I was the first one in my family to go to college, picked one that my cousin went to, it turned out to be 70% female
Decided on Forestry and transferred to a Forestry school for Wildlife Management (at tha time it was 80% male
) . Once there I switched to bugs on account of I already knew most everything about wildlife management. Found employment in the field. But OMG being out in the woods by myself all day long was DULL....
Took a teaching job in the Peace Corps, came back thinking I'd get a Master's in Agricultural Entomology and take it back overseas. Ag Ento was dull too. While getting my Master's I got certified to teach high school and here I is, thirty years later.
Ain't worked hardly a lick in all that time since.
Birdwatcher