Quoted from kayte:

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- some sort of journalism/editing path (wouldn't a background in English be preferable to history?)

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Quoted from kayte:

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My degree (B.A.) is in History and my minor is Sociology.

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Quoted from kayte:

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- teaching English somewhere overseas (intriguing and terrifying)

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Quoted from uselessinformation:

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No, a background in history will better help you to contextualise and therefore analyse the events that are being reported. You should be able to write/edit anyway, if you have any decent sort of education.

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Quoted from Unmotivated:

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We both know where your real skills are. You need to try to get a job on TWOP and become a professional snarker.

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Quoted from Widukind:

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Quoted from kayte:

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My degree (B.A.) is in History and my minor is Sociology.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Quoted from Unmotived:

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I can see you going overseas to teach for a little while, but most people only do it for a couple of years. I don't think I could deal with being on a different continent than my family for more than a year or two, but maybe you're ok with that.

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- teaching English somewhere overseas (intriguing and terrifying)

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Quoted from Skye:

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Honestly, you should look into it. My best friend just left two weeks ago to teach in South Korea, and another friend of mine joined the Peace Corps and will teach in Thailand. Both are frightened and excited, but it is a rewarding and culturally enriching experience. Plus, who knows; it might inspire a career path in the international sphere that's closer to what you're interested in pursuing long-term.

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Quoted from Zippo:

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I would go for library science. You're right -- it is competitive because there are a limited number of programs, but once you get into the field, you learn A LOT, meet many people, and have lots of opportunities for advancement. Plus as someone who is just entering the job market, you can pull more weight salary-wise if you have a masters degree.

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Quoted from spUceWOLF:

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One test you can take is the Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential. The come-on page says free, but to get the full results, expect to shell out $30. But for that fee it will give you top ten career choices and a fairly lengthy report about yourself.

http://www.assessment.com/MAPPMembers/Welcome.asp?...585-000.00

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Quoted from MAPP:

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Kayte is conscious of existence, meaning, purpose, potential and destiny of humankind, people, and self. Kayte is motivated by a self-felt, self-accepted calling to the cause of good, growth, and gain in the lives of others. Influential communication of ideas is a primary way of achieving those objectives. Perception and thinking tend to be holistic and conceptual; i.e., seeing the big picture. It is important to see which of the other traits are interactive with this trait because there can be many interesting combinations. This is a major trait in cultural, intellectual, academic, and creative activities. It includes ideas, concepts, theory, ethics, and values.

Kayte has excellent perception, retention, and literal recall of detail... This combination can be useful in such activities as clerical, computational, administrative, literary, technical, operational, supervisory, and/or managerial activities...

Kayte feels both privilege and responsibility to use communication (including persuasion) to voluntarily provide beneficial information to others. This includes strongly motivated benevolent and literary traits. Self-satisfaction comes almost exclusively from the subjective realization that the information, voluntarily given, has been helpful to other persons. Kayte is further motivated to learn and understand the other person(s) needs wishes and listening preferences. Non-persuasive service communication can become persuasive and persistent when expressed in the interest of someone needing Kayte to stand up for them.

High motivational levels in the copy trait means more than laying a paper face down in a copy machine and pushing buttons. It includes: 1) awareness of spatial measure and layout: size, shape, dimension, perspective; 2) artistic ability for factual image reproduction; 3) attention to detail; 4) awareness of machine function and use; and 5) tolerance of or preference for routine. High motivational levels represent an asset for database management, administrative work, warehouse processing, or library activities as well. It is particularly valuable for persons operating printing or copy shops or persons involved in publishing with computers. Kayte would most likely prefer activities that include as many of the attributes, mentioned above, as possible...

Kayte has a unique motivation to carefully, thoroughly read simple explanatory or instructional statements (like the directions on the label of a soup can) and fully/accurately know what was said. (NOTE: This is not a widely shared trait. Unless the subject attracts the reader's attention in the first place, reading of elementary instructions is just scanning, and some information is probably overlooked, ignored, or bypassed. Kayte should regard this unique asset as vocationally important.)

Kayte enjoys associating and interacting with people but likes independence as well...

Kayte's preferences can include routine, organized, and methodical procedures, but this is not a need or dependency...

Kayte is motivated to work on projects that are planned, scheduled, and completed...

Most likely, Kayte is logical and analytical and is motivated to make sense of perceptions by identifying how things log...

Kayte highly prefers a given, known, managed, and supported organizational position and role...

Kayte is very attached to and prefers the familiar while simultaneously quite resistant to change...

Kayte is not motivated to persuade and is probably ill-equipped to do so; instead, Kayte can most likely be intimidated...

Kayte most likely relies on a natural ability to retain and recall great detail...

Intellectual and/or analytical work, most likely represent somewhat important types of mental activities...

Kayte is aware of details for their own sake, and sees the linkage and relationship associating that detail with something...

Philosophical, literary, scientific, managerial and/or persuasive traits may be involved in Kayte's motivation and drive...

Compiling means more than simply gathering large volumes of data sheets and stuffing them in a filing cabinet.

Kayte is highly motivated for routine, factual, mathematical problems related to operational, procedural, or administrative...

Kayte prefers an emphasis on utility when called upon to recognize and identify or classify important factors...

Kayte prefers, perhaps even mentally needs, and most likely enjoys occupational activity which is exclusively methodical...

The preferences in Kayte's mind tend to be oriented toward systems engineering: identifying, analyzing, and solving challenges...

Kayte is motivated to describe, explain, teach, illustrate, and interpret. This is a journalistic trait...

Motivational levels for Kayte support activities including word processing in its widest application: administrative...

Kayte is highly motivated to consider creative writing and communicating at professional levels...

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Quoted from uselessinformation:

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Yeah. Of course you also need a portfolio of journalistic work in order to get into most j-schools. Or to get work anywhere in the field. Have you written anything, taken photos, etc., for your school paper or anything?

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Quoted from Caitlyn.:

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honestly, i got to this and didn't read any more of your post. this is exactly what i would do if i were you, as it's sure to be the most fulfilling.

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Quoted from Skye:

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Both are frightened and excited, but it is a rewarding and culturally enriching experience. Plus, who knows; it might inspire a career path in the international sphere that's closer to what you're interested in pursuing long-term.

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Quoted from awkward jimmy:

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Or you might get abducted and then you'd be on the news and famous!

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Quoted from Sukkit:

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Just because you can speak a language that doesn't mean you are good at teaching it. That's a job for the specialists. Besides, there are too many of us looking into the possibility of usurping that job.

Now seriously, it would work to make some money for your traveling purposes, but little else.

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Quoted from mmac:

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Kayte, if you want to earn some :bling: on the side I'll give you a nickel to tickle my pickle. Hopefully I'll offer a 401K within the next year.

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