Personal Goals and Objections

Good Morning,

Today I want to talk about what my goals are for my career in the field. There are plenty of different types of jobs I can get from the degree. Some I haven’t even realized quite yet what they are. Through the class I hope to get a deeper look into all of the different jobs one can have in the field. But here are two types of career paths I am considering.

One job that I am very interested in that I could be myself having is a children’s librarian. I have always known that I love working with children. They are absolutely fascinating and they have the best imaginations. Some of my favorite memories from school were made in the library. I loved going into the computer lab and learning how to type or play jump start on the computer. It was always a lot of fun. But I have to say my favorite memories always were March is reading month. I loved the programs that the librarians would put on. One that really stuck in my head was when we pretended we were using the underground railroad. They set up the library with hiding places for us and I just remember it being a blast. We learned a lot and we got to have a lot of fun while doing it. That’s what I want to do. I want to help put on awesome programs for children all throughout the year. They don’t have to be just reading programs either, but computer ones would be just as important. I want them to be as excited to go to the library as I was. I think if children are excited to learn and read at a young age they will do wonders in the world and I want to help get them there.

The second job that I have been considering is working within a museum. I think archiving and preserving would be great as well. This wasn’t something that made me decide to go into this field though. But after going to orientation, I kept thinking back to this type of job. It seems so interesting and something I would have a lot of fun doing. Being able to help keep pieces of history alive is a really important task and being able to be a part of that would be amazing. I would love to work in any museum doing it. But I think an art museum is where I would like to be the most. I really love the idea of it and I hope to be able to get a better look at a job in this field throughout the semester because I am really interested in it.

Writing about what jobs I would like to have has been a little surreal. I feel like typing them up has made them more real to me than ever before. That is so exciting and I can’t wait to see where this journey takes me.

Ashley