Graduating with this degree will open up so many doors and opportunities. I will no longer have just a high school diploma. I will have proven to myself (and others) that I can start and finish something I have set out to do. Besides, with my degree being in Liberal Arts, that means it isn't specific to just one career field.
All of those accolades are great; however, there are many other problems that I will encounter.
-My degree is nonspecific. That is a help, but it also hinders: a lot of employers do not require employees to have degrees specific for the type of work that is out there. One of my boyfriends' sisters-in-law has a degree in graphic design but works mostly in broadcasting. My nonspecific degree won't necessarily help me there; the playing field will be just as evenly distributed among other degree holders. Besides, there are employers who do require field-specific degrees: criminal justice, education, and aerospace engineering are some fields that come to mind. (And I do not blame them one bit!)
-What the heck do I major in when I transfer? I decided on a lib-arts educational path because I had "so many interests" and wanted to pursue as many as possible, perhaps finding some enlightenment along the way. Well, there has been some illumination on possible careers, but nothing specific. What am I thinking of pursuing? Photography, writing, ceramics, psychology...
I think it's pretty obvious that my career choices have not been chiseled down very far by the expansion allowed to me by my major.
Majoring in liberal arts has allowed me to explore different and varied fields of interest and education, but I am now left holding my own hand as I try to navigate the mists of choosing a degree path for higher education.
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