taken to ordering books with titles like “Careers for Bookworms” and “Careers in Publishing: How To Get Started” from Amazon.
hahaha! that first one sounds entertaining/interesting. my mom bought me a couple job books, starting the summer before my senior year. still have 'em, staring at me from the bottom shelf. *sigh/grin*
when I was a senior, my parents thought it would be good to go straight to grad school and get a degree, because of it looking better to schools and employers or something like that. but they changed their tune (fortunately!).
I think one should know that it's what they really want to be doing, love to be learning/preparing for, before going into grad school, especially a PhD program! of course, in my case, my shillyshallying is partly because I can't make up my mind, but part is that I wasn't ready.
as a child, I never envisioned myself as being grown-up, and even in college I couldn’t form clear possibilities about the future, immediate or distant.
my imaginings somehow jumped over some bits of the becoming-adult process, and were never specific as to job. I remember dreaming about being 16 and all grown-up (ha.). I dreamt of being older and having a husband, kids, dogs, and house. but the other pertinent details and how I got there? fortunately not supplied. hrmph.
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Date: 2007-04-01 01:47 pm (UTC)hahaha! that first one sounds entertaining/interesting. my mom bought me a couple job books, starting the summer before my senior year. still have 'em, staring at me from the bottom shelf. *sigh/grin*
when I was a senior, my parents thought it would be good to go straight to grad school and get a degree, because of it looking better to schools and employers or something like that. but they changed their tune (fortunately!).
I think one should know that it's what they really want to be doing, love to be learning/preparing for, before going into grad school, especially a PhD program! of course, in my case, my shillyshallying is partly because I can't make up my mind, but part is that I wasn't ready.
as a child, I never envisioned myself as being grown-up, and even in college I couldn’t form clear possibilities about the future, immediate or distant.
my imaginings somehow jumped over some bits of the becoming-adult process, and were never specific as to job. I remember dreaming about being 16 and all grown-up (ha.). I dreamt of being older and having a husband, kids, dogs, and house. but the other pertinent details and how I got there? fortunately not supplied. hrmph.