What Are You Planning to Do with That?
For many college and university graduates, this is not a brief phase but a long-term reality, one that turns the job market into something that feels less like a promise and more like a gamble.
Noa Ablin is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, majoring in English Literature with a concentration in publishing. She has written multiple articles for The Jerusalem Post, including a cover story, has contributed a sustainability feature for Trellis, a business and sustainability media platform, and published work in The Jewish Journal. Her writing spans a wide range of topics and genres—from sustainability to contemporary art to investigative reporting—reflecting her versatility across journalistic and editorial contexts.
For many college and university graduates, this is not a brief phase but a long-term reality, one that turns the job market into something that feels less like a promise and more like a gamble.
In a museum, we often try to understand what a painting means and where it is coming from, placing ourselves at the center of the experience. This sculpture removed me completely. I was forced to look outward instead of inward, as if I were seeing a world that existed without me.