Figgy1
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Stay safe my friend but please don't send them here next time
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Letteyeti
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SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER!!!!!!!
Rista1313
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Stay safe my friend but please don't send them here next time
It wasn't me it was CRISTOBAL! (what a weird name!)
I never cut school for the beach or library
Goofyernmost
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When I was a kid I cannot begin to tell you how many bread, butter and Ketchup sandwiches I had. I guess that is a poor mans tomato sandwich. When I think back we must have been on a pretty tight budget but, no one bothered to tell me. It was my Dad that got me into the B B & K's. I seem to remember them as far back as around 5 years old.
Figgy1
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Still have some of those bridges in Brooklyn I seeI never cut school for the beach or library
Goofyernmost
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Me too, and at 72 I'm thinking I should decide on a career path soon!
Songbird76
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I thought of you guys today when E came in after her lessons were done and showed me the Japanese that she is learning online. She's just watching youtube videos and such to learn all the sounds and whatnot.
Songbird76
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I read on facebook today that where my brother lives, they got a snow storm and 9000 people were without electricity. (Once it's summer vacation for the University, that's over half the population.) Sounds like some freak weather across the pond!
Letteyeti
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I think your career path should be travel where you want to go and have fun. Not saying you are old because you are not. Live your life and have fun and hopefully I(the youth) of the world won't screw up the world any more than it is.
Songbird76
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Over here, you choose a direction halfway through high school....it's basically like a major, but for high school. You choose whether you want to go into the arts, or into the sciences, or into culture, or sports, etc. Then you take more courses in that area. For the lower levels of school who only have 4 years of secondary education, they have to choose a career area at about 14 or 15 years old. That's the one thing I DON'T like about the system here. I like the tiered system where you go to a school based on your own abilities and you aren't thrown into a class with some kids who are really "nerdy" and others who struggle with the basics. It's good that classes are directed to your level so you don't have to wait for people to catch up, but you also don't get left behind if you are slower. But having to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life at 15 is a recipe for disaster.So in college you actually change your mind on what you want to do a few times before you actually figure it out. That really isn't what the counselors tell you here. They are like lets figure out what you want to major in. I am like I have no clue I am 16 years old!!! So you are good at Math stuff. Hmmm, good to know.
Songbird76
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So what DID you cut school for?I never cut school for the beach or library
I never cut school. My mother would have killed me if I had ever even thought about it. I was the only senior there on " senior skip day" except one other girl whose foster father was the school guidance counselor.
Letteyeti
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I know I am more of a people person and not so much a Math/Science person. I am going into my Junior year this year and it is suppose to be this year that I start forming what I like to do in college so next year I can start applying right as soon as I start my Senior year. We shall see where my Junior year takes me this year.
Goofyernmost
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I feel I should explain my statement of not having a career path..
I did have some path as my major in College was Business Management. That is a general catch all and really isn't a definable career.
While in college I drove a delivery truck for a hospital supply company part time....
After college (in fact the day after) I was in the Air Force with an Inventory Management Specialist title.
Even with that I learned how to operate front end loaders and fork lifts of all shapes and sizes.
I got exposure to the early days of computers when the computer filled a 20 x 20 room and the hard drive weighed 300 pounds of polished metal. At least that is what I think it was made of.
After college I became the Manager of a Ben Franklin Variety Store for a couple of years.
Then I went into publishing of a shopping newspaper, which in turn became a webb printing business for quite a few years until I go bored. (14+ years) While there I learned how to do graphic arts, offset Photo's (with halftones), press plates, operate printing presses that could print up to 48 pages of tabloids with full color shopping circulars and news papers as well as publishing a number of misc. things.
Somewhere after that I owned and operated a Residential Care home taking care of Elderly, Mentally and physically challenged and mentally ill people providing room and board, laundry service and basically maid service along with Transportation to appointments. That is an occupation where the burn out can come quite quick. I think about another 14 years.
Following that I actually went into Accounting for two different construction companies over another few years, Not both at the same time.
Since it actually didn't take very long to get bored with that I made yet another major change and decided to get out of management. I got a CDL and found a job as a municipal bus driver which got old surprisingly quickly so after a few years I remained in the busing business but in a field management position.
Right now I am doing my favorite career which consists of being retired and playing golf. My favorite to this point.
There were a few odds and ends like a Temporary job with IBM working the line creating computer chips. Perhaps that is why those masks don't bother me. I worked in a clean room with every inch of my body covered with special clothing, booties, hoods with masks and rubber gloves. No choice of whether or not you would wear them.
Moral of the story... you don't need to have a specific target to get through life. I was always learning something new and I enjoyed that, but I tend to get bored with stuff quickly.
I did have some path as my major in College was Business Management. That is a general catch all and really isn't a definable career.
While in college I drove a delivery truck for a hospital supply company part time....
After college (in fact the day after) I was in the Air Force with an Inventory Management Specialist title.
Even with that I learned how to operate front end loaders and fork lifts of all shapes and sizes.
I got exposure to the early days of computers when the computer filled a 20 x 20 room and the hard drive weighed 300 pounds of polished metal. At least that is what I think it was made of.
After college I became the Manager of a Ben Franklin Variety Store for a couple of years.
