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My Decision
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Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008, 3:42 pm

Dear Friends and Family,
I believe I've left you in suspense long enough, and so I am writing to tell you of my decision concerning the hard choice I had to make about whether or not to stay in Elementary Eudcation or change my major.

The last time I wrote, I told you all that I would be meeting with Jo Hatfield again, after taking a break from the issue, to kind of guage what my feelings were and to see if I could figure out what I was going to do. That meeting took place last Thursday, October 2nd. It actually turned out to be a very short meeting, because I had already pretty much made up my mind before I entered Jo's office.

Without further ado, my decision is this:
I am going to stick with Elementary Education. My decision was based on the following factors (which I described in detail in my last update):

1) I have been much more content in my classes in the past month or so.
2) If I did drop out of the Elementary Education program, I did not know which way to go instead; I didn't have a clear plan of what to do instead of Elementary Education.

The way things have been going the past month or so, what with me not having any real interest in careers other than teaching, I feel that it's best for me to stick with Elementary Education since I'm content in it now. I didn't want to risk becoming miserable in whatever direction I chose instead of Elementary Education; I didn't want to switch majors and then end up wishing I'd never switched in the first place. So I'm going to continue on in the Elementary Education program, and just kind of see how things go. If things get really bad again, I can always make another appointment with Jo Hatfield in Career Services; I can always pursue another career choice; I can always switch to a General Studies major. All of these options are still open to me, and I know that I'm not stuck in Elementary Education. Since I'm content with where I am now, I don't really see much point in switching majors to something that isn't really "calling my name," so to speak.

Once again, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers on my behalf. I am certain that they made a world of difference. Thank you for all of your support, encouragement, and advice. Thanks for just being there to listen to me ramble and vent and try to sort through my feelings. All of these things have been beneficial to me, and I am truly appreciative and grateful for everything each of you has done for me.

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