In response to my post about college, christinemm asked "I am curious what your post-college work experience was with relation to your college degree. Did you feel that it helped you to have that degree?"
I graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in psychology. I spent my career in technical support and technical writing. I'm sure the logical connection just jumps right out at you. (That's sarcasm if you can't tell without the right voice inflection.)
I will admit it. I went to college to get away from home and to get as far away from the kids I knew in high school as I could get. Going to college was all about escaping from my own life.
At college, I expected things to be better than the harassment I endured in high school. And, it was wonderful. If fact, since high school, I’ve never really been harassed, had my thing vandalized, or received a prank phone call. In many ways, college was the beginning of my adult life. As part of this new beginning, I expected to find a husband and become a full time mom. I had envisioned myself maybe working for a short time before starting a family, but not more than that.
My original major was medical technology. The first course I took towards that end was taught by an awful teacher. I hated it. I also never saw any of that stuff under the microscope that was supposed to be there.
At the same time, my first psychology course was wonderful. I loved the class and the homework seemed so easy. So, I just took the courses I liked and didn't even think about my major. At the end of three years, I met with a guidance counselor to see what kind of credits I still needed to graduate in anything. I found out that I was 1 credit short from a degree in psychology. Since I had a scholarship, I did half of the next year and graduated early.
Of course, that caused another problem. I had planned to meet my husband in college and get married by the time I graduated. When it became evident to me that was not going to happen, that's when I started thinking about a career.
For more see part 2 and part 3.
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