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Post by j.s.p. on Apr 19, 2003 20:11:40 GMT -5
I don't know what y'all are talking about, but I want to grow up...insofar as growing up is reaching a mature enough level that I can have meaningful interactions with anybody.
As for a career: I watched a lot of Discovery and History channels in my formative years (and I guess maybe they're still going), but I always wanted to be the guy that they interviewed about the subject...the old guy in the beard with glasses and a really cheesy suit in front of a huge wall of books and papers strewn evertywhere except the desk...the guy who knows everything. Yes, I want to be that guy.
=Jack
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Post by coldmercurywitch on Apr 20, 2003 4:47:57 GMT -5
you know, it is possible to grow up mentally and still stay young at heart. Personally, I don't see the point in growing up. Nothing seems fun anymore and all of a sudden you aren't cool.
Besides...who says you have to grow up to persue your dream career? ;D
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Post by fico the fur on Apr 20, 2003 9:09:36 GMT -5
So I've been thinking of cool would-be jobs lately. They've just been popping into my head randomly. Anyway, I'm wondering what fun-jobs people would consider.
Me, I want to try being:
- a trucker
- a restaurant name-creator
- the person who picks waiting music (for phone-lines, waiting rooms, before a concert, etc.)
So what weird jobs sound fun to you guys?
Jack: That's what I was trying to say. That I want to learn and grow enough that my interactions and my solitary actions are meaningful, but I don't want to become stuffy and blah. ... And I really like that job idea you got.
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Post by KoNeko on Apr 20, 2003 11:58:26 GMT -5
*grins* Gen, what about the person who plays the waiting music? Like, imagine getting asked what you did for a living and saying that you played the piano for the hold music on phones?
When I was a twisted little kid, I wanted to be a robber when I grew up because you got all this free stuff.
Pssst, Jack, have you ever noticed why the guy on the discovery channel always is in front of a bookcase with a beard and glasses, and usually a tweed suit or something? It makes him look smarter than he probably actually is.
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Post by coldmercurywitch on Apr 20, 2003 12:35:54 GMT -5
Ah, the beauty of sets. Where would television be without them?
There are a few careers I've been thinking about for a while:
- interior decorator
- novelist
- artist
- director (as in for movies)
When I was younger I wanted to be a biologist. I decided against that cos I had this horrible thought one day of being assigned to study a new deadly virus and getting infected with it and spreading it causing an outbreak.
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Post by j.s.p. on Apr 20, 2003 13:01:11 GMT -5
Very true, Koneko. But you see, being "smart" is a relative term...it only works in comparison to other people. So 80% of being "smart" is convincing the other person(s) that you are. And since there is a stereotype in this culture, you can use it to you advantage.
But they still seem to know everything.
Yeah, being "blah" isn't that great.
=Jack
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Post by guinevere on Apr 20, 2003 15:18:55 GMT -5
when I was 4, I told my mother I wanted to go to Paris and be a can-can dancer so I could wear those neat skirts and show off my knickers... she didn*t take that well... and then I went the teacher, nurse, etc. route simply to please my parents but I knew that I couldn*t handle a career that was a 9-5 indoor thing.. and when I found that my art would sell, I was amazed.. so my calling came a little later than I*d wished, but at least it arrived.
guin
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Post by Will on Apr 20, 2003 22:23:28 GMT -5
-Sighs- I honestly have no idea what career path I should take. I have always envisioned myself as the favoured teacher. The one that all the students admire and aren’t afraid to talk to. The one who changes a child’s life. Just seeing the kid succeed would be wonderful. I have also wanted to be something of the science field. Finding cures for disease, or discovering another galaxy. Then there was my dream of being an archeologist. Just the thought of unwrapping the mysteries of history dazzled me. Of course I wanted to show my artistic side. I had dreams of being a photographer, designer, but most of all, an actress. I have always loved entertaining others. To move someone with your performance is very delightful. So you see. I’m having a very difficult time deciding what I should do with my life.
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Post by kaoru on Apr 21, 2003 4:21:31 GMT -5
This is probably the issue I've been stumbling on since the holidays started. I really don't know what to do. See, when we finish 9th grade we have to choose between two... we call it "areas". We have Science, Art, Economy, Humanities, Electricity and Administration/Management, whatever. I chose Humanities because it was the only thing I was good at. Call it lack of self-confidence, but no matter how well I draw I could never suceed in Art - it's all about geometry and I loathe geometry. But in my opinion, all this areas are very... subjective, they're not specific. Why do I need Geography for when I want to follow something related with English? But that's not the point. My area happens to be the worst one because all classes are theorical, non-practical, boring to death and half the subjects don't interest me. And that's why I don't know what I'll do when I finish highschool, what type of course I'll follow in university. Because... I just don't like what I'm doing now. This year's being better because I left Philosophy and I'm hearing everything again for the second time, but next year... everytime I think about next year I just feel like jumping out of the window. Everything new, Philosophy again... the same horrible teachers who're doing anything they can to flunk me (it's true).
