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Or in other words, people who think they know more about you than you do based on a few fucking observations.
A while back I had to see this advisor because I flunked ONE CLASS (first class I've flunked in seven years). Basically, I was considering changing majors from math to business. After years of obsessing over this, I had finally had a clear plan. But of course the advisor I see tells me that I should continue with math because I had a gift for it (despite flunking calculus).
Now I'm not saying he didn't have a point. Math has always been something I've been good at and I did do well in the other courses. If anything I should probably listen to him.
But there are a few problems.
Going for the math degree would take a lot more time. The business degree could be completed in year or 2 max, but the math is only offered once a year so I could be looking at 3 more years in college if I go that route. While math would be ideal, I have to take other things into account. I'm already burnt out with college as it is so I don't know if I could handle much more of it.
But no, according to him, business would be bad for me. I'd hate it and would want to quit after 3 years. Even though everyone else I talked to said it would be a marketable degree. I thought I finally had it figured out, but now I'm even more confused and unsure than before. On top of that, this guy had this preachy bullshit way of talking that set off red flags. Like he was talking to a lost soul who was on his way to hell. Anything I said, he had an explaination for. It was really infuriating, but at the same time, I'm worried that he might be right and I am making a bad decision.
A while back I had to see this advisor because I flunked ONE CLASS (first class I've flunked in seven years). Basically, I was considering changing majors from math to business. After years of obsessing over this, I had finally had a clear plan. But of course the advisor I see tells me that I should continue with math because I had a gift for it (despite flunking calculus).
Now I'm not saying he didn't have a point. Math has always been something I've been good at and I did do well in the other courses. If anything I should probably listen to him.
But there are a few problems.
Going for the math degree would take a lot more time. The business degree could be completed in year or 2 max, but the math is only offered once a year so I could be looking at 3 more years in college if I go that route. While math would be ideal, I have to take other things into account. I'm already burnt out with college as it is so I don't know if I could handle much more of it.
But no, according to him, business would be bad for me. I'd hate it and would want to quit after 3 years. Even though everyone else I talked to said it would be a marketable degree. I thought I finally had it figured out, but now I'm even more confused and unsure than before. On top of that, this guy had this preachy bullshit way of talking that set off red flags. Like he was talking to a lost soul who was on his way to hell. Anything I said, he had an explaination for. It was really infuriating, but at the same time, I'm worried that he might be right and I am making a bad decision.
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