School or "How I decided to stay poor"

My mind has been noisy this week and so I decided to dump some of the noise here. Have fun with it...

I have been thinking of changing my major when I go back to school next fall to Philosophy. What will I do with that degree you ask? Probably hang it on my wall and continue to work retail. Lol! I have been reading much in this realm in the past few years and really would love to keep reading it and discussing it forever. Especially ethics. I LOVE the study of ethics. And religious studies. The philosophy of religion has always been a draw for me... Maybe a double major. With my history maybe I can totally make myself unmarketable.

OR Maybe I can just stay in school forever and be that person in the corner of your favorite coffee house (you know the one...) reading the pretentiously thick book and discussing Kant's Categorical Imperative and how it applies to everyday ethics. I could invest in some wool sweaters and wear small glasses at the end of my nose and start drinking earl grey tea.

Frankly, next fall seems so far away. And I can hardly wait. I would love to just start collecting degrees and teach college. Staying in academia certainly sounds wonderful. It feels right to think of myself in school somehow for the rest of my life. Let the knowledge start flowing. Let the deadlines and syllabuses (syllibi?) flow like water and determine the ebb and flow of my life. *delighted sigh* Coming August, 2011: my new life as a career student!

I think that this is easily achieved. Even if I don't really stay in school forever. I have this unending thirst for knowledge. I read like my life depended on it. I research like it's going out of style. I love new ideas and concepts. I hope that never ends...

Speaking of all that, for the first time in almost 10 years, I am reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. I tried a few times when I was at Ballstate, as my boyfriend and a few of my other friends read it and were often talking about it. I am not ashamed to admit that I felt inadequate when I couldn't make it through. I also want to get it finished so I can finally check it off my list of started but unfinished tasks. Wish me luck.

GGC