2.- Why did I choose my major?

Hello everyone! Today I am going to tell you how and why I came to study anthropology at "Universidad de Chile". 

First of all, I must tell you that in my last year of school I was very undecided about what to study. I was good for humanities but the socially accepted options were few in this area, and for anything I wanted to study law, so I went to study "Musical Composition". Spoiler: terrible idea. After studying music for a semester, I realized that I had romanticized too much the musician's job, so I had a vocational crisis. As I wrote in the previous blog I went to work as a merchant marine all the following semester, where I had a lot of time to contemplate, read and, most importantly, be in contact with nature. This moment in my life was very important for me to realize that I was very curious about the human being, especially about his interaction with the environment. So, I started to investigate some disciplines that studied this type of subjects and that is how I came to the social sciences, particularly anthropology. Before studying at "Universidad de Chile" I was studying social anthropology at "Universidad Austral", but after two years I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to archaeology, that's why I started studying at "Universidad de Chile" with the purpose of taking the mention of archaeology. When I was a kid (I don't know why) my dream was to be a geologist, which is a bit like archaeology. I think my passion for rocks has remained to the present day. Until now I find myself very passionate about the major I study, I also love my university. 

That's all, greetings!

That was me on the day of the music academy entrance exam.



Here is a picture with some friends I made when I was studying in Valdivia.


In this photo I was in an archeology museum in Valdivia.

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  1. Fernando10 de septiembre de 2022, 13:41

    Hello bro, I hope you have found your place in the world. Good luck.

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  2. Fran10 de septiembre de 2022, 15:51

    Hi Cristobal!!
    I'm glad you realized what your true vocation was, because it must be very difficult to study something you don't completely like. I hope you enjoy your career a lot this time !!!!

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  3. Evelyn10 de septiembre de 2022, 17:32

    Hi Cris! If you read my blog, you will find that we are similar in many things, like: many crises of vocation! (hahahah) But as a child I always liked geology and archaeology. I love rocks <3 See you!

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