My alternate career paths..

Yes you heard right...my alternate career paths I never followed. It isn't that I always wanted to be a geeky scientist working in a lab. It just turned out that way. I guess I knew it during my soph year in college, as I was working/researching on mice for my undergrad honors thesis. It became a habit. Hence the masters which followed soon after, as I was intrigued by bacteria..and hence now my current degree with viruses still following mysterious creatures in this world we think we know so well..

So..anyways. When I entered college..well a semester before it..I had taken a summer class in sociology. I was soo into sociology, I wanted to major in it. As a high schooler I was stuck on psychology, as I always understood people well and I gave good advice (people would tell me that). Taking psychology in college got me, and I was totally into majoring to become a sociologist or a psychologist...but I had set it in me that I'd be a social psychologist as I believed sociology more.

Then...there was always the idea of becoming an architect. I loved math..and was addicted to geometry, trigonometry, precalc--grr I miss it :( . My dad tried to get me into engineering..but I walked away from it. I still regret this one..as maaaan...I didn't give it a shot.

I had once even though of being a doctor as a freshmen, but knew that I couldn't stand puss or anything related to the ear, so that was out of the question.

How I got into biology...and stayed on into the lab area intrigues me..as I used to hate labs..couldn't stand them. I think it was lack of confidence and not knowing what to do..but I like kicking myself, and forcing myself to face my fears. I enjoy challenges..and it was a bunch of teeth grinding and bitching inside me, but I knew over time I'd enjoy it. Guess now I sit here at Purdue working..and must admit I do enjoy what I do.