<p>Just like you, I have wanted to be a journalism major for the majority of your life (The next Rory Gilmore, if you watch Gilmore Girls, tehehe). I always assumed that’s what I would major in, and when I applied to colleges in the fall, I even put that down as my major. Take into account though, that all along people were always telling me “you won’t make any money”, “it’s a terrible field”, “newspapers are going extinct”. I, just like you, said that my back up plan would be to go to law school if all else fails. Unfortunately, people just kept telling me that it was a bad idea, and that I shouldn’t go through with it. And you know what? I believed them. Due to people’s influence’s, I started to HATE the media, the news, even the New York Times (which I read on a daily basis). I emailed colleges that I had been accepted to, and told them that I wanted to change my major to social work.</p>
<p>Well, now that I have “decided” (I use that term loosely because I may change, again) to take a different career path, people are telling me that I am making the wrong decision once again. My advice to you is this: Go with your gut. If you want to major in Journalism, then go for it. Don’t let what your parents tell you hold you back. Because it happened to me. I did it. Some days I think about being a social worker and how awesome it could be, but people still discourage me from doing it. Don’t listen to ANYONE else, do what you want to do with your life. Don’t let your parents influence your choice in major. Journalism may not be the easiest field to get into, but if you work hard the possibilities are endless. If it’s what you really want, it will be worth it in the end.</p>