Ladies,
For those of you who don’t know, I am currently a freshman at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Coming from a family filled with engineers, I felt obligated to follow their path and going into the fall semester, I was ecstatic to finally start the journey. As a FIRST alumni, it was seemed like an obvious field to enter, and as a girl I would have access to lots of opportunities. However, I quickly realized I was terrible at physics, and not only that, I hated it! I didn’t know why I was struggling so much because I had spent the past three years of my life building robots and getting told how I would be a phenomenal engineer. Despite these setbacks, I was determined to succeed. As the semester progressed, it became evident that I was really struggling and no matter how much time I put into studying, I still wasn’t succeeding.
A professor told me one day that everyone has their own unique path and despite having a list of classes I need to take, in the end I would be modifying it anyways. For some reason that really clicked with me and I began to look into design classes. I knew instantly that it was where I belonged but felt bad for leaving the engineering world behind. After taking some design classes I realized that I could still incorporate technology if I wanted to, and that it was so much fun.
I’m sharing this little story about how I realized I should become a graphic designer instead of an engineer not because I think people should be one or another, but rather to find real passion. Even if you are a FIRST student, that shouldn’t be the reason you do something, it should be because you truly love it.
This blog was written by Claudia Dube.
For those of you who don’t know, I am currently a freshman at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Coming from a family filled with engineers, I felt obligated to follow their path and going into the fall semester, I was ecstatic to finally start the journey. As a FIRST alumni, it was seemed like an obvious field to enter, and as a girl I would have access to lots of opportunities. However, I quickly realized I was terrible at physics, and not only that, I hated it! I didn’t know why I was struggling so much because I had spent the past three years of my life building robots and getting told how I would be a phenomenal engineer. Despite these setbacks, I was determined to succeed. As the semester progressed, it became evident that I was really struggling and no matter how much time I put into studying, I still wasn’t succeeding.
A professor told me one day that everyone has their own unique path and despite having a list of classes I need to take, in the end I would be modifying it anyways. For some reason that really clicked with me and I began to look into design classes. I knew instantly that it was where I belonged but felt bad for leaving the engineering world behind. After taking some design classes I realized that I could still incorporate technology if I wanted to, and that it was so much fun.
I’m sharing this little story about how I realized I should become a graphic designer instead of an engineer not because I think people should be one or another, but rather to find real passion. Even if you are a FIRST student, that shouldn’t be the reason you do something, it should be because you truly love it.
This blog was written by Claudia Dube.
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