I am majoring in biology and chemistry, minoring in philosophy and picking up credits in law, perhaps not enough to cobble together a minor though. I plan on becoming a researcher/inventor/whatever. In general I'd like to do things, and learn stuff.
During the school year part of the year I make my money in three jobs, one where I am an assistant in enforcing government safety codes for laboratory and food service protocol, one in which I prep lab equipment and dispose of hazardous waste, and one in which I am a lab TA, grading papers and making sure the students don't set things on fire when they're not supposed to.
During the summer I work part time as a janitor, at an urban farm (as a volunteer), and am currently seeking more employment. I am not pressed for cash now, due to scholarships and the like, but you never know, so I'd like to save as much as possible.
I actually find working fun, though I prefer the jobs where I can use my brain rather than a toilet brush...(a shout out to anyone who just throws stuff on the ground in their workplace, or pukes in the toilet and then doesn't even bother to flush it: Fuck. You.
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I think people forget how useful philosophy can be in synthesizing ideas.
There have been sociological studies which find that having a philosophy background
along with skills another field makes the induvidual over all happier, and better at whatever field they are working in.
While I wouldn't choose to
major in it without another major, the kind of nuanced higher order thinking that comes with doing philosophy correctly simply improves thinking ability, period.
such a cliché it's disgusting. Anyway, yadda yadda ramble, answer the question.
