Why Just Let the Sky be the Limit?

I've decided not to go to Florida. At least this summer. I'm a little disappointed that I don't get to go down and spend time with my family, but there are a lot of things that need to be taken care of in the mean time before school starts in about a month.

For instance, this whole finding a roommate situation is getting pretty ridiculous. Its annoying, actually. Who would have thought that finding a 5th roommate at a school of about 50,000 would have been so difficult! Its not like my current roommates and I are hard to get along with. Or are we? Either way, we are meeting with yet ANOTHER girl tonight, and we can only hope for the best! And once we actually have somebody to rent with us, we have to figure out who is sharing a room with who, where the kitchen table is going to come from, and how we want to decorate the place. Decisions, Decisions..

(By the way.. the number of creeps on craigslist that are looking for a place to live in the area is quite entertaining. And most of them own 40 lb dogs, or are 45 year olds with three kids.. or so they claim. My friend Annika and I got a good laugh out of that last weekend).

In addition to getting the apartment ready to live in, I have to get ready for classes to start. This semester I will be taking about 16 credits. Although I am currently enrolled in 19, I have decided not to double major in English and Communications, and just stick with English. So, I will be dropping the 3 credit, Politics in the Media class that I had signed up for.

So..why English?

Over the last couple of months, any time that I have mentioned to someone that I am majoring in English, the most common response that I get is, "So what do you wanna do with that? Teach English or something?". On the contrary!

Getting a degree in English is much more than just learning about literature and how to write a good essay. Not only can you learn about history, people, and cultures through literature, but you learn how to dissect a thought, a theory, or an idea and understand the elements that make it unique. It is learning how to take these different ideas and share with others what the author or creater wanted people to get out of it, what he wanted out of it. Through all of that hoopla, helps people generate their own ideas! Studying the art of English also helps people acquire communication skills. It is in my opinion that learning this, the ability of communicating with others, is essential to success later in life.

So.. I may not be planning on becoming an English teacher, or having a career as a journalist. But acquiring these very technical skills now, is something that I know will benefit me in the professional world later. So there's your answer, folks. Maybe I'll be a business woman, or a free lance writer, or maybe I'll go to the moon (highly unlikely...I'm not sane enough to become an astronaut). But I am happy with the major that I have (finally) decided on and am excited for the places that it can take me.

Sincerely yours,
Court