Blog 2 : Why did I choose my major?

Hello, dear students. I hope you are having a good day. In today's second blog, I will talk about why I decided to study my major: a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature.

 
 

When I was a child, I was truly scared of going to University: it seemed like an impossible dream to pursue since everyone talked so solemnly about it. My first impulse was to become a baker; it seemed easy at first, but I discovered that it is such a strenuous job, so I quitted that idea immediately.

As a high schooler, I wanted to study psychology after I graduated from school, but I declined after my mother talked me out of it: She noticed that I was going to enter a major for the wrong reasons.

As I was approaching my school graduation, I decided to pursue this major since English was one of my best subjects at school and, unfortunately, I didn’t have the guts to pursue one of my true passions: plastic arts.

Looking in retrospective, and considering all its ups and downs, this program was not what I had expected: it gave me tools to analyze information critically and abstractly, confidence to stand up in front of an audience and deliver a speech somehow fluidly, and an awareness of all my capabilities when it comes to study something as complex and as interesting as language.

Fun fact: as a child, I would have never thought of becoming an English teacher (actually, I used to believe they were impostors hahaha). Still, as time goes by, I am very happy teaching others the wonders and intricacies of English language, even you, my dear students hahaha.

Have a great weekend!