Geography?

True or False- Looking for a job is lame.

So, here I am, still in the job search. Unfortunately its not because I haven't had any offers, I just haven't felt right about them. I know there is something I'm supposed to do, I just can't figure out what it is.

Well, that's not true. I guess I did know what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a motivational speaker for youth.....mostly because I wish I had more of them when I was one. I mean, who didn't come home a new teen after EFY? I love to teach, I LOVE to motivate, but realized that I only know how to if they believe in God. What if they don't? Or have no religious background? Or if the place I go to won't let me talk about Him? So my challenge was what motivates someone to be/do good if they don't believe in a Supreme Being? Hence, I felt I should work in a troubled teen center to figure out what it is that drives them. I was kind of afraid that the answer would be nothing, that I would have to more convince than motivate.

So I went on to look at every possible teen pregnancy, troubled teen charter school, wilderness camp, behavioral health clinic, teen development institute, group home, suicide prevention center, and juvenile delinquency rehabilitation clinic I could find. And I found quite a few I got really excited about.

And then came the resume. And I got a little discouraged at my discovery. I didn't exactly fit the "required" qualifications. I can see the interview now:

interviewer: So, I see you graduated in Geography.

interviewee (me): Well, no. Actually I still have another semester.

interviewer: Oh. I see. I didn't realize that. But seriously, Geography?

interviewee: Oh yes! I love love LOVE it.

interviewer: So, how do you think that is going to help you here, when we clearly asked for a psychology, sociology, social work, or counseling degree?

interviewee: Well, actually, I really liked geography because it studied more than anything, relationships....(more of me trying to convince her that yes, I know where almost every country is, what the culture is like, and what crops they farm, but there's much more to geography than that!)

interviewer: Okay, well, fortunately we don't solely determine your qualifications by a degree, so we'll move on to experience. Tell me how your experience with teens in need will help you.

interviewee: (thinks about previous employment: nanny, doughnut poker, hostess, event planner, physical therapy tech.......this is where I seriously consider standing up, shaking his/her hand, and walking briskly out the door, maybe kicking myself on the way out....)

needless to say, after receiving my resume, no one has come to the conclusion an interview was necessary.