Do you want to run for office at some point in your life?
Yes, maybe in the future (at least 20-25 years from now).
What holding me back is:
1) I don't take criticism well.
2) Perhaps more importantly, I have a slight-to-mild stutter when I speak. If you've seen
The King's Speech, I have what King George VI had. To control it, I usually have to talk slow; probably not good when most politicians of today seem to have flashier oratory skills. There have been some success stories, though. Frank Wolf, Joe Biden and John Stossell all had similar stutters but overcame them. We'll see.
This is why I like online forums like this so much. You can articulate ideas, policies, etc. without having to worry about speech. I know I can sometimes maybe be obnoxious on here, ya know, by posting and commenting on
every single story about Congressional races I follow, but its kinda to compensate for my stutter in real life. Kinda cheesy, but oh well.
Why did you major in anthropology?
I was originally majoring in International Studies at LSU. One of the core courses required was Intro to Anthropology. There were two courses that had to chose from: ANTH 1001 (Biological) or ANTH 1003 (Cultural). By chance, I took ANTH 1003 and really liked it. I thought the professor was great and wanted to take more courses. Over time, I took so many ANTH courses that I could get an International Studes-Anthropology double major.
I think the ideas of cultural anthropology, like modernity and globalization, are interesting and relevant.
Ironically, if I happened to take ANTH 1001 first (Biological), I wouldn't have found Anthropology interesting at all. Science was usually my worst subject and that course would have likely turned me off. Anthropology has fields: cultural, linguistic, biological and archaeology. I was lucky to be exposed to the cultural side first.
When I tell people I'm an Anthropology major, I inevitably get some kinda reference to Indiana Jones. No, I'm not interested in fossils or bones (not to say that the archaeology or biological fields aren't important). I'm just more interested in things that are, ya know, living!
Hopefully, within the next few years, I'll be going back to get my Master's degree in Anthropology.
