Plans for the following year...
I may or may not have mentioned that I had applied for the Business and Administration program at the University of Winnipeg. I know for a fact that I have not mentioned all the grief that I have gone through to make sure the uni has all the information and crap. Well, much grief later and I still haven't received any word of acceptance or denial from the uni even though we're closing in on the middle of August. It has been during this time that I have begun to wonder if this is really the direction I want to go in. I figured out a couple of days ago that that answer is "no". This program can take me in a variety of directions, all of them vague and at the moment unknown to me. I don't even know exactly what sort of career this program can take me. So, while I'm 70% sure I will not be accepted, I have begun to plan what I am going to do.
First off, since I won't be in school this year I will be getting a job. Dad has mentioned before hand that it would be in my best interest to get a government job and I'm inclined to agree. Today while we were at the Keg (discussing boats while drinking Long Island Iced Teas and Ceasers, respectively) he suggested that I should look into being a 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher. Basically, take calls routed to the fire/ambulance place and note down injuries with a computer which sends that information to ambulances so the paramedics have the required info. My dad is a paramedic (medical supervisor) and is well acquainted with this job and the people who are in charge of it. I would have to a take a course, but that's easy enough to do, especially since the job is like $18/h. Plus I'm bilingual so I should have no problem. I shall have to think on it more, though, as I hate phones.
When I figured out that Business and Admin really wasn't where I wanted to go I wondered where I did want to go. I was brushing my teeth at this time and was reminded of one of the careers that I had wanted to pursue when I was younger. I wanted to be a dentist for the longest time. Now, I have specified that even more; dental hygienist. I can clean people's teeth, I can see myself doing that. It's not in the medical direction that my dad wants me to go (no, I'm not going to become a doctor), but it's in that area, sort of, and you can never have too many dental hygienists.
The technical college that offers this program is, luckily, only about a ten minute drive away. I did briefly look at the requirements and I think I'm doing to do fine. The next program for that starts in 2009, so I have plenty of time to think this over. I may end up changing my mind again, but that's okay.
I'm just dreading the moment when I have to tell Leanna I won't be able to share a locker with her.
First off, since I won't be in school this year I will be getting a job. Dad has mentioned before hand that it would be in my best interest to get a government job and I'm inclined to agree. Today while we were at the Keg (discussing boats while drinking Long Island Iced Teas and Ceasers, respectively) he suggested that I should look into being a 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher. Basically, take calls routed to the fire/ambulance place and note down injuries with a computer which sends that information to ambulances so the paramedics have the required info. My dad is a paramedic (medical supervisor) and is well acquainted with this job and the people who are in charge of it. I would have to a take a course, but that's easy enough to do, especially since the job is like $18/h. Plus I'm bilingual so I should have no problem. I shall have to think on it more, though, as I hate phones.
When I figured out that Business and Admin really wasn't where I wanted to go I wondered where I did want to go. I was brushing my teeth at this time and was reminded of one of the careers that I had wanted to pursue when I was younger. I wanted to be a dentist for the longest time. Now, I have specified that even more; dental hygienist. I can clean people's teeth, I can see myself doing that. It's not in the medical direction that my dad wants me to go (no, I'm not going to become a doctor), but it's in that area, sort of, and you can never have too many dental hygienists.
The technical college that offers this program is, luckily, only about a ten minute drive away. I did briefly look at the requirements and I think I'm doing to do fine. The next program for that starts in 2009, so I have plenty of time to think this over. I may end up changing my mind again, but that's okay.
I'm just dreading the moment when I have to tell Leanna I won't be able to share a locker with her.