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Gretchen's work combines: Government, Non-Profit Organizations, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Delavan-Darien HS
Bachelor's Degree
Dual Major: Government, Economics and Management
Beloit College
Graduate Degree
Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Policy
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Social Science Research Assistants:
Bachelor's Degree: Dual Major: Government, Economics and Management
Graduate Degree: Public Affairs
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Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You shouldn't study government, you should go to law school / you should go to business school (told to me by lawyers and MBAs)
How I responded:
Studying government and politics is not only interesting but useful in many ways. You learn about leadership, trends, decisions, the struggles of minority groups and how decide what policies and societal values you believe in. This information and way of thinking about the world is important to any career. I think it is (and has turned out for me) to be more useful than a specialized study of just law or business.