So you're a Spanish major...

By now as an avid follower of my blog, you must know I am a Spanish major.  When I first came to Butler I was Exploratory (fancy word for undecided), then I declared a double major in Spanish and Communication Sciences and Disorders (fancy for Speech and Language Pathology), and then shortly before departing for Amsterdam I dropped to a minor in CSD and am solely a Spanish major.

Whew.

Now, mind you I did not switch to being solely a Spanish major because I have some wildly ambitious desire to become a citizen of South America, or a sudden passion to teach the Spanish language to our Nation's youth.  I actually dropped my CSD major because it is an extremely competitive field, and I didn't have the passion and intense interest necessary to devote my undergraduate and subsequent graduate careers in this field.  At least not right now.

Well, this little switcheroo flew over like a lead balloon in the Peters household as my family has a hard time understanding why I would switch from a focus in a field where I am guaranteed a specific job in a demanded market, to one of the most general Liberal Arts degrees with millions of possible career routes, which might not even have to do with Spanish at all.  

Cue the question that makes my hair fall out, my fists clench, and my eyes roll back into my head...

So, what are you going to do with a Spanish major?

Well, quite frankly I'm going to do whatever the hell I want with a Spanish major.  

Yes, I know that's a broad area of possibility.

Yes, I understand it might be hard to find a job that will utilize this skill in a field I am interested in.

And for the love of all that is holy, no, I am not fluent in Spanish.

If I had a beer for every time someone asked me something along these lines I could stock the Hofbrauhaus for a year, including Oktoberfest.  So, in honor of such a heated and apparently interesting topic, I have devoted a vlog to this constant source of frustration and clarification in my life today.

Towards the middle of the video there is a movie reference, so please don't become confused with the transition/slightly idiotic remark.  It's all part of the effect :)