When I looked over the program, the only thing I saw that I even closely liked was History. So, I majored in History. One day in my freshman year, my theology professor and I were talking after class and he said, “Why are you majoring in History?” He said, “Do you wanna teach?” I said, “No, I don’t want to teach.” He said, “Do you like to write?” I said, “I have no trouble writing when I have to write.” He said, “Well, you don’t like writing.” He said, “I want you to go back and talk to your advisor about why you’re majoring in History.” My advisor sent me to a guidance counselor in BC and he said, “I’m gonna give you a preference test. Show where your interests are.” I did the test and then he sat down with me and he said, “I’ve never seen a score like this. This is so high in anything to do with the environment, with animals, with plants, the outdoors.” He said, “Do you wanna be a doctor?” I said, “No.” “Do you wanna be a veterinarian?” I said, “No.” He said, “Then we don’t have anything here for you.” He said, “You have to look at the University of Massachusetts and see what they have. They have a lot more to offer someone like you than we have here.” So I looked into the University of Massachusetts to transfer there. And I looked at animal science, which seemed to be the closest that I could get, and I loved it. That got me thinking animal science was mostly for people interested in agriculture, domestic animals.
