I am a journalism and Spanish major.
And they are not “easy” areas of study.
Any time someone asks what I am majoring in I always tell them with pride because I love what I do.
But then I usually notice that there is a strange look on their face.
Because when I ask someone what they are studying I usually hear something like "I am a Neuroscience major with a minor in Chemistry and Biology" or "I am double majoring in Economics and Finance with a law minor."
So to them Journalism seems like an easy way out.
But it's not because I could have just as easily chosen to go down the path of a STEM career, but I love what I do more.
And I am sick of feeling ashamed to tell people what I am studying because I pour my heart and soul into what I do.
Just because I am not taking 4 Bio and Chem classes a semester does not mean my major is 'easy'.
Because if you weren’t a journalism major you probably wouldn’t be overly excited to write a book for a final project but I am.
I get excited about writing the same way a math major gets excited over calculus.
I am just so over the strange looks and the condescending smirks because people make their degree choice a competition.
If someone chooses to study something outside of the STEM field it does not make them less relevant to society.
How do you think a hospital does its PR?
It’s not with the help of a doctor.
How does everyone in the world get their information about what is happening?
With the work of a journalist, not an engineer.
How do you get your daily laughs from BuzzFeed?
Not from someone who studied neuroscience in college.
Of course I am not saying any of those careers are irrelevant because that would be a silly assumption, I am just making the point that all career paths matter because they all contribute different, and important, things to society.
So please stop acting like I took the easy way out by majoring in journalism because I didn’t.
I am just doing what I love and working my butt of each day to make my dreams come true just like everyone else.