Then I went into publishing of a shopping newspaper, which in turn became a webb printing business for quite a few years until I go bored. (14+ years) While there I learned how to do graphic arts, offset Photo's (with halftones), press plates, operate printing presses that could print up to 48 pages of tabloids with full color shopping circulars and news papers as well as publishing a number of misc. things.
Somewhere after that I owned and operated a Residential Care home taking care of Elderly, Mentally and physically challenged and mentally ill people providing room and board, laundry service and basically maid service along with Transportation to appointments. That is an occupation where the burn out can come quite quick. I think about another 14 years.
Following that I actually went into Accounting for two different construction companies over another few years, Not both at the same time.
Since it actually didn't take very long to get bored with that I made yet another major change and decided to get out of management. I got a CDL and found a job as a municipal bus driver which got old surprisingly quickly so after a few years I remained in the busing business but in a field management position.
Right now I am doing my favorite career which consists of being retired and playing golf. My favorite to this point.
There were a few odds and ends like a Temporary job with IBM working the line creating computer chips. Perhaps that is why those masks don't bother me. I worked in a clean room with every inch of my body covered with special clothing, booties, hoods with masks and rubber gloves. No choice of whether or not you would wear them.
Moral of the story... you don't need to have a specific target to get through life. I was always learning something new and I enjoyed that, but I tend to get bored with stuff quickly.
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Goofyernmost
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Just maintain focus and don't let yourself give up on quality goals. I was part of the Woodstock, hippy, never trust anyone over 35 generation and we have screwed things up worse than any previous generation over the last 100 years. I'm thinking that I will not live long enough to see what we messed up corrected, but I am hoping my children/grandchildren, etc. do.
Letteyeti
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First off you deserve every bit of that favorite career choice of being retire. You may not have had a specific career path, but damn you are such a well rounded person that knows a ton of stuff. That right there just blows my mind that one person could do all of those things and succeed at them too. That deserves a huge CONGRATULATIONS right there. You know if I could just succeed at one of those things in life I would say I was successful. This post right here I want to print out and frame and just from time to time look at so I can say to myself I can do it and give me motivation. Thank you for this so much.I feel I should explain my statement of not having a career path..
I did have some path as my major in College was Business Management. That is a general catch all and really isn't a definable career.
While in college I drove a delivery truck for a hospital supply company part time....
After college (in fact the day after) I was in the Air Force with an Inventory Management Specialist title.
Even with that I learned how to operate front end loaders and fork lifts of all shapes and sizes.
I got exposure to the early days of computers when the computer filled a 20 x 20 room and the hard drive weighed 300 pounds of polished metal. At least that is what I think it was made of.
After college I became the Manager of a Ben Franklin Variety Store for a couple of years.
Then I went into publishing of a shopping newspaper, which in turn became a webb printing business for quite a few years until I go bored. (14+ years) While there I learned how to make offset Photo's (with halftones), press plates, operate printing presses that could print up to 48 pages of tabloids with full color shopping circulars and news papers as well as publishing a number of misc. things.
Somewhere after that I owned and operated a Residential Care home taking care of Elderly, Mentally and physically challenged and mentally ill people providing room and board, laundry service and basically maid service along with Transportation to appointments. That is an occupation where the burn out can come quite quick. I think about another 14 years.
Following that I actually went into Accounting for two different construction companies over another few years, Not both at the same time.
Since it actually didn't take very long to get bored with that I made yet another major change and decided to get out of management. I got a CDL and found a job as a municipal bus driver which got old surprisingly quickly so after a few years I remained in the busing business but in a field management position.
Right now I am doing my favorite career which consists of being retired and playing golf. My favorite to this point.
There were a few odds and ends like a Temporary job with IBM working the line creating computer chips. Perhaps that is why those masks don't bother me. I worked in a clean room with every inch of my body covered with special clothing, booties, hoods with masks and rubber gloves. No choice of whether or not you would wear them.
MinnieM123
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Letteyeti
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I hope I can make first my parents proud and the generations before me proud. I look at my peers in my age group like Greta Thunberg and the amazing things she has done. We are young but we can change things too.
MinnieM123
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Well, no secret here that I absolutely need A/C in the summer.
Although I completely understand trying to save some money, my unsolicited opinion is that it's a medical necessity for you, to have it when you're trying to get sleep. If you hadn't had that stroke and headaches, I might not be pushing it so much for you.
StarWarsGirl
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Well, if you're pretty sure you want to go to college and you wouldn't rather learn a trade (ex. Hair cutting, estitician, etc) then you can figure it out in college. My school had you select a major, and then dumped your major courses on you right away so that if you didn't like it, you could switch right away. Other schools might have you start with your gen eds and then have you choose a major.So in college you actually change your mind on what you want to do a few times before you actually figure it out. That really isn't what the counselors tell you here. They are like lets figure out what you want to major in. I am like I have no clue I am 16 years old!!! So you are good at Math stuff. Hmmm, good to know.
I was fairly certain business was my route, so I went to school for business admin. The good thing about that degree is that there's a lot of ways you can take it, and now that I've been working, I know more specifics and can go take the extra courses. I did know a girl who changed her major three times in college. I tutored in accounting (really, I should have listened to my professor given that he was right, he told me to switch majors) and so many people switched majors after the first accounting course because some of the business administration courses were finance heavy. So no, your counselors telling you that you have to know exactly what you want to do right out of high school is a lie. A general idea is good, but you're entitled to change your mind.