For the past few days I have been thinking about how I chose
what my dream career is and I feel compelled to blog about it. In the 5th grade
I had a huge passion for wanting to be a video game designer, around the 10th
grade when I had the opportunity to learn how to create a video game and give
it a try myself my passion grew significantly. Unfortunately when I enrolled in
Prairie View A&M I found out that they didn't offer a Game Designing major,
but I didn't let that stop me so I declared Computer Engineering as my major
and hoped that I would still be able to pursue my dream. By the second semester
of my freshman year I had decided that Calculus is not my cup of tea. However I
was taking a political science class at the time and was very interested in all
of the concepts that had anything to do with politics. So I changed my major to
Political Science and I believe that I not only committed to learning all I can
about different politicians and types of government. For example I actually
paid attention to the recent election, I voted in a presidential election for
the first time and I even interned for a Representative on Capitol Hill this past
summer. The reason I blogged my story to how I came to the idea of being a
politician is because I want to know how school has influenced the career
choices of students all over the country. For me I wouldn't say that school has
a big influence on my choice because through all of my years of schooling I
wanted to be a video game designer simply because I love playing video games,
and then I changed to Political Science because I figured out that I didn't
want any more math in my college career. So I ask all of you do you think
school, an institution has a big
influence on your career choice?
I know there is a career/ job where you can test video games and find holes. I know they make a pretty good amount of money. After reading "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work",they said that certain schools actually hint a different jobs and careers. The poorer schools encouraged students to be things like mechanics and or go to a vocational school instead of 4 year university. I think the biggest influence on your career choice is the people that surround you(like parents or the people in your community. I worked at a hair salon my freshman year and that's when I realized that I am great with hair. And now, I want to open up my own salon...School didn't influence that choice at all. And even though I HATE my prereq. classes, I want to get my degree in business management and then go to a beauty institute to get my license.
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