Crisis of Self

[debs]

Every month or so it hits me:

My degree is completely useless. All it shows is that I've managed to bullshit my way through four years of paperwork. I can look at a novel, or a film, or an advertisement and say "hmm, I'll bet so and so is trying to say this..." but most of the time I'm wrong anyway. I have no marketable skills. I am useless.

Why did I choose to be an English/Communication major at a small liberal arts college? Why the hell didn't I do something economically viable? At least if I'd gone into art or graphic design I would have had a skill set. Which is a hell of a lot better than the big fat nothing I have currently. Oh wait. I forgot about the ridiculously expensive piece of watermarked paper still sitting in the Fed-Ex envelope it arrived in back in May. Yeah, I've got that. And that fucking tassel that makes everyone think I graduated from Oregon State. *sigh*

/whining

However, lunar8i8star made a Danish = sex icon, so that's awesome. :)

Comments

[tasty-bread.livejournal.com]

Um... you could edit things! Or get a job as a receptionist or secretary!

[mophaat.livejournal.com]

I think everyone feels that way when they graduate, figure out what you want to do and where you want to be. Then connect the dots between where you are now and where you will be then and what you have to do will be clear! Chances are your degree will get you there, most people i know never use much of what they use in college, they just use graduation to say their through college.

just my words of wisdom, i've been going through the same thing figuring out whether i should continue trying in business or try to get where i want through non-scholarly channels.

This is Mike Barton btw, don't know how well you remember me.