Making Changes

I'm bored majoring in architecture.

I just want to draw blueprints and I hate all the extra classes I have to take... I don't give a damn what the difference between a duplex and a lathe nail are, or that they're measured in "pennies" which are written as "8D" and "16D" ect! I do not NEED to know that the "sheer strength" of a nail is 5oo pounds. Why would I need to know that?!

If I ever use a hammer my entire career it will be to hang my god-dammed diploma!

I understand why it's important for me to understand how the construction workers do their thing, so that proper communication may ensue, but bloody hell! Litterally half my classes are Carpentry and Construction Theory.

(I suppose on, one hand, it's a good thing because with this degree I would always be able to find work in either field, if you want to look at it from the bright side.)

I'm also upset thatI just finished busting my ass committing most of the International Residential Building Code to memory in order to get a B in Building Codes and Standards, and here in 2009 they're completely re-vamping the whole damn system! I'll have to retake that class again before I graduate if I want to be current enough to get into a good school (especially on scholarships) for my Bachelors’.

On the other hand, I have really enjoyed the anthropology and sociology classes I've been taking as electives, and I looked up the course requirements for a Bachelors’ of the Arts in Psychology and there are no off subject or filler classes.

It's all psyche theory and science: classes such as Personality Theory, Sensation & Perception, Social Influence and Persuasion, Psychology of Adolescence and Young Adult Hood, Stress & Wellness, and Substance Use & Abuse.

The only really difficult classes would be Psychological Testing and Measurement as well as Intro into Behavioral Neuroscience, but these are things I would need and having an understanding of them would make me a smarter, more perceptive person anyway. I’d throw myself into them and I know I could pull out As.

I think I’d enjoy working as a shrink… I’ve seen enough bad shrinks to know exactly what stereotypes people who dislike therapists expect and how to avoid them. I’m also usually the shoulder with the most cry on it in my social groups. Everyone tells me their problems, because I guess I seem receptive. I like listening… I know that having someone listen is usually the best therapy anyway, but being professionally trained to listen and help rebuild broken parts would suit me.

Yes, I know I’d get the not-so-occasional dingbat, drug addict, crazy person or even a few psychos… I’d probably if not defiantly get stuck as the only outlet for some drug addicted loser who beats their wife and molests their kids, and I’d have to listen to them pour all that out knowing that I’m technically a doctor and they are legally entitled to doctor-patience confidence. I have no doubt I’d end up, at some point, with some creepy guy who talks about his “fantasies” of rape or murder to disguise the fact that he actually IS a rapist or a murderer…

Zy would say I couldn’t handle it, but truth be told I know I could. It doesn’t bother me, honestly, and if someone got out of hand, it's as simple as “I think you’ve advanced beyond my expertise, so I’m referring you to so-and-so."

Maybe Zy’s friend Jagoex and I could work together.

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