Ruminations

[eumelia]

I've been thinking about my scholastic future again.
A couple of months ago I wrote about my decision about what to study at University, that hasn't changed.
I still want to study Lit. in an interdisciplinary course; either Linguistics or Women's and Gender Studies, yeah, we'll see about how crazy my parents drive me, because each course is at a different University. At TAU it's the Lit. and Women and Gender and at HUJI it's the Lit. and Linguistics.
But lately I've been thinking what I want to do with that degree, okay so I want to be a published writer, duh, that's not new, that's been my dream for the last ten years and I've even accomplished that (I have a poem published in an Anthology) to a certain degree.
However, being a writer is something I need to do and being a starving poet living the Bohemian lifestyle on Florentine St. in Tel-Aviv, while something to write about is not something I actually I want to live.
I love my creature comforts, I do not like scrounging around for every shekel in order to eat, yes I have a slight obsession with money, I blame it on my Tauriean materialism.
So I have decided to become a Librarian.
Re-watching the first three seasons of Buffy has certainly helped; having a new appreciation for all the hard work Giles put into that Library and the way he loves books, I suddenly felt a kindred spirit with him that I hadn't felt before.
Despite spending a major amount of my time on-line, I still find myself more relaxed in a Library. Cutting classes were devoted to reading my Plato and Freud in the Library. I became such a permanent fixture there that Rina (the Librarian) taught me the Dewey-Decimal system, that I have since forgotten, but loved.
Yes, I'm going to be a Librarian!

Comments

[kaetien.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be a librarian, too! :)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, another thing in common *grin*.
Are you a graduate student already?

[kaetien.livejournal.com]

heh, yep :)

no, i only did two years of university when i realized i really couldn't financially afford it. i've been working full-time ever since, in law and medicine and other fields, but i always ended up returning to libraries as one of my favorite environments. once i complete my degree i will enroll in the library certification program in Boston, which takes just under 2 years to complete.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know school is really expensive.
My parents opened a Studies Fund for me when I was three and I'll be able to open it when I'm 21 (in three months time), so I'm not too worried about financing my studies, I'm more worried about financing my life, because I really do not want to study while living at home.

[kaetien.livejournal.com]

understandable. i had to move back home when my father took ill last year, but he's better now so i'm looking forward to being back on my own soon.

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

Yay for direction!!

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

(not seriously important - your קרן שחרור will pay for one year of uni with change of about 1000 NIS left)

Hon, RECONSIDER. My mom's second degree was in Librarian Sciences at HUJI (M.L.S.). I know what they teach there, I practically did the degree with her. You'll suffer. Trust me on that.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, it's good thing.

I think it depends on the character of the person studying it and probably what they do with the degree afterwards. Is your mom actually a Librarian?
Why do you think I'll suffer?

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

My mom thought she'd be a libratian, and actually worked at a library for a while.

The problem is with the issues they teach. Systematics. Databases. All sorts of good-for-nothing, cry-your-eyes-to-wet-the-boredom stuff. I don't know if you'll like the profession or not - aren't you too energetic for it? - but you'll likely suffer studying for it.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Stop you're depressing me... thank you for the concern, I'm aware that you're trying to look out for me *hugs*, but this is something I've been thinking about (maybe not actively, but certainly it's been somewhere between my ears) and you gotta suffer in order to achieve something you want, no?

[orcabee.livejournal.com]

cool! why not look into an internship or job in a university library when you get back home and experience a librarian's typical day. You will be a great librarian or anything else that you might decide to study. You are smart and have so much life experience, you have a lot to offer this world of ours. :)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I am hoping to work at one of the Libraries there, since University jobs are the only ones that are really considerate towards students.

[mizzpyx.livejournal.com]

I think I'm gonna be a real librarian when I grow up too!

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yay, for Librarians!
Do you have any idea where you're going to study Library and Information Studies?

[mizzpyx.livejournal.com]

Not a clue! At the mo I'm more focused on getting my degree finished before even thinking about anything else, to be honest. But i'm definately thinking in terms of studying to be a Real Librarian after that's done. Still a bit up in the air, though.