I miss the rush

To much surprise I decided I wanted to be an economics major when I came to college. I know everyone expected me to study political science, get an internship in Sacramento and then go to law school. I decided against because I didn’t want to be a legislative aid doing paper work and dealing with unnecessary politics that I hate. I dealt with it when I interned for city council and could not imagine dealing with it in the California state government of US state government. That plus losing my interest in how democracy works I switched to econ because I felt it was so relevant.

Though I get econ and have already been given an internship to learn the practice and get a taste of my future career, I don’t get the same rush I got in gov team or opening a newspaper to find out what Obama’s new campaign strategy was. I used to get SO SO SO excited watching 60 minutes or reading Newsweek or following the Sotomayor hearings. More excited than waiting for gossipgirl or to go the movies. I just got this rush this excitment burst in me during campaign season watchign numbers or debates or hearings. I still remember everyone coming over to my house on tuesday nights for debate watching parties. I was probably the only person who wasn’t watching it for extra credit, but who cared!

I miss it so much and I don’t get the same rush when I read about the Greek debt or the EU’s bailout. I’m a little disappointed in my current knowledge of the Constitution.  I used to know it so well because we studied it non stop and I new every amendment that dealt with civil liberties. But when we discussed Arizona’s immigration bill in SUA and how it could possible be unconstitutional, I couldn’t remember what amendment we were talking about….

I want to get that rush and excitement back. Maybe taking another politics class is a start.

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