back to the future

I wrote this almost 10 years ago. most of it still holds true, but ironically I work at a career-focused school now. By the way, I like to read comments about my blog... good and bad ones.

is it better to be pretty good at everything or exceptional at one thing? i'm perplexed b/c my strength is my weakness. i can talk to you about philosophy and i can throw a baseball very hard. however, you won't see me leading a new age mind of thought or leading a baseball team to the world series.

i'm grateful that i went to a liberal arts college instead of some trade school, but it's like i know a lot about nothing and then these computer nerds that never went to the keggers are making boat loads of money. sup with that? i know, that's why they make you declare a major, but how vague can business management be (which was mine)? the only thing worse would be the diversity major my school offered... 3 minors equaling one major. hello? might as well have declared "undecided" and graduated suma cum dunno.

but it's not just in schooling though. being hmong in america, i've grown up knowing two worlds. the american way and the hmong way. and somewhere inbetween i've incorporated the hmong-american way. i'm not fully one or the other.

wierd, but... i'm not definitively anything. i can't be pigeon-holed i guess. but i can't be an expert either! i'm like an oxymoron or maybe i'm just the moron.

i guess i'll just be exceptional at being pretty good at everything.