Pros and Cons

Choices/Pros/Cons

·         Masters of Library Science

Pros

1.       It opens up a larger variety of work opportunities than the librarian technician college program.

2.       It would let me work in a small town where there are fewer librarians in each branch.

3.       It could lead to being the head of the children’s department which would mean puppet shoes and program planning.

Cons

1.       Masters programs are hard.

2.       Being a librarian involves computers.

3.       Libraries may be going extinct.

·         Library Technician College Program

Pros

1.       It is quicker than the masters program.

2.       It is probably easier than the masters program.

3.       It might make it easier to get jobs within big cities where there are more technicians hired than librarians.

Cons

1.       Being a library technician involves computers.

2.       Libraries may be going extinct.

3.       It would be harder to work in a small town.

4.       It wouldn’t let me be the head of a children’s department.

5.       It offers less of a variety of types of employment.

 

·         Teacher’s college

Pros

1.       It is just one year.

2.       It would let me work with kids.

3.       It would make my BA seem useful.

Cons

1.       There are no teaching jobs.

2.       I sometimes have a hard time explaining things to kids.

·         Staying in Peterborough after school and trying to find work.

Pros

1.       I get to stay in Peterborough with my friends, church, the lovely river, my favourite coffee shop, and the places where I love to volunteer.

2.       I would get a break from school.

3.       I wouldn’t have to work the job I found forever. I could always go back to school.

4.       It is easy to find a place to live there that is relatively cheap because I could keep living in student housing.

5.       I have enough money saved up to live for at least the summer maybe longer if I could find a place to sublet for a bit. If I couldn’t find work, I could always move back in with my mum in St. Thomas after my temporary rent was up and just be a bum till I make a new plan or work at Starwood.

Cons

1.       There are very few jobs in Peterborough.

2.       There is a lot of competition for every job.

3.       I don’t have a lot of lovely looking work experience.

OR

·         Go to college for a program other than library technician (For example: Early Childhood Educator, or that one job that takes a three year college program and has something to do with working in a class room with students with exceptionalities that I forget what the name is)

Pros

·         I can choose something I actually want to do instead of just doing something that is available to me based on the education that I did just because I wanted to do it for fun.

·         College is supposed to get you a job quicker than university.

Cons

·         More school

·         More money

·         More research

·         What if I still don’t get a job.