family studies and human services.

let me tell you the things i can't do, and or have no desire to do...
i can't figure out a chemistry problem...the basic of chemistry...i can't do it, not off the top of my head i can't.
i can't grasp the idea of learning how to become a surgeon and how to use the utensils a doctor needs to learn for surgery
i can't go to a lab and work with the embryos of a fish to try and find a cure for something.
anything that has to do with engineering...forget it, i can't do it.
drawing, painting, sketching...i was not given the talent of being an artist that works with their hands.
i have no desire to learn how to be a dentist, a financial advisor, how to work in PR, or how to run my own business.
now, let me tell you what i can do...
i can listen to someone for hours.
i can help people help themselves.
i can give advice to the best of my ability.
i can be patient.
i can understand the mind of a 12 year old.
i can write a book.
i can read personalities like no ones business.
i can work with people.
why am i ranting about the things i can't do and the things i can...because,
i am a family studies and human services major. i want to be a therapist who works with middle school students struggling with whatever is happening to them at that moment.
i know a few people who think i have the most ridiculous major that doesn't lead to anything and that is so hurtful.
yes family studies doesn't have equations, or definite answers to the questions asked...it is more everyday information that has to do with life, not how to find, 'x' on an obtuse triangle. it is theories and philosophies that turn into statistics about the world around us.
the classes i take, i enjoy, the classes i take i will remember, not because i have to, but because it has to do with the world around me and how the world works.
i hate when people who major in family studies bash their own major...if you don't like it, then don't major in it.
i also hate when people who aren't family studies majors criticize our major and say it is the easiest and doesn't take a lot of work...that is a total lie. i would love to see someone who is amazing at numbers try and take one of my classes and do well in it.
yes, engineering is harder then family studies...i mean that is just how it is, but family studies is hard in its own way...it is difficult in the subjects we talk about...child molestation, date rape, divorce, suicide, media influence...do you want me to go on?
i am so frustrated about how many times i have to defend my major. i love my major, i love the concept of being able to do what i want to do and i love that family studies is so broad and it opens so many doors.
family studies is the major that is all about working with people...that is the hardest job of all, learning how to work with different personalities and trying to do the best for everyone we come across,'specially wanting to be a therapist, i am going to come across a lot of stories that i am not sure i am going to be able to handle. that is why i am here to learn how to become a therapist and learn the tricks to make those relationships strictly professional and not get to attached.
so, no, i can't get through a semester of human body without failing, i can't get trough an engineering class about cement without failing, i can't get through organic chemistry, or a senior level economics class without doing poorly, but i can relate to people...not that people who take organic chem can't, it is just, i have the patience to listen to people and their stories no matter how ridiculous i find the issue to be...can a lot of people say they enjoy that? i don't think so.