I was a history major...
Aug. 14th, 2007 09:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Now, this is ridiculous. I object. This quiz zeroed in on my original major, fair enough, but not the field I switched to - not the field I feel passionate about - which turns out not to even be on their listing. History! Where is history? The foundation of every other art or science. The study of human development itself. I got the quiz from
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You scored as Journalism, You are an aspiring journalist, and you should major in journalism! Like me, you are passionate about writing and expressing yourself, and you want the world to understand your beliefs through writing. </td>
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Date: 2007-08-14 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 01:49 pm (UTC)Not a felicitious metaphor, since I'm not into underwater studies....
A fair argument, anyway...
Date: 2007-08-14 01:55 pm (UTC)Re: A fair argument, anyway...
Date: 2007-08-14 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 02:17 pm (UTC)I agree, they're definitely missing History. I mean, really. I'd expect that history would be more of a major in most colleges than journalism. Though maybe I'm wrong.
I'll have to get biology, won't I? ;-p
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Date: 2007-08-14 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 03:37 pm (UTC)Apparently, the quiz didn't think so!
See my post:
http://toraks.livejournal.com/192048.html (http://toraks.livejournal.com/192048.html)
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Date: 2007-08-14 03:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 03:44 pm (UTC)Very true. Of course, I tend to do them for the amusement value, so I suppose it's not entirely a bad thing. :-)
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Date: 2007-08-14 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 03:50 pm (UTC)I have to admit -- writing that little rant about what I actually like in biology did make me think about it and get excited about it all over again. So maybe another positive to the quiz that's so wrong!
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Date: 2007-08-14 03:52 pm (UTC)huge favor to ask
Date: 2007-08-14 03:20 pm (UTC)Re: huge favor to ask
Date: 2007-08-14 03:36 pm (UTC)I am a Maths student...
Date: 2007-08-14 05:15 pm (UTC)What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3) (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=17550N)
Re: I am a Maths student...
Date: 2007-08-14 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-14 08:25 pm (UTC)I expect it was the tiebreaker: I dithered over Languages and Mankind.
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Date: 2007-08-14 08:35 pm (UTC)I love all those things too. So I suppose the quiz picked journalism as a sort of default.
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Date: 2007-08-15 12:34 am (UTC)Then it asked me to choose just one of fourteen, and I couldn't do it.
Maybe that's why I don't have a career.
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Date: 2007-08-15 02:14 am (UTC)Maybe you should work on focus?
Or find a role for a real generalist? I've always thought that was an incredibly valuable trait, if only one could find the niche for it.
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Date: 2007-08-15 11:36 am (UTC)The good thing is, I've never had to discard a story idea simply because I wasn't interested in doing the research.
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Date: 2007-08-15 12:56 pm (UTC)Me neither. My proportion of research to actual writing is rather high.
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Date: 2007-08-15 01:04 am (UTC)This is what I got:
What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!) (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=17550N)
Just like
fajrdrako, I was originally a history major, even if I wound up switching to Computer Science later. And, just like History, Computer Science is not on the list. Sigh ... talk about myopia. :-/
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Date: 2007-08-15 02:12 am (UTC)Computer science really should be on the list.
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Date: 2007-08-15 03:52 am (UTC)What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3) (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=17550N)
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Date: 2007-08-15 11:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-15 11:22 am (UTC)...On a slightly more serious note... I do hate when I don't write, or when I don't write a certain way.
On the other hand, I got a higher score on math than philosophy and anthropology, so something's generally wrong with the world.
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Date: 2007-08-15 12:58 pm (UTC)Indeed. Me too.
I do hate when I don't write, or when I don't write a certain way.
So do I. Wish it were more controllable.