I’ve woefully neglected these posts over the last month, despite the fact that I had told myself I was going to post at least once a week. It’s not that inspiration has not struck me in that time; I’ve written quite a lot. But, I’ve honestly just been busy.
My internship is interesting, time consuming, and definitely not what I want to do with the rest of my life. Granted I knew this when I started, but I thought that I should just put it out there. It’s a specialized area and I’m still not sure that I want to be a lawyer. You need to be a lawyer to do this. I love the law; I’ve studied it in various forms for the past six years, but law school? Probably not for me. I’m sure if I attended, I’d do well but there are too many factors that I must take into consideration that sway me away from it. Most importantly, the cost. Any school that I’ve contacted thus far considers a loan their only form of scholarship or financial aid. A loan is not a scholarship. It means that when I graduate, the law or graduate school that I just attended is even more expensive than I expected and I will be paying for it for the next thirty years. I don’t want that. I went to the University that I attended because I received a scholarship. I didn’t want to be the student that is saddled with debt for the rest of his or her life.
I want to help people, I love politics, history, and law, and I’d want to work either overseas or in an international capacity. It’s relatively broad and that’s my problem. I’m not exactly sure what I want to do. I’d love to be a mediator or arbitrator because I’d be able to help facilitate a solution to someone’s problem. There are no standards for a mediator, unlike with the field of law. My dog could call himself a mediator if he so chooses, and if he spoke English. That makes me hesitant to pursue that as a career, it seems unstructured.
My dream would be to work for a diplomatic embassy or the United Nations in that capacity, but I haven’t discovered how to find those jobs. The closest I’ve come to that is I applied to take the Foreign Service Exam. If I do well on that, I may be able to get into diplomatic service… which would be incredible. I hope that I am able to take the test and do well on it, which would probably make my career dreams come true.
The other option, which would allow me to study politics and work in an international capacity, is journalism. My favourite news source is the BBC, as they have incredible coverage throughout the globe and I find them to be quite trustworthy. Unfortunately, I am not a strong enough writer for that to be a true option. I’d be fascinating, but I’m not sure that I would be qualified for the position.
There are certain museums that I would love to work in, like the Museum of Natural History in New York City but I also am unsure if I am qualified for a position such as that one. I’ve been told that I would become bored if I worked in a museum, but somehow I doubt that assertion. History is fascinating, the study of cultures, the past, people, and the artifacts that bring them all together. If taught properly, I think anyone can find history interesting.
Eventually, I would like to teach one of those subjects; history, political science or civics, or law. I’ve always felt that teachers who had real-world experiences in their fields were always the best teachers. They could bring a layer of discussion or knowledge to the table that even the best teacher (who had only ever been a teacher) lacked. But first, I need to figure out where I want to go with my career.
