My future goals

One goal that I have for my future is to work in the fields that I have already given thought to. The first field that I chose is to become a probation officer. For this job I would have to have a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. I chose this carrier because I meet this lady named Kelly that of course works as a probation officer and I guess you can say that she inspired me. From that day that we talked I stared researching more and more about it and yes I came to a conclusion that’s what I wanted to do. Some things that I am doing to reach my goal are to get a high school diploma and move on to college as soon as I can the harder I work the quicker I can start and that’s my motivation.

One other goal that I also have is to study languages, so that I can become a translator. To be honest this carrier had not crossed my mind at all. Not long ago did I see an old teacher and she asked be about school and what was I thinking about majoring in. I told her that I really wasn’t sure. She then told me about how I would be really good at translating and that if I studied that I could translate in a court room, and in a class room basically that I could translate anywhere and how translators are always needed. Then she told me what actually made up my mind about this carrier she said translators make a lot of money and well who doesn’t want to make a lot of money working in something that they love. Some of the things that I am doing to reach this carrier goal are to keep moving forward with my education and to stay motivated in my goals because I really want my dream jobs to become a reality.

When I finally reach my goals I will be very proud of myself just to know that with hard work and determination one can do just about anything they seat their heart to. Also I want to be able to look my son in the eyes and tell him “yes mom made mistakes but because of you I turned them all around and became someone that you will be proud of!”  

Max and Liesel

Max Vandenburg and Liesel have a lot of similarities in there life’s they both have nightmares about something horrible that happened to them and they still can’t heal from that experience. Also they both suffer from survivor’s guilt  they don’t think that they should have lived and had there love ones pass on.

Some of the differences about Max and Liesel are that Liesel got away from being treated bad well somewhat.”You could argue that Liesel Meminger had it easy.” (Zusak 161) Max on the other hand had to go into hiding not seeing daylight in a long time always with a fear that someone would find him and take him away.

 When Liesel hears about what Max has been through she in some way knows what he means and feels bad for him. Liesel respects Max and knows that he has a lot to tell yet has a hard time trusting others. When Max finally trusts Liesel enough they share life stories about each other. When Liesel hears all that Max has been through she sees how very lucky she was to end up with the hubermann’s.

I can’t really say that I can relate to Max or Liesel about the survivors guilt thing. I haven’t been in a hard situation like them when someone dear to me dies because of horrible events. On the other hand I can relate to them when they have nightmares about the things that have happened to them. When I have something going on or I keeping a secret about something I have horrible nightmares.

 “ The Standover Man” that’s the title that Max Vandenburg gives the book that he gives Liesel on her birthday. The way he makes it was he used a different book and painted over the letters. When Liesel gets it she loves it she can’t believe that Max would go through the trouble and give her something when he doesn’t even have much to give. The story is about Maxs life  important events he has been through and about how people are always standing over him.

“All my life ive been scared of men standing over me.” (Zusak 225) but now he knows that the best person to stand over him is Liesel.