Comments on: From the Archive: Changing Majors http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/10/05/from-the-archive-changing-majors/ Improving the human experience one day at a time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/10/05/from-the-archive-changing-majors/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Rachel Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:53:51 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=469#comment-2786 Aww, this is great! Thanks for sharing. I switched from Civil Engineering to English Education. Talk about having a hard time breaking the news to your parents. Then in my first year of teaching I realized there was no way in hell I wanted to teach. At least I was an adult by then. So I went to work for a software company doing tech support (I'd always loved computers anyway). And that's when the tech writing bug bit me. Five years later, and I'm still at it. :D<br><br>Good for you on not being scared to change majors. Or at least, ignoring that overwhelming fear and doing it anyway! Aww, this is great! Thanks for sharing. I switched from Civil Engineering to English Education. Talk about having a hard time breaking the news to your parents. Then in my first year of teaching I realized there was no way in hell I wanted to teach. At least I was an adult by then. So I went to work for a software company doing tech support (I'd always loved computers anyway). And that's when the tech writing bug bit me. Five years later, and I'm still at it. :D

Good for you on not being scared to change majors. Or at least, ignoring that overwhelming fear and doing it anyway!

]]> By: Samantha LeVan http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/10/05/from-the-archive-changing-majors/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 Samantha LeVan Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:52:04 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=469#comment-2785 It's nice you told your parents before you changed your major. In my recollection, I'm not sure I told my parents I had switched from a double major in graphic design and illustration to art history until shortly before graduation. :) It's nice you told your parents before you changed your major. In my recollection, I'm not sure I told my parents I had switched from a double major in graphic design and illustration to art history until shortly before graduation. :)

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