{"id":450,"date":"2015-04-22T17:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T17:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2015-04-22T17:50:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T17:50:41","slug":"pursuing-the-road-less-traveled-a-qa-with-recent-grad-caleb-mize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Pursuing the road less traveled: a Q&A with recent grad Caleb Mize"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Photo<\/a>
Photo courtesy of Caleb Mize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taylor Hanigosky<\/strong>
\ntmh004@marietta.edu<\/em><\/p>\n

Taylor Hanigosky: Where are you currently living, for how long have you been living there, and do you live by yourself or with other people?<\/p>\n

Caleb Mize: I am currently in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have been here since May 19th of last year. I live with my roommate who is the bartender at the restaurant where I work.<\/p>\n

TH: Why did you decide to go abroad after graduation? Was it planned or spontaneous?<\/p>\n

CM: I decided to live abroad for a bit after graduation to work on my Spanish and take a bit of a break from working and studying all the time. It was somewhat planned, but I mostly just decided to do it when I knew I wasn’t going to grad school right away.<\/p>\n

TH: What did you study at MC and how have you used what you\u2019ve learned here? What things are you learning now that you didn’t learn in college?<\/p>\n

CM: I studied Spanish and Theatre at Marietta, and I use my degree everyday. Over the summer I was given the opportunity to translate documentation for the Department of Psychology at The University of Puerto Rico, and I work pretty exclusively in Spanish with the exception of the occasional businessman or tourist that comes into the restaurant. I’m learning to pay an electric bill, and take care of a pet, which I definitely did not learn in college!<\/p>\n

TH: What has been one (or several) of your favorite experiences since graduating?<\/p>\n

CM: Since graduating, I have really enjoyed skipping winter and being on a tropical island with constant access to fresh avocado, coconuts and beaches!<\/p>\n

TH: Describe a typical day for you.<\/p>\n

CM: My typical day begins by waking up to let the dog out to play on my porch, and watering my pineapple and pepper plants. Then, I head to work at the restaurant, and come home to relax for a bit after a long day. After that, I go to my cheer practice (I’m on a team here, which a good way to stay in shape with all of the good food I get to eat).<\/p>\n

TH: Do you have any advice for seniors about to graduate who may not be sure of what they want to do yet?<\/p>\n

CM: I would definitely say to current seniors: don’t be afraid about not having a job right away out of college. I have been offered some jobs I even turned down. It will fall in line. Really concentrate hard on that last semester and go out with a bang. Some of the work I’m most proud of I did my final semester, and I honestly was so busy with studying and capstone I didn’t have time to job-hunt. If you’re accepted to grad school or have a job, that\u2019s wonderful, but don\u2019t get burnt out. Keep your head and your grades up until the finish line! It feels so good on the other side!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Hanigosky tmh004@marietta.edu Taylor Hanigosky: Where are you currently living, for how long have you been living there, and do you live by yourself or with other people? Caleb Mize: I am currently in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have been here since May 19th of last year. I live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}