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dropouts

Listening to::
i'm not realy listening to anything. i can hear, however, what sounds like the keys of Boerckel's keyboard being smashed into oblivion and Dr. Clauss going on and on about arrays. i've decided that Boerckel types far louder than Neuch, a feat i never imagined possible. i'm suprised that Dr. Clauss hasn't gotten mad at us for chatting in class again.

and now::
i'm in computing for engineers. i actually like this class, i don't know why i'm not paying attention today.
last class was horrible. i have decided that i now dislike (with a fiery passion) that class. i got a 10 out of 20 on my last paper. he takes off points for the silliest mistakes i've ever seen. if he, doesn't like your, comma usage, or, if he, doesn't care, for, your word choice, well then, off goes a half-poi,nt, ,, it's out of a total 20 points, so if you make one mistake (well, what he calls a mistake), that's 2.5% of your grade. there's not much consideration into what you actually wrote. i suppose that doesn't sound like a big deal, but tell me what you think after you take Helfenstein's class.

two guys in my class told me that they are dropping out of the engineering program, and leaving GCC. lots of people wash out of GCC engineering; most did it at the end of last semester. i'm very sad that one of them is leaving--half because i'll miss him, and half because i think Grove City College is a great school.
i think the change of major for both of them will be good. one wants to be a Christian Thought major and later become a youth minister. a youth minister/worship leader...that would be one of the coolest jobs ever.

they got me thinking. when i was deciding a major and even since i've been here, i've thought more than once about going into the ministry. i believe there is a large need for males who will step up and take ministry roles. maybe i need to be one who will step up.
but since i was young, i've always wanted to be an engineer, acrchitect, or something of that sort. i've always loved making things and figuring out how stuff works. my favorite classes in high school were drafting 1-5. i've always just thought that's where i would end up.
my grandpa told me not long ago "the best advice i'd ever thought of" (in his words). he said, "learn the hardest thing you can in school. that way everybody will want to hire you, and you'll get paid more." i've been thinking lately that that was bad advice. even if i study all the time, get good grades, and get hired some incredible firm, what will my job be worth if i don't enjoy doing it? we were talking about the videos that we sometimes watch in Intro to Engineering. the employees on those videos seem to have such ...dull (?? i don't know what word i'm looking for) jobs. they all seem really nerdy. wait, i know what you're saying: "you just realized that?" one lady was talking about how she spent months and months designing a small peice of a duct on an aircraft, and how the best moment in her life was to see that airplane in testing. i mean, i know every tiny part on a machine like an airplane integral to the machine working correctly, but i don't know, that doesn't seem too interesting to me.
the thing is that i think i would enjoy it--the people shown on those videos aren't all of what engineering is. or maybe i should looking into architecture again. that would be cool, i think.

another thing that i've been thinking about lately is God's plan. i've been asking God to reveal his vision for my life. i know that God could do immeasurably more than i could ever imagine in my life and that his plans for me are immensly better that anything i could thing of on my own.
i thought i knew what i wanted to do with my life before, but i'm not as sure now.

but the real question is
question::
what career does God want me to pursue?
answer::
...i'm going to put a lot more thought into that question...