I came to Howard University with a colorless canvas and an infinite palette. I was interested in many things but thought I was passionate about nothing. I spent my first two years experimenting with a myriad of courses. Cultural anthropology is cool, so is psychology. Historiography was not half bad. This pattern continued until my junior year. By that point, if nothing else, I learned I had a few less colors to choose from.
Halfway through the semester I decided to go to a career specialist. I figured I needed help from someone other than my mother. He recommended a few diagnostic tests that suggested I either be a clinical engineer or a sociologist. These tests may be a bit off. He kept asking what I am good at and what I like; but these words have never rang so hallow.
However, since everything I read also seems to fixate on my passion I may want to truly focus on locating mine. What am I good at, and what do I like? Well, I like philosophy. I recognized this while blankly staring at my career advisor. I realized I have always liked philosophy.
Though, it is not my discovery of philosophy that makes me a worthy addition to Loyola Law school, it is what philosophy has taught me. …show more content…
It helped me improve my analytical skills. I was taught how to analyze an argument, isolate its premises, and attack the foundation of those premises. It helped me enhance my reasoning skills. I learned how to argue for a position and support its validity, regardless of the position’s soundness. Majoring in philosophy also helped me develop my writing skills. I wrote numerous essays and discovered how to distinguish the difference between two words that have only a nuanced distinction. My experience as a philosophy major, though brief, was