The Start of Something New

Well, I guess this is the end of something great and the beginning of something new. Today was my last orientation session. We ended on a high note with goofy awards and pictures. My award said Kaila 'this used to be a female restroom' Swain. :) Very nice. Billy thought it was the best award and I can't say I disagree.

This last session was my absolute favorite. My group was smaller and quieter, but they got along well. I could also connect with each student, unlike the past sessions. They seemed to laugh at my terrible jokes, so it made me feel special.

The registration process of orientation has caused me to change my major this fall. After talking to Greg, another business and journalism Orientation Leader, I now know I no longer want to major in Advertising Management. The school of journalism is not doing anything for me. If I can say this, I think I should reconsider what I am doing still in the school.

So instead, I have been looking into a major in psychology. I love everything about it and I know the program is better than the advertising program. I think that is a wise decision. The only thing stopping me is that my credentials would go from a marketing and advertising management double major with a concentration in Human Resources to a marketing and psychology double major with a concentration in Human Resources? Human Resources is basically the same thing as psychology, but maybe I can double dip the classes. Otherwise, it doesn't seem logical to keep my HR concentration. I may switch to a Business Law concentration instead. Who knows?

I have at least three more months before I need to switch my majors, so I can still give my advertising principles class in the fall a chance. If I fall in love with it, I guess I will stay in the J school. Sometimes I feel once you are in the J school, you can't get out.

I will close this blog by wishing all readers a happy longest day of the year. Enjoy your extended minutes of daylight and I hope the weather is nicer around the world than in Des Moines. Gotta love the humid, on-and-off rainy weather today.