How School Has Changed My Life So Far....

It is sort of hard to say that school has changed my life so far, seeing that I've been a student since I was 5! But I can say that COLLEGE has changed my life in some pretty drastic ways. I've been to 4 different schools since I graduated high school, 5 if I include Kaplan. I've learned something about what I do and don't want for my future from each school.

I was an art education major, an interior design major, an allied health science major, almost a dental hygiene major, and now finally, I'm a medical assisting major. The funny thing is, that in high school I was always so good at science, and really loved my AP Biology class senior year, but I was convinced that anything medical would mean I was in school for a long time. So I settled on art education because I loved babysitting and being around kids and whenever I wasn't in class I was in the art wing doing something creative. I discovered while I was in school for art education that when you try to make a career out of your hobby, you lose your hobby! I really began to HATE art and I still am not able to just sit down and paint or draw for hours like I used to.
I really had no idea what to do after I decided to give up on art education, I worked in retail for a while, which really taught me to love business, but I knew I didn't want to work in retail forever. So I decided to move 900 miles from home to go to school for interior design. This to me was the perfect compromise, it was artistic but not in a way that I would be painting all day, and it was business oriented. But after a few months I realized that I didn't want to have to convince people that my career was useful and not just a luxury. I also don't want to worry about losing my job especially in an economic recession like now. I also knew that I wanted a job where I was making a real difference in someones life, helping them. So yet again, another major change.
I was so afraid of choosing the wrong major again that I chose something basic, allied health sciences, which would cover the basics and leave me options for what to do later. I was really torn between dental hygiene and medical assisting. The only true reason I chose medical assisting over dental hygiene was that I could not find any online dental hygiene programs, but now I'm so happy with my choice.

I really feel like I'm learning important and useful information, the things I'm learning I'm actually using in my daily life and job now. It feels great to finally be in school for the right thing. I can feel the change and its wonderful!