Amateur-

I guess you could say I am an amateur figure skater. I have spent hours at the ice rink practicing and even some coaching. I know I will never go to the Olympics and never make a career out of it but I still go and skate or coach because I love to do it.

When comparing the work we do for love versus the required work we do I think the work for love, the amateur work, is often times more in depth, creative, and meaningful. While we do required work we often times complain about it, such as GFR’s on campus. We often time complain about such classes because they are required. Rarely do we have as many complaints as the class we are taking for our major that we selected. (Or maybe that is only me.)

I will hopefully be combining passion with a career. I started on a pre-nursing track and now I am on a psychology track. Going into college though I knew I either wanted to be a Nurse, Psychologist, or a Teacher. The common theme is that they all work with people to help people. I guess a passion I have is to help other people which is definitely something I will combine with my career.