Undergraduate Writing

Interesting ' Economics

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I yawned and stretched my arms , only to realize that I have napped for five minutes . I still had twenty five minutes of my Economics 503 class left . Rather disappointed , I took out my hand phone and started sending text messages . I have never fully understood why I chose Economics as my field of study . I was against most of what Economics had to offer

Personally , I felt that Economics focused in over analyzing everything in the world . This may be attributed to the Economists who have felt the

br need to have their names written down in history , thus coming up with theories . On top of that , once these economists have successfully made their theories sound complex , they generalize the complex ' term into something more simple . Take for example the term , a country 's income

Economist terms it as Gross Domestic Product (GDP . It is not logical to use a longer term to replace a shorter term . Calculating a county 's income ' is very complex , which is replaced in economic terms by the following factors , GDP consumption (C gross investment (I government spending (G (exports ? imports (X-M , or to put it simply , GDP C I G (X-M . I should have considered my practicality issues first before choosing Economics as my major theless , I still managed to score A 's despite having slept through most of my Economics classes

I found myself weakest in English during college . Little did I know that this weakness would lead me to the answers that shattered my perception on Economics as an exaggerated subject . In one of my upper level writing classes , English 325 , the teacher assigned us an essay The assignment asked us to , choose a person we can interview . These included people whose jobs fascinated us , and those who have participated in interesting activities

The word that stood out was interests , and I sneered at the moment I saw the assignment itself . The teacher asked me if I was alright , and I immediately asked , Would you mind if I do the exact opposite of the assignment , and find a boring job to interview , such as an Economics professor ? I mean their life is practically focused on teaching Afterwards , they go back to their respective offices and do their own research , which they use in their lectures . It just goes on in a cycle

The teacher burst out with a humorous laugh and agreed with me . I thought that interviewing someone with a a boring job would give me a higher chance of finding something interesting within his or her job This is opposed to interviewing someone with a job that most people know about , which they find interesting

Before I started , I already saw a loophole in my strategy . I asked myself , What if the job itself turns out to be boring and I end up having nothing to write about ' Well , then I guess you would have to find some other alternatives ' The teacher smiled as if she had...