Alright, so I’m getting ready to go to college and I have a choice to make, one of the most important choices of my life, what I’m going to do for a living. I’m torn between being a high school counselor or an FBI agent. This is a decision only I can make, but if anyone here has any thoughts or ideas, I’d like to hear your input. I’m not going to listen to the poll, but I posted one anyway to see what people think, I’m going to follow my heart though. Here are some pros and cons of each I’ve compiled.
[b]HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR[/b]
[b]Pros[/b]
-I have a natural talent for psychology
-I have experience from psych class in high school
-I get to make a difference in people’s lives
-I hang out with hot teenage girls all day
-I’m still young and so I can relate to the students
-Not much risk of being shot
-I like teenagers
-I like my high school
[b]Cons[/b]
-Probably won’t pay a lot
-Lots of college will be necessary
-Not really any job advancement/promotion
-Two of the principles are complete douche bags
-Listening to people talk about their problems all day might get old after a while
-When my students tell me what they’ve been doing, I might get slightly jealous for not taking the initiative to do those sort of things when I was in high school
-Budget cuts and layoffs are common at schools, due to the economy
[b]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[/b]
[b]Pros[/b]
-Probably pays a lot
-Your partner and you often form close bonds of friendship and are always there for each other
-My partner might be really hot
-I’ll be saving people’s lives
-I’ll be on the right side of the law, instead of the wrong side
-Everyone around me will feel safer and I’ll have an aurora of authority and respect
-Travel all around the country
-At the end of the day I’ll know that I did good
-Relatively short higher education (21 weeks at FBI Academy)
-I can use my psychology talents to help me solve cases
-It’s the adventure of a lifetime
[b]Cons[/b]
-Dangerous line of work
-I could get stuck with a desk job, everyone wants to be the field agent, but nobody wants to be the field agent’s secretary
-I’ll have to deal with assholes and disrespectful people
-Not much time for starting or caring for a family
-I don’t know the first thing about law enforcement
-I’ll have to move to Quantico to attend the FBI Academy and then move again to Washington, DC to work at the J. Edgar Hoover Building
-I’ll have to deal with a lot of death
-People often don’t thank you, no matter how good of a job you do
-I might get tied up in bureaucracy and stupid ineffectual laws/regulations that prevent me from being able to apprehend suspects
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