Vocation- Blog #8

Study abroad in Greece will help me tremendously with my vocational goals. I eventually want to intern at the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu where they specialize in ancient artwork—mainly Greek and Roman—and then work in the Acropolis Museum in Greece. Both of these goals require me to go to graduate school and know at least three languages, one of them being ancient Greek. Going to the American College of Thessaloniki, I will take a class in Modern Greek, which will help me later on when I need to learn ancient Greek by better understanding the language—yes, I speak Greek but by taking a class, it will help me tremendously by being aware of the sentence structure, grammar, etc. I will also being going to Crete while I am in Greece for the summer and go to the Palace at Knossos—the place I am doing my thesis on. I will be taking pictures for my thesis, but I will also be talking to the people that work at this archeological site, trying to make connections for future use.

I do not think I have time to seek out an internship or volunteer at any museums in the areas, however, I will try and make connections with the Acropolis Museum and the archeological site in Crete. I am hoping my mixed heritage will be to my advantage.

I am very certain that by studying abroad in a country who’s art I would love to specialize in, graduate schools and internships will be very interested in knowing about my experience abroad and hopefully make a statement on my résumé.