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By China at 1:43 PM

I always thought that people with teaching majors had it pretty easy. I am really bad with kids (I don't like younger kids very much, I never know what to say to them) so I would never consider it, but the school work in college for that specific major doesn't seem very challenging (how hard can it be, if you're teaching second grade, obviously we already know all of the second grade stuff, we learned it years and years ago).

The other day though I found out while I was working in the computer labs all of the work that really does go into it. A few girls were working on an assignment and I overheard all of the requirements for it that they had to accomplish. It seemed crazy to me. They had to do lesson plans and even come up with activities. I guess it really is way more work than I thought and even though I am a pharmacy major (which is REALLY hard) I don't really have to put that much imagination of my own into my work like they do.

One really good thing though about their major is that they get to have candy all of the time. They bought a ton of bulk candy from haribo and they bring it into the classrooms while they are student teaching for projects and games and treats. Part of me wishes that my major was teaching just so I could hang out all day and eat candy and play games and do story time instead of doing chemistry problems and lab experiments that I usually don't understand.

But overall, I think I realized that every single major is hard in its own way and it probably isn't fair for me to judge one in particular, especially if I haven't experienced it or don't know much about it. But also, I think they all have their own perks and since we all pick our own majors and decide that's what we want to do for the rest of our lives, the perks probably outweigh the bad parts for those in that particular area. I guess when you find something you love to do, you should work hard for it (through the good and the bad) and even though it may not work for other people or be what someone else would chose, it may work out perfectly for you.