Roads are trudged, not skipped.

2014 CSUN Graduate

Yay! I did it! I finally did it!

After 2 years of focusing on school, I finally got my BA in Sociology!

Although I walked about 2 months ago, I am finally done with my classes I had during the summer and now I can proudly wait for my diploma in the mail! I will be the first out of my siblings to reach this goal, which is a big deal in my family. No, my brothers are not dumb, I am just smarted than them. :P

There is a question that has been asked of me over and over again since my graduation that is starting to get on my nerves.
“What are you going to do with your degree?”

Logically, my emotions would kick in and everything I was taught for my degree would vomit out of my ears and I would sit there overwhelmed with the thought that I had to get a job in which correlates to my field of interest. To me it sounds like I have limits. Well, actually I do.

I can be a social worker and help people who do not want to be helped. With all the case studies I have read, poverty recycles itself unless it changes itself. Not only is this a study, this is also a matter of experience. I am not trying to debate, just prove a point of why I can’t YET see myself in social work.

I can work in CPS (Child Protective Services), but it takes a special person to work with families rattled with abuse and violence. I don’t feel I would be emotionally secure to handle situations like that.

I can be a Parole Officer. I would have to have extensive training for hand to hand combat, I’d get to carry a gun (maybe), and maybe push some paper work.

I remember meeting an occupational therapist and chatting with how much she loved her job. Helping people get motor movement in their upper bodies, helping to restore function, and connection with the patients. This kind of occupation sounds like something I would totally be interested in, however, I would have to go back to school for that… I am not even thinking that far.

All these types of jobs have a few things in common. Lack of family time, overtime hours, minimal travel, and emotional stress. It takes a special kind of person to work in these fields. But ask me something different. Ask me about my goals. Ask me about my current jobs. What am I working on now? Ask me how you can help and I’ll think of a way to help you. Or ask me how I can help you.

It’s almost as society has put this burden and strain on graduates to pick and find a job in their field, it is no wonder why there are no jobs or it’s super competitive in the field we majored in. It was a goal trying to get a degree.

For now my future goals are to rekindle with my connections, continue working as a model, and continue competing as an athlete.

Giving up is never an option; Reach for the stars, even if you miss.