Life after college - Elijah Couch

      Life after college seems like a great thing to some because they know what they want to do, where they would live, and they basically have their life all planned out. For those who don't know though it can be pretty scary. I am stuck at a cross-roads it seems like right now. I am excited about life after college but at the same time I am terrified. 

      I am pretty sure what I am gonna do but the fact that I ain't set in stone about it kind of scares me. I was talking with my mom the other day and she had asked if I knew what I was gonna do after college and what I'd go to school for and all this stuff. The only answer that I gave her was I don't know because I really don't know. She told me I need to think about it because I take the READ program and I won't have an extra two years to decide. I think I want to be a welder, but at the same time I ain't welded in about a year so I may have lost my skill a little bit. I wouldn't have to go to school very long, but I am smart and know that I can do something more than that. I would also like to be a lawyer just for the fact that politics interest me.

      Both of those jobs pay real well so I don't think I'd have to worry about money. I have no experience in law or politics so no one would probably hire me as a lawyer. Being a welder would be good pay, but I have never welded on anything bigger than one of those benches outside the elementary playground and the tennis court. The job I want is at the ARI plant in Marmaduke which makes trains. I went to tour that place last year for Agri Metals and they said that if you screw up more than three welds at any point after training, you are cut loose. I worry that I won't get hired or I'll get fired and I won't be able to pay the bills or pay off student loans.

      I don't know, maybe it would be so bad. I'm sure I'll make it fine on my own. I have experience in welding so I can probably make it as a welder. I will be fine. Life after college will be great