My ultimate plan is to be a high school teacher of English and Biology. I looked through the biology minor requirements and overwhelmed doesn't come close to describe how I'm feeling. It has been almost 20 years since I've taken a biology class and, although I was pretty good at it in high school, things could have really changed since then.
Someone mentioned last night that I should major in world religions since other religions fascinate me. I've made a fool of myself many times when I find out someone is a different religion than me. Here is one such example: My girl scout troop meets at a church that I am not a member of and I was trying to find glue for the girl scout project that myself and my co-leader were doing (we had both forgotten to bring some) when I came across one of the girls' mothers. I asked her is she went to church here (in hopes that she could tell me if they have glue here and where.) She looked at me and said, "Me? No I'm Jewish." I stopped dead in my tracks. My eyes got wide and I grabbed her arm and said, "Are you serious?! You're Jewish?! I mean actively participating, practicing Jew?!?!". She is now looking at me as if I'm some crazed maniac and tentively says"...yes." I then proceed to explain that I am so interested in the Jewish religion and culture and have been for a long time and that I have so many questions for her. We laugh about it now, but I know for at least a moment there she was pretty sure I was a raving lunatic! Needless to say, other friends have had the same expierence when they have told me of their religious beliefs.
Back to my point, maybe world religions is something to consider as a minor, although could I even teach such a topic in high schools today?
I do think given my love of reading and literature an English major is a given. I'm hoping that with all the reading I do, that when I get into my English classes and I see the required reading I'll be able to mark most of them off the list as having already been read. Here's hoping!
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