So this fall marks my 6th term at UMUC and I have really been enjoying going back to school. The work is daunting at times and there are some days I want to throw in the towel but that little voice in the back of my head slaps some sense into me and reminds me that I only feel that way because I am in need of a good night's sleep (which I seem to get less and less of these days!!) Usually after one of those, I have a whole new burst of energy and when I see my grades, it motivates me even more to continue my work (my current GPA is 3.67)!! So overall, college has been a great experience for me.
All that being said, I am really struggling with a decision that I need to make sooner than later. Over these last three terms, I have not been enjoying myself in my literature classes at all. I love to read novels, love to discuss books and listen/read other people's vantage points regarding the novels. However, in the same breath, I loathe poetry, just can not find joy in the old classics such as Beowulf or The Canterbury Tales and really get irritated with the male dominance in the literary world before the early 1900's. It is really making me second guess my decision to major in English Literature. I am just not sure I would enjoy teaching portions of literature I hate and unfortunately, I would have to teach poetry at some point as well as dealing with the patriarchal views of early literature from writers like Percy Shelley and Lord Byron.
At the beginning of the Spring term, I decided to add a Humanities minor to my degree plan. I really enjoy all that Humanities has to offer: philosophy, sociology, fine arts, art history, movies, you name it. I took a basic Humanities 100 class and I loved every second of it. Now I am taking a film class and while the coursework is unreal, it is probably the most enjoyable class I have taken in years upon years. Next term, I am taking a philosophy class and a seminar in Shakespeare studies (which I love Shakespeare) but I am more excited for the philosophy class.
So that brings me to my dilemma...do I switch my major this late in the game and just take the handful of extra classes I would need for a Humanities major and keep an English minor. Or do I stick it out and hope that I am just burnt out from going to school non-stop for the last 13 months? I would hate to have wasted my GI Bill on something I have lost complete interest in however, I am so close to graduation (I have 9 classes left, 2 of which I am currently taking). It is such a hard decision to make but one I need to make ASAP!!! I wish I had a crystal ball to see into the future and see what my guided path is meant be!!!
Anyone have one laying around they could loan me?