So you can call me a motivated kid.
But about... what I'll do... probably something relationed with English because that's what I'm really good at. And that's one of the things I love most on top of the Earth. I love English, love it. Ok, I know it sounds weird to you because you speak it since you were born but for someone who started learning it at 6, it's an amazing language. It's been with me since I was so so young because before I started learning it I tried to read all the song lyrics of my dad's CD's and all. I really have a strong passion for your language. So yes, probably English.
Call me crazy, but I'd also love to be a figure skating commentator. And I know that I have a strong chance.... even if I sign in a foreign company, I have my good English so there. I'd really love to... go to all the Championships and be part of that amazing beautiful world.
My problem is that I never think of anything material, I always think of the impossible.
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Post by Dawney on Apr 21, 2003 10:21:23 GMT -5
When I was younger I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director, which I still want to be (*gives Nie a high five*). Presently I'm trying to decide on Directing movies, being a Drama teacher, a criminal psychiatrist, or a psychology teacher (or professor). It really depends on the amount of work i want to put into it. If I choose to become a director i'm going to school for 2 years and getting my 2 year diploma. If I want to be a criminal psychiatrist i have to go for 8 years, get high grades, and work in a mental hospital. If i become teachers of either subject i'll have to go for at least 4 years I think. And I hate school, so this is a problem. Hopefully I'll hate college less than high school.
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Post by Calantha on Apr 21, 2003 19:23:41 GMT -5
My one dream job that I've always had since I was little was to own a cafe above a bookshop in some foreign country where I had to learn to communicate with them, learn from their culture...and not have money issues.
Maybe I'll do that when I become really old. But for now I'll stick with a lit teacher.
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Post by Ersade on Apr 21, 2003 23:26:58 GMT -5
So the 10th graders at my school just had this career-shadowing thing where they call up a person who has the type of job you want and you go and follow them around for a day. I called up the local newspaper and followed around a reporter. Ever since I was a little kid, I always thought I wanted to be a journalist, but after one day I found that maybe this job isn't cut out for me. Or maybe just being a journalist in this location isn't cut out for me. It was this year that I started looking at different occupations for the first time. I looked at novelist, but after thinking about it for awhile, I realized that I have never finished a single book that I began to write. I thought about becoming an actress, but frankly, I'm not that great and I've only been in one play during high school. I reconsidered becoming a television news anchor, but decided that I didn't really fit the criteria. I thought about being an artist, but I'm not exactly great at any form of art that I've attempted so far, aside from paper mache. People tell me that I have time to think about it, that some people don't have it figured out until long into college, and often even years after that. I took an occupation quiz once and it said I should go into the "Fine Arts" field. It also said that most jobs in that field are hard to come by. So yeah, at this point, I don't really know. And as for growing up.. I'm afraid to a large extent that I already have. It is true that you can mentally grow up and stay young at heart, but I'm afraid I'm not even young at heart anymore.
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Post by KoNeko on Apr 22, 2003 2:30:22 GMT -5
Oh Es. You don't have to go into a vocation that you think you'll be good at; I think it's more important to be passionate about what you do and actually be interested in it because that way you are going to learn more about your career and stuff that if you approach it in a strictly "this is a job" way. And don't worry about fine arts being a tough industry to crack. You could always do that if you want to as a passion, but do something else as a job.
I've always wanted to be a zookeeper. But not in a proper zoo, but like, a reserve or wildlife park or something. Cages would make me sad. And I want to play with the monkeys. ;D
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Post by Calantha on Apr 22, 2003 17:15:52 GMT -5
How cool would that be?! A wildlife reserve person...I saw a show on the Discovery Channel about it while I was going through my DC phase and it totally interested me...but I think there would be some animals I really wouldn't want to be with...like snakes. You know, I sort of always wanted to raise alpacas for a living...and maybe pigme goats.
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Post by KoNeko on Apr 23, 2003 10:56:33 GMT -5
*grins* Cal, the best thing about doing zoology is that you end up specialising in an area or group of animals, so depending on your interests, you might not have to go anywhere near snakes or other reptiles after you learn all that basic stuff about them. If I got to work at a reserve or something, I'd love to be in the baby gorillas/chimps exhibit, they're the most adorable creatures and they're so smart and everything. Awwwww... *goes all clucky*
Er... what's an alpaca? Is it like a llama thingy? Because you can shear them and make their wool into hats and stuff, which would also be kind of cool. ;D
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