Picking a Major is Perplexing

As many realize when they meet me, I am quite unconventional. I have known what I wanted to major in since the summer before I came to Baylor and have not changed yet. Though I have taken some exploritoty classes and added 2 minors over the 3 semesters I have been here so far. But when people ask me what I am going to do with a sociology major, I tell them I have no idea. I could explain my reasonings to you, or I could show you a reading I did today for an english class that articulates many of the points I believe in much better then I could. I  know its kind of long, but its very informative and interesting.

He talks about the pressures associated with choosing a major, the reasons you shouldn't choose a major right away because you don't need to, and why your education is not training for a specific job, but preparing to live in a changing world. It is to teach you how to use your wit to solve new problems and that your major doesn't lock you into a single profession. He says, 

"Education is what prepares you to hear more when you listen, to reach deeper when you think,  to say more when you speak."

After trying to post the pages I read, I just found an online PDF. It looks long but the font is huge.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~briel001/burtchaell.pdf

The Questions of Textbooks

What are you planning on doing with your left over textbooks? Lending or selling them to a friend? Selling them back to the book store? Giving them to the hobo on your corner in hopes of him learning something? Sending them back to Chegg because you rented them? How about getting them for almost the same price as you bought them for because you bought them used?

I always sell my books on Amazon as opposed to using the bookstore on campus or renting them. You won't be able to sell a textbook and the same day use the money for groceries, like my roommates sometimes do at the end of the year. But you will end up getting more money for your extra effort and time put in. I would rather drive the post office to send a book and receive $75 bucks for it then sell it at the bookstore for $37. It is really easy to do too, just create an Amazon.com account and look up a textbook to buy. Then on the side bar of the page it will say, “Do you have this book to sell?” Click that and just follow the instructions to create a seller’s account and Whalah! Now you can make your money back. Amazon takes a small amount from the money earned for itself and you have to pay for shipping, so I try to take that into account when I’m deciding on my price. So when you get done with your finals and you never want to see your Psychological Statistics book again, don't burn it. Make some money!!

Over the break I will probably be buying my books for the new semester off amazon as well, because most of the reviews are reliable, they get to me in a timely manner, and its cheap to buy used!

How do you get your textbooks each semester? What do you when you no longer need them?

Five Things You Need to Bring to College You May Not Think Of

1. Clothes hangers- To hang stuff up in your closet, its very difficult to do with them.

2. Hot Glue Gun- god’s gift to those with a tight budget or minimal crafty skills.

3. Air Borne- Buy a thing of it and take it when you start to feel a bit sick each day until your better. This will cut down drastically on the time you are sick.

4. Rain boots/jacket/umbrella- Walking to class forces you to deal with the elements for much longer time then you may be used to.  Showing up to class soaked or with wet shoes is not fun.

5. Insurance Card- You will probably get sick, and may need to go to the university clinic or the doctor/hospital. This is something you don’t want to have to call your parents about at who knows what time of day. A girl who lived across the hall from me got 3^rd degree burns on her hand at like 1 in the morning when she put a PB&J uncrustable in the microwave.

What did you realize you needed once you moved out that you didn't have?