Where I'm Heading.
I haven't posted in a while. School this semester is kicking my ass a little bit, which is a good thing. If I wasn't being challenged, I'd feel bored as hell.
But in other news, I'm starting to look at some options for grad school. Yes, I know I'm only close to the end of my sophomore year, but it never hurts to plan ahead.
Some of you who I've talked to know that I've considered a path in eduation. Yes, yes, I'm going to wallow in the seas of academia for as long as I'm able. The main problem that I've come across is that I would like to teach social studies, or history, of whatever you want to call it. What I've since realized is that ( at least in Georgia), every social studies teacher at the high school level ( I'd either want to teach high school or college level) has to be a coach as well. As I have no interest in women's soccer, or cheerleading, or volleyball, and I doubt very much that a school without an ROTC program would let me coach a rifle team, that kind of limits my options in that field.
Of course, having talked to several educators, I wonder if teaching is really what I want to do. I wouldn't mind teaching a class occaisionally, but I don't know that I'd want to do it every day.
However, there's another route into academia that I've considered before and I think might make a nice, potential career.
I think I might like to become a librarian.
Way back before i even started my undergrad, I was looking at possibly getting a Masters in Library Sciences. The thing about that particular masters degree is that it requires a bachelor'sdegree to apply, but doesn't necessarily specify what major it has to be in. Hence why I followed my interests and chose to Major in Religious Studies.
After that, however, I'm going to need to look for a good MLS program, preferably one accredited by the American Library Association. Of course, none of the universities in Georgia have such an accreditation, go figure, which means I'd need to go elsewhere for my masters. This might be good for me, really. I haven't traveled out of Georgia all that much since I moved her about seventeen years ago. And considering it usually only takes a year or two to finish such a progam, it probably wouldn't hurt to live in another state for a while.
We'll see what happens.
But in other news, I'm starting to look at some options for grad school. Yes, I know I'm only close to the end of my sophomore year, but it never hurts to plan ahead.
Some of you who I've talked to know that I've considered a path in eduation. Yes, yes, I'm going to wallow in the seas of academia for as long as I'm able. The main problem that I've come across is that I would like to teach social studies, or history, of whatever you want to call it. What I've since realized is that ( at least in Georgia), every social studies teacher at the high school level ( I'd either want to teach high school or college level) has to be a coach as well. As I have no interest in women's soccer, or cheerleading, or volleyball, and I doubt very much that a school without an ROTC program would let me coach a rifle team, that kind of limits my options in that field.
Of course, having talked to several educators, I wonder if teaching is really what I want to do. I wouldn't mind teaching a class occaisionally, but I don't know that I'd want to do it every day.
However, there's another route into academia that I've considered before and I think might make a nice, potential career.
I think I might like to become a librarian.
Way back before i even started my undergrad, I was looking at possibly getting a Masters in Library Sciences. The thing about that particular masters degree is that it requires a bachelor'sdegree to apply, but doesn't necessarily specify what major it has to be in. Hence why I followed my interests and chose to Major in Religious Studies.
After that, however, I'm going to need to look for a good MLS program, preferably one accredited by the American Library Association. Of course, none of the universities in Georgia have such an accreditation, go figure, which means I'd need to go elsewhere for my masters. This might be good for me, really. I haven't traveled out of Georgia all that much since I moved her about seventeen years ago. And considering it usually only takes a year or two to finish such a progam, it probably wouldn't hurt to live in another state for a while.
We'll see what happens.