Doesn’t being a crime scene investigator seem fascinating
and intriguing? Being able to use modern technology to figure out who committed
a crime, what exactly happened, or us to bring justice to offenders sounded
like an awesome job to me. Until I began to research the true meaning of what
it is to be a crime scene investigator.
The life of
a crime scene investigator is much more complex than one may think. First you
are always on call. Whenever a crime breaks out and further investigation of a
scene is needed, a crime scene investigator must drop whatever they were doing
to report to the scene. A crime scene investigator also has to have a thick
skin because they have to see countless numbers of dead bodies gruesome or not,
adult or child, they have to put their sadness behind them and do their jobs.
Learning and researching this type of job has really got me thinking if it is
right for me. I don’t know if I could put my feelings aside and not feel any
sort of depression after seeing the bodies. I am afraid that if I did choose
this path that death would become unrealistic to me. But at the same time I
believe that I could put repress my feelings because I want to help the
families of the victims find out what happened to their loved ones.
This research
has put different emotions in my mind. I am glad that I researched this before
deciding to for sure go down this path. I saw all the advantages of being a
crime scene investigator but now I get a clearer picture that the job has its
downfalls.
"Crime Scene Investigation: Crime and the Media." CSI Exhibit. National Museum of Crime & Punishmen, 2004. Web.
Hi Ashton! I can totally relate to being unsure if your career choice is for you. In the beginning of the year, I was sure I wanted to be an athletic trainer. But, then I took a first aid class and saw some of the things my instructor (an athletic trainer) had to deal with and I don't think that I could handle the high pressure, trauma situations that she has been through. Now, I am planning to become an occupational therapist and I am also worried that I am not cut out for the job. But, like you said, I feel that I could prepare myself in order to help the patient and the patient's families. I am also glad that we are researching our career choices. It definitely made me think more thoroughly about my choices.
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