck. do you know john hite? he is gonna be starting his 4th year, and he only has 57 credits so far. it would probably take him like 8 years to get 3 majors done!
I'm glad you went with your life-long interest in languages instead of your other childhood dream of driving a bus.
Oh, the bus driving is still a possibility... I haven't given up on that one yet, haha.
Since I've been telling you from the beginning that because you like learning the languages alot more than the cultures and politics, that you should of considered Linguistics as a tool in your language acquisition toolbox - I'm glad you finally agree :-) !!!
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