“What do you want to do with your life?”
Well, I’m finally able to ask the what-do-you-want-to-do-with-your-life question I am asked at every family function. Now, I can answer this question to strangers and friends without hesitation or awkwardness.
I want to be a librarian. I’m planning to receive my Master’s in this at Syracuse.
However, this new-found statement brings another series of questions people ask. “Why would you want to be a librarian,” “You don’t look like a librarian,” “You have to go to school for that” or “Don’t you mean high-school librarian?”
These are only a few of the many questions I’ve received in the past few months, but before I knew more about the program at Syracuse or the profession in general, I had the same stereotypes fixed in my head as my questioners. After doing some research, I realized how wrong and ignorant I was.
People ask me why I want to go in this profession. I really can’t give a good answer because it feels right. It’s hard to describe a feeling.
As a child, I loved books. Some of my favorite memories would be the weekly trip to the library, rummaging through the shelves, seeing what books I would take home with me.
In middle school, I was the librarian’s teachers pet. She would always save the new release, giving me a change to read them before the other students even looked at them. Because of her, my love for stories and books grew.
In college, I majored in English, again cultivating my interest in books. Then I thought I would want to go into publishing or the library world. And it looks like I’m going to.
I want to work in a library more for the love of reading. It’s for the books themselves. You may discover a lone book among the shelves, covered in dust, waiting for someone to check it out. I want to be able to provide people with resources for research or the love of learning.
I’m not really sure what to expect from this journey or what graduate school will entail; everything is so new to me, but my experience so far has been enlightening, making me eager to find out more about this profession and what it can offer me.
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