Thursday, January 15, 2009
Vote on my future!
I have been at BYU for two and a half short years now. I am going to graduate in August or December (August if we can find cheap health insurance, otherwise I need to stay in school for another semester to keep milking the cheap insurance). I am at the point where people ask me what I want to do with Spanish. And my answer is this: I have no idea. And they usually respond with "Well, you could teach Spanish." And I say, "Thanks, that's really original." (Sorry, but going through 2 years of being supervised and critiqued on my teaching skills is the last thing I want to do. I have real issues with being supervised.) So, I am letting everyone suggest things that I can do once I graduate. If it's not a real job, (i.e. volunteer work, or something I do at home to make myself feel productive) that is perfectly acceptable. Please, give me a future. Or at least something to tell people so they stop asking.
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peace corps
i'm thinking about applying to peace corps, but 27 months (incl. training) is a long commitment.
you could be a professional translator or interpreter for a little while, and see if you like that..
or be a foreign diplomat..
or go back and get your masters/phd (hooray! more school!), perhaps focusing on a specific culture, etc.
or do language localization for a worldwide company.. meaning, you would essentially tweak their products and language to appeal to the target country's audience. i think companies like microsoft always need localization specialists like that.
or you could write spanish movie subtitles! :P
or.. hmmm.. be a bilingual facilitator/agent for hispanic artists trying to get exposure in the states? you like art, after all..
there are always social worker options, and working bilingual jobs in courts, hospitals, etc. same goes for community/volunteer work.
or you could even get a job with a spanish-based media/advertising company, particularly if you ever return to texas where the target audience is definitely there. those kinds of companies need people who can write well in spanish so you'd be perfect.
but yeah, my impression is that language degrees are often helpful in securing government jobs where being multilingual is important. not sure if that's up your alley.
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not that i'm one to talk about any of this, seeing as how i have absolutely NO idea of what i want to do with my life.
Wow, great ideas, Jennifer! If none of those pan out, you can come to Mexico and be my tutor. (free room and board and good hourly wages)
belly dancer
Peace corps would be a bit difficult since brandon would not be participating.
Banks often look for bi-lingual employees, if you don't mind being a teller for a while.
I don't have any original thoughts at the moment......
The above message was posted by dad-the-bad. Apparently he has forgotten his OWN password.
I think belly dancer is appropriate... but I maybe you could go into translating. I have a friend who translates children's literature... maybe? it's a start. (Or at least you can tell people that's what your plans are)
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