How does anyone decide whether or not to pursue a college education?
How does anyone choose the right college and what to study?
I just want to know...
I'm sorry to use such a poor analogy, but I'm just going for it.
Although it ended in 2007, Gilmore Girls is still one of my favorite T.V. shows. Rory Gilmore is truly one of my role models in life. Rory was not priviledged, raised by a single mother, yet she was always so sure of herself. She knew she wanted to go to college. She knew she wanted to go to Harvard. From a small town called Stars Hollow then transferring to the presitgious Chilton High, being despised by snobby teens, she didn't surrender her ambition to succeed. She did everything right to get into her dream school. But when the acceptance letters from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale arrived in her mailbox, her decision to attend her dream school was put on hold. After a series of pro and con lists, Rory attended Yale in the fall, certain that it was the best school for her. At Yale, she majored in journalism to become a foreign correspondent.
I want to know what I want to do. I'm applying for colleges, and I still don't know what I want to study, what I want to do with my life. To be honest, I don't know if I even want to go to college. The thing is, I don't care whether or not I want to attend a university; I know that it will be better for me. The four years I spend at college will give me time to figure everything out. I just wish it would be automatic just like it was for Rory.
I know that there are more options for me. I can take a year off or go directly into my desired career, but I just want to be certain of my decision. I want to want to do what I end up doing. I want to be Rory Gilmore.
If you didn't watch this show, I don't think we can be friends anymore.
Do what I did! I took some advice and just asked myself, "Where do I picture myself in 5 years?" I took my 2 favorite loves, Christ and Children (basketball was not pictured, I know:( Sorry) I put them together then I pictured myself slowly and slowly becoming an Elementary Bible School Teacher.! Now that has became my all time goal. That advice I have gotten was just so amazing! It worked for me, hopefully it will help for me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aissha, you should start out by thinking about what you like, what make you yourself. I know Rory's path may seem a lot smoother and secure, but remember it is a TV show and its OKAY not to know what you want to do. Plenty of people go to school for one thing and then end up doing something different altogether. Don't worry about having it all planned out, it is not where you start its where you end and making the step to get there count. If you keep rolling around half-assing college, your not going to get closer to figuring it out. It doesn't matter what you do to start off with but that you do the best Jasmine can do, and believe in your work. Only that way, you'll be able to see your full potential and realize your purpose.
ReplyDeleteBefore I say anything else i just want to say, Jasmine you are so awesome for using Gilmore Girls as an example. Okay, I totally understand where you are coming from. I feel like it is a bit stressful that the stereotypical teenager is believed to be immature and not know what they want or what is good for them. Yet, we are expected to make one of the most important decisions of our careers at such a young age. But I am sure that with time everything will come together. It is too bad that all our lives can't be like the shows on the television.
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