Advice

Yesterday I went to the Newseum for my volunteer training session. The weather was absolutely horrible ... it rained all day, but the session was a lot of fun and very interesting. Thirteen people showed up, one of which was an elderly guy who had been volunteering at the Newseum for many years now. The reason I decided to blog about this is because of what we discussed over lunch. I sat at a table with the man along with two other AU students, and we ended up talking about his life and what he had done. It reminded me of the people we had come in to speak with us during class like Mary Hansen. It turns out that he had led quite an interesting life so far working for the Department of State in Foreign Affairs. He had worked in Africa and Germany to name a couple of places. His advice seemed to coincide with what everyone's been telling us ... don't worry too much about your future. He even quoted one of his friends who said that out of all the jobs he has ever had since he graduated, none existed while he was in school. One more thing that struck me was when one of the sophomores at the table said that his dad always told him that it is important to figure out what you don't like to study while you're in college. This drew me right back to Mary Hansen who gave us that exact tidbit of advice. Overall, we had quite an interesting discussion over lunch which really related to our talks in class.