Narration: Starting college is a stressful time

for most people. Being at a new school,

meeting new people, but most of all choosing
the major that decides your career…

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Narration: I personally had a difficult time

deciding a major. The process took a couple
months of contemplation…

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Narration: My top choices were criminology,

because the justice system is a huge interest
of mine, and education, because I have
always loved children and worked well with
them…

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Narration: The first step I took was
researching the classes the I would take as a
criminology. I also explored career options
and to see if anything peaked my interest…

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Narration: I explored the classes and career

options related to the major of education as
well…

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Narration: Once I gathered all of the

information for both majors, I compared the
two to see which I like better at first glance…

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Narration: Next, I created a “pros and cons”
list for each major to see which one looked
better on paper…

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Narration: After creating the list, I started to

talk to people I knew that either majored in
one of the subjects or has a job that connects
to them. I asked about their job/experience in
school to see which major I favored…

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Narration: The conversations I had with

several people made me lean more toward
education…

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Narration: To finalize my decision I visited a
classroom during school hours and I
absolutely fell in love. I could see myself
being and educator and the thought made me
excited…

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Narration: In the end, I decided to major in

education and pursue a career as an
elementary school teacher…

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Narration: Though the process was

exhausting and stressful, it led me to making
the best decision and for that I could not be
happier.

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