JUST ASK | 成长不烦恼
本文作者： Daniel Daugherty
Q Dear Daniel, I find it nearly impossible to answer the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I have too many interests and I don’t know how to pick “the right one” to be my major in college and probably my career in the future. Could you help me? Doris A Dear Doris, I couldn’t choose a major. I thought that choosing one meant closing a hundred other doors forever! You and I are dilettantes (浅尝辄止者). We don’t fit in well with modern education. I went to school in the US, so my path may not work for you, but I will tell you my story, and then my advice. US schools offer generalized majors. I majored in Liberal Arts (文科), which is made up of classes in social sciences, history and various creative disciplines (学科) including music, film and writing. Doing this, I tried many different majors and discovered what I was good at. When I graduated, I had a multidisciplinary body of knowledge. The problem is that most liberal arts majors end up making coffees – unless they go to graduate school (研究生院). After two years of making lattes, I pursued (追求) a master’s degree. By then, I had a passion and a talent: writing, especially nonfiction. Now I’m writing to you from a newspaper. My studies took six years, so maybe my “plan” wasn’t very good. Learn from my mistake: Major in your talent. If you are good at the cello, major in music. If you are good at complex math problems, do something scientific. A major opens doors to careers you don’t even know. Better yet, now that I’m an adult with a salary, all those doors I worried about closing are still open to me. I can study whatever I want! I learned guitar and mandolin (曼陀林) and now I’m trying violin. I learned how to make beer and now I’m trying to grow vegetables. Your studies don’t end with your degree.Daniel |  |
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