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I Want To Pursue My Bachelor's Degree

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In June of 1918, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Oregon State University. The next step in my life was to dive straight into law school, but I knew I wanted to get out of Oregon and see more of the world. Most people think of traveling west, but I wanted to travel east, to Chicago. I had read about Chicago in the papers and seen black and white pictures of the city since I was young, and it always looked like such an amazing city to live in. When I told my parents of my desire to continue my study of law in Chicago, they helped me to move into the city and supported me in everyway that they could.

However, I decided to drop out of the University of Chicago’s law program after only one semester. I lost the desire that I had to study law within just one semester, and I knew that I couldn’t go a single day in my life being an actual lawyer. Everytime I sat in one of my classes, it felt as though the life was being drained out of my head through a protruding straw from my nose. I knew that I didn’t want to be a lawyer, but I had no idea what I did want to do with my career. It’d be extremely expensive to go back to college for another bachelor’s degree, and I didn’t want my parents to know that I quit law. Since …show more content…

He was a rather tall and thin man who looked to be in his mid twenties, the same age as me, maybe. He had thick, black hair that he gelled back to expose his forehead. His eyes were a bright blue, which seemed to juxtapose his dark hair extraordinarily. He gave me a look up and down for a second, then gave me a light laugh with a full smile. “Need a drink already? It’s only half past noon.” He moved out of the doorway to let me in, then closed and locked the door again behind me. Despite it being the early months of winter, it was still extremely bright outside, so I was more than relieved to be in a darker environment instead of the brighter

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