Major In College

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a child and throughout our lives we have and will continue to ask and be expected to answer this question. When asked this question, college should be the first thing to arise in our minds. Thus, this leads to the big question of “What should I major in?” Deciding what your major should be is the most difficult decision one will make. We all would like to pursue a career in a field that we enjoy, but unfortunately for a lot of people this is cannot be done. Why is it that a lot of college students are not able to pursue a field that suites them and why is there not encouragement to? According to Scott Keyes, there are three reasons as to why parents (and others) should encourage students to focus on what he or …show more content…
Keyes suggests that everyone should stop asking others “what is your major”; through personal examples Keyes is able to convey his argument. Keyes claims that choosing a major in college “is one of the most difficult things students face in college” and that there are two major factors taken into consideration when doing so. Firstly, is the desire a student has to study what actually interests them. I believe this to be true; there is no point in spending a great amount of money on college when the concentration chosen is unbearable to finish. Secondly, is the factor of graduating and not making