What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?

[ There Was One Alternative Path That I Felt I Would Never Wander Down & That Was Working In Corrections ]

[ Adult Or Juvenile? ]

[ Troubled Kids That Needed Some Guidance? ]

[ Or Hardened Teenagers That Got Convicted Of Felony Crimes? ]

[ Adults That Saw One Day In Jail? ]

[ Adults That Have Been Incarcerrated For A Long Period Of Time? ]

[ Never Thought That I Would Work With Either Group ]

[ I Am Always Curious About Other People ]

[ What Makes Them Tick, What Brought Them To The Point They Are @ In Their Life & What They Do For Work ]

[ There Was A Female Lifter On The Powerlifting Team That I Was A Part Of ]

[ She Stated That She Was A Treatment Manager On A Unit That Housed Male Juveniles @ A Correctional Facility In Our City ]

[ I Was Curious About Her Work ]

[ She Said Words That Changed The Life Path That I Was Aimlessly Wandering Down ]

[ “If You Are So Curious, Sign Up For A Practicum Term, Since You Are Going To School” ]

[ I Was In My Senior Year @ WOU, In Monmouth, OR ]

[ I Talked With My Advisor About What Needed To Be Done ]

[ Put In (20hrs) A Week There ]

[ Write Papers About My Experience Out There ]

[ ½ Through The Term I Started To Increase My Hours Out There ]

[ By The End Of The Term I Was Doing Close To (35hrs) A Week Out There ]

[ Then My Last Term I Signed Up For Another Practicum! ]

[ I Loved Being Out There ]

[ I Filled Out A PD100 Form & Applied For A Full-Time Position ]

[ The Day After I Graduated I Was Offered A Job There ]

[ The Rest Is History ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~