What's Next?

In elementary school when you finish a grade you know what comes next, 3rd then 4th, and so on. Middle school is the same, 7th grade to 8th grade and after that high school, that is the next logical step. After 4 years high school, these days, college is the next step. So, 4 years go by at Mizzou and then graduation. I did the "run away from the real world" thing, I went to Canada and played for 6 months and then I got tired of that, so I was faced with a choice, work or graduate school. So, I came back to Mizzou and started my masters program. Well, its a year and a half later and now...

What's Next? I'm interviewing for a job at Mizzou on Wednesday. It's an academic advsing job in the College of Arts & Sciences in their Academic Exploration and Advising Services Office, I would be working with undecided and undeclared students, pre communication and pre journalism students. As of right now I am interning in the very same office doing the very same thing. In fact last week I advised roughly 25 students for early registration.

But even as perfect as this sounds, is it what I should do? Getting the job means a couple of different things, one, is that I would be leaving my assistantship with Summer Welcome a semester early, two, is that I would be both a full time staff member and finishing my masters, and three, this garuntees at least a few more years in columbia.

Not getting or taking the job means that I am right about where everyone else in my program is, finishing their degree and starting the job hunt when we get back from winter break. Theoretically, I could go anywhere in the US, pending there are openings in academic advising, and they wanted me, right?

So, here is where I miss the days of old, when my path was laid before me. So, that is that, to stay or not to stay at Mizzou, to be or not to be an academic advisor, these are the days of my life.