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I picked the article titled “Psychology or Education, which major is right for you?”

I chose to write about this piece because I feel this is a good article that I can relate to a lot. When I was younger I used to want to be a teacher very bad. I would always pretend to have a “classroom” in my room and use my little American Girl Dolls as the students.  I would always ask my teachers in school if I could help grade papers and hand them out. I even drew on the board during recess because I loved the feeling of being in the front of the room. As time passed, my interests changed like most kids do. I started to gravitate away from wanting to teach and started to lean more towards the idea of being a psychologist because I love to help people and learn about how they think. Even though I am still an exploratory major, I have an idea of what I want to major in. I am either going to major in psychology, social work or sociology. Those three are pretty similar to each other in my opinion.

The writers argument is basically a common argument. She wants the reader to be aware of everything that they are going to get themselves into before they decide to declare a major. She makes sure to tell you that you should pick the major that you find to be the most appealing to you. Do something that you like to do, and don’t worry about the work that takes to get there. If you want to do it, it won’t seem like work it will seem fun and interesting. You need to know a a lot about the major that you decide on before you do, so you don’t waste your time taking classes that you don’t need if you decide to change your major. I think we should listen to the advice because it seems like she did a good deal of research on the topic.

I think one of the points that was made that makes this pretty convincing is the fact that she put in the information that she researched. At a few parts, she put very detailed information. There were points where she wrote what exactly you could do with a degree in psychology. She listed the amount of credits you need for that degree, which is 52. She also showed that she did research because she used parenthetical references in her writing.

I think what made this topic so appealing to me is that fact that I really don’t know what type of degree I am going to pursue for sure. I like how she put in a lot of different information and put the writing in a form that is directed towards the reader. She put questions like “do you like to help people?, do you cope well?”. I feel like she did a good job with making this reader friendly and interesting.