It’s okay to change majors. When I came to UMass, I didn’t really know what I wanted to study or do as a career. The only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to minor in Spanish. I always enjoyed my Spanish classes in middle and high school so when I came to college, I wanted to further develop my skills. I also wanted to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Spanish-speaking world beyond just learning the language itself. I came in as a computer science major and found that I didn’t like it. I didn’t know what else to do so I switched to accounting my sophomore year. The summer after my sophomore year I worked at a summer camp designed to prevent summer learning loss. It made me realize that I wanted to work with kids in an educational setting. I decided that I wanted to become an elementary school teacher, but it was too late to change majors and still graduate on time with only four semesters left and going abroad for one of them. Continue reading →