Following My Dreams!: A Rhetorical Ecology Map Deciding Between Computer Science and Acting Majors.

1. Dispositions

1.1. My love for acting and wanting to do something I really want to do

1.2. Also wanting a "safe" job to make money almost guaranteed.

2. Structures

2.1. Deadlines for selecting a major

2.2. Scholarships at the college I would go to and their requirements

2.3. The programs at the college I want soon to attend

2.4. Future job potential

3. Texts

3.1. Articles online with advice from people who made a similar decision

3.2. Information about the day-to-day activities of jobs that are used with both majors

3.3. Scholarship information on the college website if I were to pick acting.

3.4. Statistics involving wages of both career choices.

4. Beings

4.1. My family, who is supportive of me to do what I want to do, but also understands my desire for a secure job.

4.2. My friends, who want the best for me, like my family.

4.3. Professors at the college I would be attending who I've been in contact with.

4.4. Teachers at my high school.

4.5. Myself, who wants to follow my dreams, but also not be poor forever.

5. Environment

5.1. My mother and father didn't work at the time.

5.2. I want heavily involved in the arts at the time, so the feel that I should do something artistic was very strong.

5.3. It would be nice to have extra money for once. Disposable income is a very nice thing to have.