Marie Foard
EN1320 Comp 1
Professor Patnode
Module 2 Shaping Ideas
Essay 2.1
Drafting an Essay
April 4, 2016

As a young person I wanted to try different things. I knew that I did not want to be a clown, comedian and I did not want to be a cashier for the rest of my life. So I really had to take a minute to think about different things I would be into to doing for the rest of my life. Deciding what to do for the rest of my life is the biggest decision I ever had to make. My thoughts were to try out photography, accounting and computers. All of this sounded interesting even though I did not know much about any of them.
The first major I thought about taking up was photography. I wanted to learn how to take good pictures. Taking pictures is a lot of fun and it is a way of making memories last for a long time. It is good to have pictures to look at to help remember the good times. Photography has its pros and cons just like anything else. In order to be good at taking pictures you should know how to hold and adjust the camera just right. If you know how to do this your pictures will turn out just right. When purchasing a camera you should think about the different types. You have your professional and non-professional cameras. Professional cameras cost more but take better pictures. After you purchase a camera you should also buy care products to keep your camera in good condition. Keeping your camera in good condition means keeping it clean and storing it in a safe place. Another thing that helps taking good pictures is knowing and understanding art. Art was not something that I was good at and I did not do well at taking good pictures. The best thing about being a photographer is making good money. Because I did not understand or do well with art or taking pictures I thought about trying accounting.
Accounting was the second major I wanted to get into. With accounting there is a lot of math. I have never took any course on this subject. So many people have told me that accounting is hard and that there is more to it than just math. Because of what people were telling me I was too nervous to try and learn about accounting. The next major I thought about getting into is computers.
The last major that I thought of trying is computers. With computers all I know is the basics such as what a keyboard, mouse, monitor and an icon is. Computers are fun because you can do so many things on them. Some of the things are downloading games, music and movies. There are different types of computers such as laptops and desktops. Desktops stay in the home and laptops can be taken anywhere to make it easy for people who travel. Computers are good for doing things such as getting on the internet for research for those who are not able to get to the library. Taking care of computers is important like keeping up with viruses. I feel that computers are very interesting and I really want to know more so that is why I signed up for NSA (Network System Administration) so I can learn more about computers. Also, I would like to get a career doing something with computers.
Choosing a major was not easy I had to think about what I really wanted to do. So I looked into three different areas such as photography, accounting and computers. With photography I did not do well taking pictures. Accounting was not sounding all that simple from what people told me. In the end I decided to go with computers which lead to what I am studying now NSA (Network System Administration). For anyone who is not sure what you want to do right away it is okay. Sometimes in life you just need to try different things until you find that one thing that just clicks. You will know when that time comes so just hang in and never give up.