Why I came to study English essay (0)

Why I came to study English
Why I came to study English? Seems like a simple question, but it certainly made me think about it. Some of my friends have even said that majoring in English seems so boring and they constantly bombard me with questions about my future. That made me think about how exactly did I end up studying English?
First of all, as a kid, I was so sure I would be a hairdresser or a teacher or a cook in the future. I am sure that almost every kid thinks the same , when all they have for inspiration are cartoons and toys to play with. When I started school, I was very interested in mathematics and other subjects that required logical thinking, because apparently I was smart in that area at the time. Up until 6th grade I was the best student in our class , winning mathematic competitions left and right and not only that. By that time I had also found out that I loved to write, specially poems and I used every opportunity to submit my works for competitions and I had the luck to win some of them. It felt good to be one of the best students in our class.
As the school went on and I finally found myself in 9th grade, just before the exams , and I realised that in the following years after my graduation from elementary school, my mathematic skills had gotten a bit rusty and I was mortified. Our teachers kept saying to us that math is really important in the future and that you have to have the knowledge in mathemathics to actually achieve something in your life. But still , there I was, writing poems and essays , even in my free time, because unlike my skills in maths and other subjects like chemistry and biology, my skills in writing had actually improved and I had also discovered my love of reading in English. I had always loved to read, but many of the books I loved had not been translated into Estonian, so naturally I had to read them in English. At the end of the 9th grade I actually made a promise to myself, that I would try to graduate high school with good grades, but I would not bother torturing myself with mathematics anymore and that I would concentrate on the things I'm good at, like literature and English and other languages.
Finally, 12th grade came and I already knew that I would like to study something with English or Public Relations or maybe those two together. I managed to pass all of my exams and graduate and then came the dreaded time of waiting to hear back from the universities . At the end, I had to choose between Spanish and English and naturally I chose English. I just feel so comfortable reading in English or writing in English. I don't remember when I last used subtitles when watching movies, just because I felt that it would also improve my English skills. I also have many friends abroad and I use English to communicate with them almost daily. I feel like English is around me all the time and I just cannot get enough of it. Right now, when I think back on the time when mathematics was the most important subject for me and how the teachers kept pushing it on, I actually laugh, because I would not imagine myself studying something related to that.
How do I imagine my future in English? That is the question I would like to know the answer to myself as well. I get asked very often if I will be a teacher or a translator in the future and I always answer no, because those two professions are not the ones I see my future in. One of my former teachers said that I should not worry about my future, because having a degree in English actually gives plus points everywhere you go. Still, as I mentioned before, I also wanted to get into Public Relations and that did not happen – ideally I would actually combine the two: English and PR, in the future. Right now I am just sure that I like studying English and I'm always ready to learn more and I definitely do not agree with my friends who say that studying English seems boring.