As my major is sociology and I am a Junior now, focusing anything related to sociology, history, psychology, military affairs, International conflict and diplomacy, would be the must important fields to attract my attention. Luckily, as this WRA110 is focusing on modern scientific communication, all fields I choose have close relationship of it, and they all take great advantages of it.
I used to choose physics as my first major because of huge Chinese job pressure, although I know I am never really good at it since youth. After 2 years's experience, I just find myself far away from being intelligent on biology, physics, chemistry and advanced math, especially when they are not in mother language Chinese. So I changed back to what I really like and interested since youth. For my current fields, the sensitive, direct and impolite people will directly ask me what kind of job I am looking for in future, especially the people in China. Although I know the most intelligence needed for this society is something related to engineering especially biology, chemistry, physics, mechanics and math, but it is also true that the career related to my major and fields is huge. In fact, the related jobs are widely across the whole world, all careers and all companies. I used to dream to work as an observer of my chosen fileds, or working in a Think Bank. I know it's a big challenge and it needs lots of knowledge and social experience, writing experience. But since these fields are my favourite and interested, and I am a hard-working student, and I have quite patience to read, learn and write, there's a deeper foundation than any others, and it would be much faster and earsier for me to succeed.
About other questions people will ask me, it would be what kinds of specific topics I will focus on? Like whether I would be professional on Middle-East or Asia area if my major is history, International politics or diplomacy. In another words, what is my direction while learning, reading and doing research? Well, I would say it has been too early to decide. This is a question even Graduate students hard to answer. Since I am still preparing my writing skills for future GRE exam, I would be too early to say it now, but my hardworking, patience, and deep foundation will pay off soon.
About the textbook, in fact I don't know, although I have read above one hundred of my chosen fields like magazines, encyclopaedia or monograph. Although some of them are quite famous, like "The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" from Edward Gibbon, or "The Roman History" from Titus Livius, or "The Prince" from Niccolo Machiavelli. Or some famous magazones like "Foreign Policy" from America, "Jane's Defence Weekly" from England, or "Kanwa Defense Review" from Canada. They are very useful, and they have very complete knowledge which have close relationship with entire human society and kistory. But, they are not fit for textbook. And the only textbook for my major Sociology now is just "Sociology, a global perspective" from Joan Ferrante. I just start to learn it this year, and it has no Chinese translation, so I can't decide whether it is useful or not. But I believe, with this textbook, and study under my professor's instruction, there's a bigger chance for my major to succeed.
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