-: Yeah, so my major was in political science,
which most people think doesn't translate right away,
but I strongly disagree,
because the joy of political science is,
maybe I'm not using game theory,
but what I am using is those interpersonal skills
and those connections in really learning,
and even in political science, learning how state, local,
and federal governments play a role in our regulations.
So classes I can say, take as many community service classes
as you can.
If you're looking to be a nurse,
obviously learn all your nursing skills.
If you're looking to be a social worker,
learn your social skills,
but don't isolate yourself to that.
Make... really take in everything you're learning
and how you can apply it to every aspect of your job.
First of all, you need to make sure you have the passion
for it, because dealing with these clientele can be draining
if you're not focusing every single day
on your success stories,
because for every success story there is something
where you feel you can be doing better too.
So make sure you have that passion, make sure you can drive
that passion through, make sure you're in the correct field
'cause there's plenty of field for nursing,
and things like that, but if you really have that passion,
and this is what you wanna do,
start building your connections.
I mean, internships are extremely important, start going
out in the community, really learning
about what the need is, what the job is,
and like I said, internships....
Start taking me for example, I started right
as an assisted living aide right out of college,
so be prepared to get in the field and learn it
from the bottom up, and work your way through.