[Ipg-smz] What college class or major did you transfer out of?

[Pam Baker]

I started out as a nursing major. Lost count of how many times I changed my
major afterwards. The list of majors that I fancied but eventually
transferred out of includes pre-med, physics, electrical engineering, and
journalism.

I was beginning to look like I was majoring in "student" which was ok by
me. I love learning things. Alas, nothing lasts forever.

Eventually the money was running out so I had to pick something and
graduate. Ended up with a degree in respiratory therapy with a minor in
environmental science so that I could go on to be a tech journalist because
why the heck not?

(And I'm still learning stuff everyday. It's just that people pay me now
for that edumacation instead of the other way around. I do so love that)

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:53 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> I started as an English major, but switched to theater after getting
> bitten by the bug after taking an Acting 101 class. Ended up being the
> second string theater critic for the Monterey Herald at that time. Never
> completed college. Had to drop out after two years due to finances, even
> though my accumulated GPA was 4.0.
>
> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com
>
> On 7/25/19 3:38 PM, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz wrote:
> >
> > Quoting Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Just curious, what class or major did you transfer out of?
> >>
> >
> > I started out in physics, but at my tiny little rural school--Glenville
> > State College--the professors were awful. At the same time, I had great
> > English and history professors So, it was, I left the hard sciences
> > behind and dove into the liberal arts.
> >
> > Later I discovered I was one of those people with a gift for
> > technology--I have no CS classwork to speak of--and I could combine that
> > knack with the skills I learned in the liberal arts. And, here I am
> > today instead of working at say SpaceX.
> >
> > Steven
> >
> >
>
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