madhattersyndro.me » masters http://madhattersyndro.me The blog of a former Creative Writing student. Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:04:14 +0000 en hourly 1 up and outhttp://madhattersyndro.me/2009/10/up-and-out/ http://madhattersyndro.me/2009/10/up-and-out/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:44:26 +0000 Gabrielle http://madhattersyndro.me/?p=217 After five weeks at a pharmacy I realize that working at a job like that, while handy for when there’s nothing else, is definitely not for me. Shelving pills and counting them out for $12 an hour per diem is my nightmare. :P The per diem is a deal breaker and most of the jobs I found available thought I’d love to work full time without any insurance or benefits. Lovely.

I’m going to see about working a day or two a week until I start school again. Yep, I want to start school for my Masters. I’m looking into a couple of local schools — one in Fullerton, the other is UCLA — for Library Science.

My brother’s friend wanted to go into the same major but the thought of working for free for a lengthy period of time drove her off. Apparently you’re supposed to be getting paid before you’re fully qualified! I’ve found my direction again.

Even if the major doesn’t work out I do want to go beyond having a BA. The job market for pharmacy tech made me re-think selling myself short for comfort.

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