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Why There Is Nothing Wrong With Being A History/Political Science Major

Because my love for history and politics should not be muffled.

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They always tell high school graduates to "find a job doing something you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life." I have never read a truer quote in my entire schooling career. There are definitely people who go to school to get a degree for a job they will absolutely hate, just to make good money. I'm certain there are far more students out there who want to enjoy the world doing the things they love.

In a world of ever-increasing opportunities, we should take the time to get out there and enjoy them; especially when it comes to jobs. If people love pets and want to be veterinarians, there should be nothing stopping them from achieving their dreams. For myself, my dream is to graduate college and enter into the political field. I spent so much time during my high school career flip-flopping between different ideas to major in, but none of the ideas I came up with were ever ones that made me think "Yes, this is what I want to do with my life." I had always enjoyed history and was slowly getting into the world of politics. By my senior year, I was sure that I wanted to go to school for History/Political Science.

Many people never understood why I chose that for a major, and still more asked me what I wanted to do with it after graduating college. I became full of doubt, and began to wonder if I should change my major to something else that would grant me an obvious and easy job opportunity. Yet, as I went through the semester and took my classes, my decision became more solid. My will to complete the rest of my schooling for History/Political Science is more grounded. Whenever people ask about my job interests for my field of study, I have a list of possibilities that I am beyond excited to pursue once I graduate. From becoming a tour guide at a museum to potentially working at the White House some day, I know that whatever job I have, I will enjoy and love to do. The number of people who constantly showed doubt in my field of study no longer fill me with doubt and fear that I will have wasted four years of schooling to be left jobless and unhappy. Those doubts are now very small voices that are squashed by the brazen, confident thoughts that I have every day about my major.

In any and all majors, we will face people who doubt us and our abilities. Yet, they are not us. They do not know what we are truly capable of. When going down the path to your own destiny, why should you let the opinions of others sway you from the route you're taking?

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