Thursday, July 16, 2009

Chemistry during the summer? Eh, why did I do that to myself?

 I sat in chemistry class with my hand raised ready to answer any question. Maybe it was then that I realized how much I liked it. Or maybe it was when I was the only person in class to receive a perfect score on the written part of our unit test. All I knew was I liked it way more than I planned and it was making me incredibly uncomfortable. It wasn't supposed to happen like this, this was only supposed to be a back up plan. I had my future mapped out down to that last minute. "You cant just decide to change your mind, the time for exploring careers has come and gone" I continued to tell myself and tried to push my new love to the back of my head. I will be teacher! I will study social sciences! Those are the only things you love! But no matter what my head said my heart was in chemistry, if I walked away I would be walking away from my heart. So I reluctantly began considering the careers in chemistry. To my dismay it only created more confusion in my head. I could mix and chemistry and psychology in a single career. Only one things was certain, I was going to stick to my motto,"I am my brother's keeper". I was sure I was going to make a difference in the world. So I started looking at colleges that fit all my needs, even if I wasn't sure what they were yet. I think I found the one, but more importantly I began to find who I was and who I want to be. I was open to explore any and everything. While, I cant tell you  the exactly what Ill be doing in twenty years I can tell you I can tell you that I know who I am now and who I want to be in twenty years and that is someone making a difference in whatever career path I choose.