i know you don't have a ton a free time but what about a volunteer gig at the local library, or even an elementary school near work where you could spend 30 minutes during lunch once a week.
I promise you that if you call a school librarian and tell her what you just wrote (uh, possibly delaying the top?bottom rant until you get to know her) she would welcome the help or help you find someone who needs it more.
I am confused by this idea that lackluster performance in undergrad means you are forever barred from grad school. It definitely makes funding a different story but people who ranked undergrad work go to grad school all the time, ESPECIALLY when they have real-world industry job experience. Take the GRE, nail it, and write an amazing essay about how you have changed since your undergrad days.
You're not going to know if you don't try. I don't know a great deal about getting your MLIS, but I've gathered that it's not impossible. You might not get into the top ranked college, but nobody really cares about that anyway. There are colleges that care more about grades and colleges that care more about experience and you have that and you can get more of that. References aren't impossible to come by either. I'll be 30 just about the same time as I'm finally qualified to be a teacher librarian - but I'm really passionate about children's literacy and it was worth the extra years of study even though I hate it (right now? Writing this comment instead of doing an assignment about library management
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(If L, A and I ended up with more thoughts for your top/bottom rant, SORRY!) But I'm really interested to read that, especially after what we sort of discussed with Daycare Holiday fic.
As for working with books, I think you'll find your way, somehow. Even if your grades weren't great, there's still so much more to grad school than grades.
I will enjoy your rant, should you choose to do it, even if I already know your opinions on the matter.
Assuming you want to apply to graduate school, pertaining to references - you could possibly consider professional references, if you've been out of school for a while. (I know people who, frankly, don't seem half as smart as you are and who I know had bad undergrad grades, but have still gotten into grad school [one of them went to Simmons for her MLIS, for example, which isn't to imply Simmons is a bad school, but rather you might not want to count yourself out entirely? I think she had to take the GRE because her GPA was below whatever mark].)
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I promise you that if you call a school librarian and tell her what you just wrote (uh, possibly delaying the top?bottom rant until you get to know her) she would welcome the help or help you find someone who needs it more.
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As for working with books, I think you'll find your way, somehow. Even if your grades weren't great, there's still so much more to grad school than grades.
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Assuming you want to apply to graduate school, pertaining to references - you could possibly consider professional references, if you've been out of school for a while. (I know people who, frankly, don't seem half as smart as you are and who I know had bad undergrad grades, but have still gotten into grad school [one of them went to Simmons for her MLIS, for example, which isn't to imply Simmons is a bad school, but rather you might not want to count yourself out entirely? I think she had to take the GRE because her GPA was below whatever mark].)
I will conclude with he is so short and she is so pretty. Their faces, seriously.
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