academia
I’m not changing my degrees again. I’m still a Biocultural Anthropology major with a Fisheries & Wildlife minor who also takes a lot of German classes. But I’m getting a better idea of where I’m going! I’ll probably be living in Newport for my last semester at OSU and taking classes at the Hatfield Marine Science Center because that’s where all the best Fish & Wildlife classes are. That doesn’t sound too bad to me— getting to live by the ocean, walking the beaches at night, taking classes on whales and fisheries and such…I think I’m okay with that.
I’m still figuring out what is to come after graduation, but I’ve got a little time to figure it out, so I’m alright. I know I don’t want to go straight to grad school, and since I’ll be graduating in the winter, it’ll be a slightly less convenient time to find jobs and schools. I think I’d like to go work in a national park for awhile, so I can see if I really want to do that for a long time. I’ve been looking into Masters programs in Europe as well— everything from evolutionary biology to peace studies & conflict resolution, from conservation to social justice. And then, of course, there’s the fact that I probably want to get a teaching degree somewhere in there as well. Hmm. Too much to do. I feel odd about it— I don’t really know ‘what I want to be when I grow up,’ I just have a kind of blurry, broad sense of what I want to do. Teaching and advocating for environmental and social justice is one of the blurry things, one of the many. I don’t really know where I’m going with that.
Anyway, point is, on a more immediate note, I know what I’m taking for classes this summer (online) and fall, and I’m actually quite excited…though I know once they start it will be less exciting and more difficult. But anyway, here’s the plan:
Summer:
- National Park Geology and Conservation
- Principles of Fish & Wildlife Conservation (not super interesting, but required)
- Concepts and Methods of Cultural Anthropology (super boring, but required)
- Ornithology (!!!)
Fall:
- Ecology
- German (of course)
- Anthropology of Peoples of North America
- Systematics of Birds
- Ecological Anthropology
- Rock climbing
Exciting? I think so. Not everything, but enough that I’m anxious to get there— though that might just be because I’m sick of my current classes & responsibilities here and really just want summer. That’s definitely true too.
Hmm. Now I just have to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.
Argentina JUST PASSED a groundbreaking gender identity bill!!!
From now on, people will be able to change the name and gender on their ID without needing psychiatric permission or any body modifications. Furthermore, anyone who does want hormones or surgery will be able to access them for free through the public and private health system.
It was passed unanimously today by the Senate :-D
It’s a beautiful day!
