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You'll be hooked on 'Fishing for a Major'
By Madhuri Jagadish
Voices Correspondent
Every high school student is ultimately faced with the most important decision: What am I going to do for the rest of my life and where am I going to go after high school?
Have no fear; help has arrived to make this big decision an easier one.
"Fishing for a Major" by Julio Machado, a Harvard student, is exactly what you are looking for. This book gives helpful and practical advice from recent graduates and people who were once teens. Reading "Fishing for a Major" helps you figure out what realy interests you while advising you on personal goals. The book will help you succeed in achieving your academic, social, and professional challenges in life.
What I really liked in the book is how the author described each step in helping to plan for your major. In this step-by-step method, the author breaks down the approach in your decision.
Usually, people try to sell their book by convincing people that it is so good, and then you read it and wonder how the book is going to help you. Well, "Fishing for a Major" is definitely not one of those books because it lets you think on your own to make your own decision instead of telling you which major to pick.
There was a lot of good advice given in the book, but I think the best was in the chapter "Getting acquainted with yourself." Machado explains the importance of doing what you want in life and what anyone else wants you to do.
"The greatest service you can do yourself and your potential major is to seek out your interests and embrace yourself," he says in the book.
What surprised me the most in the book were the quotes from students, recent graduates, advisors and professors. I think this support helps to clarify his points.
The author's experience at Harvard also helps because he can relate what he has been through to what he is trying to explain.
Another feature of this book that I personally enjoyed was the section on "Working with advisors." I think many teens forget to take full advantage of their resources from school, such as counselors and advisors. He emphasizes this to help make the whole college process easier to understand. It is important to realize that these people can be helpful and the book gives advice on how to find them.
"Fishing for a Major" is a great book for teens and students going through this overwhelming process. The book offers many strategies on selecting the appropriate courses, taking advantage of advising programs, getting the most out of classes, getting relevant and helpful advice, and evaluating all of your available options.
This resource will help and direct students logically to approach this decision step-by-step. In addition to that, the book tells you how to make the most of the college major that you have selected. I think this will be a book that will definitely help you through and after choosing your major.
(Madhuri Jagadish is a sophomore at Fleetwood Area High School.)
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