On Higher Education....

I guess what I have gleaned from this whole experience is this: you can do almost anything in the real world as long as you've tried to experience everything, whether it be the arts or science, because it all helps you in the real world. Look at my Dad. He's done pretty much every profession I can think of. Even if he hasn't, I still like to pretend he has because there is an obscene amount of knowledge in that man's brain. He can do almost anything because he has either done before in a previous career/job or he's a great bullshitter in making you think he has done it before in a previous career/job. Either way, he has used past experiences to help him now while still learning and acquiring more knowledge.

Look at U.S. higher education. When you first start your four years at a University, you're forced to take general education classes. Most people bitch and wonder why, but I looked at it as: what could these classes tell me about myself? Will these classes tell me what I like? It does, because without having taking these classes I would not have discovered my love for languages.

One of the beauties of having an American education is that you can study whatever you want, whenever you want. I realized near the end of my four years that I didn't really like Biology but I want to continue with my education up through a PhD. That's ok, I can do it in whatever I want. I knew people getting their masters in Theatre Performance after having gotten their bachelors in political science. That's right. There's nothing that can stop you in the U.S. of A. except your imagination....and maybe you pocket book. Yes, I'm afraid that the only downside of an all-American education. The ridiculous cost of going to school, and it's rising still! Yes, in Europe or even in South America the cost is either free or very minimal; however, what you decide to study is all you get. You decide after a few years that you don't want to be an architect? Tough shit, bitch, you either suck it up or start over.

I personally plan on getting my master in Business Administration concentrating on International Business. Maybe I'll get my PhD in something involving languages, I don't know but it doesn't matter because I can.