My Future Profession

(A Restorer)

	I think that choosing a career and getting a job are two of the most important things any person does in a lifetime. There are a lot of career prospects nowadays. According to the official statistics law and financial careers are the most prestigious and demanded. No less popular are journalism, international tourism and language careers. But I think that the best kind of job is a well-paid hobby. My love for art determined the choice of my future profession. I entered the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts to become an artist and a restorer of decorative and applied arts. To tell you the truth when I was choosing my future profession I took into account not only my interests but also the possibilities to earn good money, chances for promotion and of course the opportunities to feel the inner satisfaction from a job well-done.
I am sure that it is not just a job - it’s a vocation, a special call from God. The profession of an artist and a restorer is really challenging and rather ambitious. It requires a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and of course perfect knowledge of a lot of sciences. That is why at the university we study such specialized and non-specialized subjects as native and foreign languages, history of art and civilizations, archaeology, ethnology, philosophy; conservation-restoration history and technology; information technology; theory and management in the cultural sphere and many others.
I think a good restorer is a mixture of an artist, a painter and an art critic. Restorers should possess a lot of qualities. They deal with pieces of art so they have to be aware of their cultural value. Of course, they should be very accurateand scrupulousfor the masterpieces not to lose its original flavor. They must be responsible people as restorers make and carry out decisions concerning conditions of storing, presenting, transporting and studying of pieces of art. They must be extremely patient, attentive and well-educated. When I graduate from the university I will have a chance to choose among state and private establishments of culture and arts. I will be able to work as an artist and a restorer in museums, galleries, scientific laboratories, in private conservation enterprises or independently.
Art has been an inseparable part of human life and culture since the dawn of human civilization.No doubt, art plays an important role in the cultural life of the Republic of Belarus and our government pays great attention to the preservation and development of Belarusian and world cultural heritage. I decided to devote my life to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future generations and I am sure I’ll succeed because I am a talented, creative, self-confident and ambitious person and I wish to become famous one day. Frankly speaking, my dream is to establish my own scientific laboratory or a restoration workshop. It will give me self-satisfaction from a job well-done, money and recognition.

Vocabulary

to choose a career –

choice –

to get a job –

career prospects –

to be prestigious –

to be demanded –

to be well-paid –

to determine –

decorative and applied arts –

to take into account –

chances for promotion –

inner satisfaction –

vocation –

to be challenging –

to be ambitious –

to require –

art critic –

to possess –

to deal with –

to be aware of something –

cultural value -

to be accurate -

to be scrupulous –

masterpieces –

to be responsible –

to make decisions –

to carry out decisions –

storing –

an inseparable part –

to succeed –

to be self-confident –

frankly speaking –

to establish –

a restoration workshop –

recognition –