Thoughts: You want a job in media? what..

'You'll never get a job' 'You're going to have to work hard' 'Good luck with that' 'Media doesn't count as a degree'

In the last two years I have honestly lost count of the amount of times I have been told this by so many different people. When I first applied for university I tried to find a completely different degree a more 'intellectual' & respected one, 'American Studies' I liked the description of it, I liked the route it could take me in but in the end I decided it was just plain boring, & I just wouldn't enjoy studying it at all. I think it's so important to choose something you like especially if you're going to be spending three years of your life on it &  paying £9,000 a year.

I'd like to say I'm quite a well rounded person, I try to surround myself with as many different people as possible. I have friends studying a variety of different subjects at university including medicine, english & sciences. I also have friends who decided to completely ditch the education route to work in retail positions & work there way up in different companies and there's nothing wrong with that.

No matter what people are always going to be interested in the 'media' alhough the way we recieve it may be constantly changing with the constant technology innovations, it's always going to be of interest to people no matter what & I don't believe people should put it down so much. Fair enough after walking out with a media related degree no matter on your grades you are defiantly not guaranteed a job like other careers such as medicine but I think it's one of those subjects that proves that if you work hard then you can succeed. Personally I like the versality of it, I could never ever picture myself sitting in an office all day staring at numbers like some people I know, I want to be out learning new things, meeting different people & seeing new things everyday..

It is annoying when I tell someone what I plan to study at university as I constantly feel like I need to defend myself, but what I've been thinking if recently is why should I? Why is a law degree ranked any higher than one in a media related subject when there both equally just as important in society! You may need higher grades to get on one but that is no measurement on what kind of person you are which leads me onto another subject I feel strongly about which is that your school grades are not the be all end all & that exams are not a true measurement of ability.
I'm not 100% sure where I want to end up but I'd rather be studying something that has different avenues to go down rather than just one. 

Just a rant.

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