In The Future In The Refugees By Viet Thanh Nguyen

“In the future. What do you want to do with yourself?”, as stated in The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Many people have been looking forward to the future since they were little and asking themselves the same question. When I was younger, I wanted to be a cowgirl when I grew up. This changed many times, going from a marine biologist to a veterinarian, to a psychologist and everything in between. One thing I knew, I definitely, positively, and under no circumstances would ever be a teacher. Moving on in my life, and now, about seven years latere, here I am, an Early Childhood Studies major. I come from a long line of teachers. My mom was a teacher, my aunt on my dad’s side was a teacher, and all my mom’s aunts are teachers. I did not want to
This was when I decided I wanted to work with kids for the rest of my life. I was excited about the idea of shaping kids’ lives. Now, I see working with kids would be such a rewarding job, and I love seeing the work you could do with them to help them grow. I also cannot wait to have kids of my own and watch them grow up in their own unique ways. In order to make sure that I truly wanted to work with kids, I have done my best to find jobs that involved working with children. I was so lucky because my boyfriend’s sister- in- law was a nanny, and she was moving away, so she let me take over her jobs! Also his aunt was a preschool director, so, anytime any of the kids at the preschool needed a babysitter she would give the families my number. I was so fortunate that this happened for me. After hearing from multiple families that I was the only one who got along well with their children, I knew that this was what I wanted to do in the future I am still deciding if I want to work with preschool-aged children, or a little older. In order to find out what I like, I found a job at a preschool! So far, I have been loving it and could truly see myself doing this