Rethinking

"... But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong." 
- Lord Mansfield

I don't have to go to work today because I took it off in order to go to Sister Courage's birthday dinner. I am very excited to see all of my sisters again. I have missed them a lot lately. Also, I haven't met any of the Tau pledge class, and that feels pretty crappy. I feel like a terrible sister. I have to try to get to more events. The problem is, they always seem to happen when I am busy. I should organize my own event some time.

Right now, I am sitting in a computer lab on campus, thinking about the future. My plan was once to get a BA in History, do the Katimavik program, and then apply to theatre schools and hope that I could be accepted into a theatre company, or fall back on the History degree if nothing came of it. But now, I am seriously reconsidering all of this. At this very minute, it feels more appropriate to do some upgrading in the fall (specifically, Biology 120 and Chemistry 122, or their equivalents) and then do Katimavik in the spring, and start a BA in Nursing in September 2012. I could stay in this city for nursing, or I could leave. I don't feel any particular attachments to this area, only to the people in it - and if they are as important to me as I believe they are, we will stay in touch, no problem.

I think the biggest factor for me in choosing the school would be the price. UNBF would be the cheapest option for me, as I could still live at home. In Toronto though, Ryerson University sounds like its location would really open opportunities for career placement after graduation. Plus, it is Toronto - surely finding a new local theatre group would be pretty easy. And the tuition is roughly the same as UNBF, so I would only have to worry about cost of living. But that's not a decision I'll be making any time soon.

I made an appointment with Academic Advising for Friday, so that somebody can tell me what my chances are of getting in to a program somewhere and give me information on how to get the science credits that I didn't bother with back in high school.

As I did with the decision to drop the majority of my courses this semester, I am thinking this through without taking any real action yet. I have been thinking about nursing for at least twelve days now. One of my coworkers is in the UNBF nursing program and she loves it, and she talks it up all the time. It sounds so appealing. But I don't want to consider my reasons for why I keep thinking about nursing. That's why I chose the quote that I opened this entry with - I will probably make the right decision, but I could very well do it for the wrong reasons.