wasting years learning about poll optimization and legal jargon when I want to learn about the organization of society. i guess i assumed the so-called 'science of politics' encompassed that more so. it sucks because I'm a senior and at this point I guess I'll just ride it out

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lol yeah. I loved reading the books, but the thought of writing them did not interest me at all. Seemed like it would suck all the fun out of meeting people and building relationships. Also, academia did hold some slight appeal for me, overall I don't think I would have enjoyed it.