It is impossible to sit here and say that I know exactly what the future holds in store for me, but I do know that finishing this degree will at least give me the opportunity to obtain some of my dream jobs. I have always been interested in history, and had great pleasure in teaching history for five years. However, the job market for teachers is thoroughly depressing at the moment. I had my first setback as a teacher when I was laid off in 2011, and I have since had to other jobs that offered little in the way of financial or job security. It was for these reasons that I even began thinking of other opportunities outside of teaching, and this led me to join the MLIS program at Wayne State.
The first job that came to mind when I thought about joining the MLIS program, was working at the Henry Ford Museum. Living close to Dearborn, I had visited the Henry Ford many times as a child, and I believe it jump-started my love for history. I loved teaching history, and if I was not going to teach, I still wanted to be able to study history. After getting laid off from my first job, I tried fruitlessly to get a job at the Henry Ford, but I was always turned down because I did not have the right education for a job there. One of my biggest dreams would be to return to the Henry Ford with my MLIS, and finally get a job with them. However, I am more aware of other great museums, such as the Detroit Historical Museum, and Charles H. Wright Museum, that I would also like a chance to work at.
One reason I did not start the MLIS until this year was because I was finishing my master's in political science. I fell in love with political science in college, and when it came time to return for a master's, I continued on with the awesome professors at Wayne State. I originally pursued a master's in political science so that I would be a great candidate to teach an a.p. government class. I have since thought of how to combine my love of political science with my goal of working for a museum. My ultimate dream job would be to work for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library as an archivist. I would love to spend my days being able to touch, study, analyze, and catalogs relics from any president. I am too tied to Michigan to leave, so the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library is the only option for me to pursue this dream.
As I mentioned before, I was a teacher, and I did enjoy working for schools. I would also like to pursue the Library Media endorsement on my teaching degree. I do miss teaching, and I would like to return to a school one day. Having the library media endorsement would allow to combine two of my passions just as working for a presidential library would, and I could see myself being just as happy in a school library as I would be as an archivist in a museum. My true goal in life is to help others learn, and to instill a passion for learning in others. Returning to a school would give me a much more personalized avenue to instilling that passion for learning in others again.
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