Comm-portable No More
By: Aaren Quiambao
Taking
AB Communication was one of the easiest choices I made in life. Why wouldn’t it
be? I loved writing and was forever fascinated with the world of media. But as
I went through the course in the past four years, I learned that it was far
harder than choosing it as my college degree. I had bad grades, even almost
failing some of my subjects. Sometimes, I also felt bad about it, since some
people thought that AB Com was easy. I feared that maybe this wasn’t for me.
Don’t
get me wrong, though. Not once have I regretted being a Communication major. I
also have long made peace with the fact that I may have disappointed my parents
when I took a totally different path. If anything, the only thing that made me
think twice about it was the stereotyping that every Communication major went
through.
“Mass Communication.
Mass Comm. Mass Comm-portable.”
It’s
just that I hate how people think being a Communication major is “comm-portable”. I hate to think that
this was the reason why I’ve disappointed my parents. And I hate to think that some of us took it because they were not
skilled in Math, or had no other exceptional skills that applied to more
ambitious fields, or simply had no choice.
And
to be honest, the stereotyping really got to me to the point that I thought maybe
I should’ve taken a straighter path. It made me wonder what was waiting for me
ahead.
On
October 10, 2015, my fellow AB Com students and I took a seminar on “Career
Insights” for PR and Digital Media Jobs. Of course, the very focus of the
seminar was us, the graduating class.
And
if there was something I valued the most in the seminar, it was the fact that
the people standing and talking in front of us during the seminar were once
like us.
These
people, whom I bet also experienced being boxed in the “mass comm-portable” category, were now talking to me about the
future. They told us how it felt to be jobless for a few months after graduation,
which was quite a scary thought for me. It was not an easy ride for these
alumni, who were also quite impressive during their college years.
I’ve
realized that it was more proof that it wasn’t indeed easy being a Communication
major. We’re all the same, no matter what degree we’re taking. It’s never easy.
Now, it’s not so “comm-portable” anymore is it? Are you scared of the future yet?
No,
don’t be! In the end, I learned that it wasn’t about the achievements and
awards you’ve collected that was going to land you a great future. After
graduation, it’s going to be another starting line. You’ll be bringing yourself
back to the brink. No medal was going to lead you somewhere brighter. It’s all
on you. So don’t be afraid for a fresh start! Go out of you COMM-fort zone! It’s
going to be just fine.
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