La cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point numéro deux


	February 14, 2006

"Last Chance" - JET

Dear Mom and Dad:

I have come to the decision, after much thought, that I will no longer be studying biochemistry or applying for medical school. Why? Well aside from the fact that Physics 152 is kicking my ass, I just think that this shit is plain boring. I hate waking up in the morning knowing that I have a chemistry class in three hours or that I will be spending two and a half hours of my life each week firing highly corrosive chemicals over a bunsen burner. I also hate wondering what the shortest elliptical path from Earth to Jupiter is and if the slingshot effect will be able to send a small ball out of the Solar System.

However, not only do I hate all things pertaining to medicine, I also seem to love all things that apply only to lines, meters, alliterations, allusions, onomatopoeias, and so forth. Not only that, but I am also interested in reading The Golden Bough cover to cover and setting sail for secluded areas of the rainforest where I will live in longhouses for extended periods of time, learning languages that only apply to populations of 5,000 or less.

That is right. I want to be an English-anthropology double major.

Please don't disown me.

And, before you say it, no, I do not believe that this is a waste of my intelligence. I believe that I can grow up to be a successful person who makes a successful living as a successful English-anthropologist-lawyer. And no, I don't care if I am among the top 10% of American calculus students. And no, I don't care if I can name you every phylum of the animal kingdom. And no, I don't care if you care.

Because from today onward, this is going to be my show.


	lettres d'amour

It's great to know what we want in life and follow our own choice rather than following the path our parents have set for us, and no matter what, you have my support all the way. :)


	Cherry

i said something similar when i was a freshman too. three years later, i'm getting ready to graduate with a b.s. in chem and go to med school because i couldn't figure out what the hell else to do.

don't ever give up.

Rachel

Oh my goodness...I did the exact same thing. I came to college completely convinced I was going to go to med school. I am now an English major. It was really the best decision I've made so far. I love it.

Rachel

yea it's your life.. you plan it.

it's not only from 'today' onwards.. because this has always been your show.

desmond!!

excellent.

Cora

Good for you! Do what you want! I admire your courage and standing up to your parents. My mommy and sister keep nagging, I think that's how they control me. Cause I'll just do it to get them to shut up. Actually, my mom is more lenient, but my sister is a cold-hearted, manipulative bitch whose sole-purpose in life is to make her sister's life miserable and force her to be a doctor. But I want to be a Biomedical Engineer, so it's not far from the medicine field.

So anyway, I e-mailed you a question and if you answer it, I will be enternally grateful.

jessica

you can name every phyllum? :O that is way cool !

arial

Yay good for you!

I honestly feel the same way as you. I've given up on trying to achieve peoples' expectations of me.

Life is just less shitty when you do what you want to do... maybe not always the easiest thing, but usually better!

Rafia

haha yes i think you'll do well in what you want to. haha i hate the bunsen burners too, put on labcoat and turn on gas tap and light the burner! guess what. fire burns at jet. grahhhh.

good luck! (:

yu li


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