1) I'd gone to a bigger school or a school more known in this area with connections here (because, apparently, being the 4th best liberal arts school in the country according to the US News & World Report means nothing if you aren't on the east coast. And apparently, MiddKids all stay on the east coast and therefore there are few alumni connections on the west coast. There might just be few alumni connections that do any good anyways. I'm just saying, the people I know who went to a school like USC have jobs, people from Midd? Some yes, some no)
2) I'd majored in something recognized as useful (not that people don't recognize that languages are super useful, they just don't recognize that as a useful major in and of itself. If I'd been an International Studies and Spanish double major, I'd be set. Or even Psychology (which I'd thought about, but had already declared my majors and would have had a hard time changing my majors & getting in all the necessary courses by the time I realized that I really liked psych) with Spanish or French. Or SOMETHING like that. As it is, my job prospects are low seeing that I don't want to be a translator...or a teacher...)
3) I really, truly, deeply knew what I wanted to do with my life. I know things that I like: I'm interested in communications, languages, cultures, psychology, entertainment, marketing, crafts, artsy things of all types...but how to combine them all?!?! On the upside, I'm now discovering things that I like and not just things I don't like. Woohoo! =D I guess the book I got (What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles) is helping?
#1 - Yeah... being on the East Coast helps :/
ResponderEliminar#2 - I majored in Japanese Studies *crickets*
#3 - I bought that book too! I waited for the 2011 edition to come out. Haven't read it yet though XD (I also sympathize with you on this.)
Much love! And awaiting the next bit of turtle mail <3