| I am in my senior year of high school looking into | | | | do is the part where I am the one collecting the |
| the future. I have an idea of what college that I | | | | forensic evidence. I want to be a forensics |
| want to go to. The Ohio State University is my | | | | detective. I want to put on the lights to find the |
| first option. I have very excellent grades and a | | | | blood on the cleaned floor or the carpet fibers |
| cheerleading scholarship so I am sure that I will | | | | under the fingernails. |
| get in. My mom sat me down and asked me if I | | | | The job outlook was that as long as there are |
| knew what I wanted to do. I told her that I knew | | | | people on this earth there is going to be crime on |
| that she was not going to like it, but I wanted a | | | | this earth. Someone will always have to be there |
| career in criminal justice. She asked me if I had a | | | | to pick up the pieces of those crimes. Peace on |
| particular job in mind because there are many | | | | earth is a nice thought just not a practical one. I |
| criminal justice career options. | | | | want to be a justice major to help those people |
| She told me that an instructor employment | | | | who can not speak for themselves find justice. |
| opportunity was a good place to start. I told her | | | | The job opportunities are endless in this field and |
| that I would like to get into the field of forensic | | | | "Law and Order" made the whole criminal world |
| sciences. She told me that a criminologist salary | | | | more interesting than it has ever been. I want to |
| was very high on the list of top paying jobs. She | | | | learn all of the detailed careers in this field before |
| seemed very proud of me and she knew that as | | | | I make a final decision on what I want to study |
| smart as I was I would make an excellent | | | | at the university. I had a few more months until |
| scientist. | | | | graduation to think about it so I had to take in all |
| I was a little worried about the chemistry part. I | | | | of the information I could on all of the different |
| have never liked any of that type of science. It is | | | | jobs. I know that I will find the right one for me. |
| part of forensics, but the part of it I wanted to | | | | |