Well, here it is. November 1st is upon us and there are only 55 days left in the shopping season. ON the home front, I've been offered a job in Iraq that would last one year. I would recieve a six figure income, TAX FREE, along with a really nice tan. The only problem I have with it, aside from it being in Iraq, is that the job I'm being offered isn't in the field I just spent the last two years going to school for.

I finally graduated with an AS in Criminal Justice but because of medical reasons I cannot be hired into any police force. I don't want to spend the rest of my life working as a security guard in some mall either. Crime labs are willing to accept people with just criminal justice degrees, though they would prefer BS's in some sort of science, but it would just be as an assistant. It would take years to move up into a technical position. I know that there are supposed to be lots of other jobs in the CJ field but I just can't seem to find them.

On the other I could take the job in Iraq working as a food service worker and deal with the possibility of getting hurt, mamed, or killed. There are wonderful job incentives though. Madical, dental, and vision are covered through the company. The six figure income could become more when experience and education are taken into account. With that kind of money I could pay off my bills, buy a new car and a house. I could even do a bit of travelling if I wanted to.

Isn't it a shame that as technology advances so does the requirement for operating that technology. That means that most people need a college education. But with the rising costs of tuition, books, and supplies most families can't afford to send their students to college but they make just enough money to make them inelligible for financial aid. Most college students are so far indebt by the time they graduate that they'll take the first job offered to them without really caring whether it is the right kind of job they want.

I'm just glad that school is over with, even if it means I have to go to Iraq to pay off my debt.