In My Senior Year

In my senior year I reluctantly took a required psychology course. The
first day, the professor commented on each student's major, trying to provoke a response. It was working - some students were becoming defensive.
When it was my turn, I told him I was a music major.
"So," asked my professor, "what does your father think of you wasting your education to study music."
"He's just thankful," I shot back, "that I didn't go into psychology."
Originally published March 16, 2004.