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28 going on 29 and I've been clueless since graduating high school.
During grade school years, I had aspirations of becoming a cop, a fighter-pilot, or some other type of bad-@ ss title.
But as the years dragged on, math was a Mt Everest of a challenge to obtain the education required to be an officer in some branch of the armed forces.
Law enforcement, bad credit, poor shape, or poor mental health shot that down.
However, the most I managed to accomplish was get a guard card and a CDL-A within the past 10 years.
Amazingly, these were two job fields I never envisioned myself getting into when I was younger.
As much as I don't particularly care for them, they are a form of an income.
That alone right there has fired me into a new goal:
-Get out of the house and state before I turn 30.
That alone will be a rather large milestone by itself.
What illness would this be? It seems to not have hampered your ability to get accepted and graduate from college but it really has interfered with your ability to work. I really don't understand.
I dont know what it is, its foiled nearly 20 doctors of differing specialties.
And, it actually grossly interfered with me graduating from college. I lost practically a whole point on my GPA from the middle of my junior year until I graduated because I was in some doctor appointment, test, or extremely ill constantly. I even worked out with a deal with one professor to only show up for classes on test days (this was long before the online class phenomenon). I didnt get sick until into my junior year, so, it didnt effect me getting accepted at all.
It was a little bit easier in school though, I lived like 10 minutes away, and I could set up my classes so that it was like working a part time job. What was really a hassle was ALSO trying to work 40 hours a week on top of that, which I eventually couldnt manage part way through the second half of my senior year.
The articles have real data it just so happens many people read them and don't realize they aren't as smart or talented as the ones in the article getting those jobs.
The articles have misleading data largely out of context.
By the way, if being smart equated to being paid well, Id be in the top 3% of people, which is where my tested IQ lies.
Instead, nobody has chosen to take advantage of my abilities or high level of intellegence, and that has more to do my lack of connections or "certifications", then any level of intellgence.
education? isn't that like a made job as long as they need teachers? idk my whole family are teachers and principals so i figured it was easy.
Thats a good point. I don't know, it is the most commonly left profession nowdays. It probably depends where you choose to live and how the system is there.
The articles have misleading data largely out of context.
By the way, if being smart equated to being paid well, Id be in the top 3% of people, which is where my tested IQ lies.
Instead, nobody has chosen to take advantage of my abilities or high level of intellegence, and that has more to do my lack of connections or "certifications", then any level of intellgence.
Being smart does equate to being paid well. Just look at average salaries by university.
What a great message thread. I'm 26 years old and I realized that I wouldn't be able to live out my dreams when I was 23 years old. Instead of a mid-life crisis, I had a "quarter-life" crisis. When I was in highschool I formed my plan. I was going to attend college and graduate with a bachelor's of accounting degree and possibly pursue a CPA license. I wanted to work in the accounting field and make a decent salary with benefits a few perks. I wanted to be able to travel for my summer vacations, own a home or a condo, and a nice car.
However, that never materialized. I attempted college twice. The First attempt was at a local private college which I attended for a year (2003-2004). Big mistake, I owe $12k in student loan debt. The second attempt was at a local community college in 2009. I enjoyed the course work and my grades were great.
However, my problem is a financial one. My mother is a single parent of two children (my sister and I). She never went to college and was only a HS graduate. I started working at the age of 14 and I've been supporting my family ever since. My mom never made enough money to fully take care of the household so we live paycheck to paycheck. Even as I type this I make more money at my ****ty customer service job than my mom or my sister does so my income is the core of my family surviving at this time. If my mother was financially able to support me during my "college" years, I could have devoted my life to getting a degree instead of worrying about bills, evictions, or the car breaking down. Living paycheck to paycheck is like living on an edge of a cliff with a knife at your throat.
I'm a single guy with no children but because my mom and sister don't earn enough on their jobs to keep the household afloat, I feel like I inherited a "broke family" that's somehow my responsibility to help take care of.
Location: where people are either too stupid to leave or too stuck to move
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22 after graduating from college. A degree in English Literature is not a real degree! People who got the jobs I would have loved "knew someone.".
yea me too, i didn't realize how much nepotism or knowing someone plays into most parts of success, and its more important then what you know, your skills alot of the times.
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Originally Posted by Pear Martini
Thats a good point. I don't know, it is the most commonly left profession nowdays. It probably depends where you choose to live and how the system is there.
my mom became a teacher because she couldn't afford to be a lawyer and she hates every single minute of it. anyways alot of people who can't find the jobs they want are working for teach for america i find
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Originally Posted by Gatornation
Being smart does equate to being paid well. Just look at average salaries by university.
street/common sense smarts maybe more usable..something i don't have
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Originally Posted by starhawk18
What a great message thread. I'm 26 years old and I realized that I wouldn't be able to live out my dreams when I was 23 years old. Instead of a mid-life crisis, I had a "quarter-life" crisis. When I was in highschool I formed my plan. I was going to attend college and graduate with a bachelor's of accounting degree and possibly pursue a CPA license. I wanted to work in the accounting field and make a decent salary with benefits a few perks. I wanted to be able to travel for my summer vacations, own a home or a condo, and a nice car.
However, that never materialized. I attempted college twice. The First attempt was at a local private college which I attended for a year (2003-2004). Big mistake, I owe $12k in student loan debt. The second attempt was at a local community college in 2009. I enjoyed the course work and my grades were great.
However, my problem is a financial one. My mother is a single parent of two children (my sister and I). She never went to college and was only a HS graduate. I started working at the age of 14 and I've been supporting my family ever since. My mom never made enough money to fully take care of the household so we live paycheck to paycheck. Even as I type this I make more money at my ****ty customer service job than my mom or my sister does so my income is the core of my family surviving at this time. If my mother was financially able to support me during my "college" years, I could have devoted my life to getting a degree instead of worrying about bills, evictions, or the car breaking down. Living paycheck to paycheck is like living on an edge of a cliff with a knife at your throat.
I'm a single guy with no children but because my mom and sister don't earn enough on their jobs to keep the household afloat, I feel like I inherited a "broke family" that's somehow my responsibility to help take care of.
i have a lot of friends like this .. i like that quote
At what age did you realize you are not going to get to be what you wanted to be when you grow up? whether because of the economy or not the right connections?
(I don't mean like being a movie star or rock star)
The articles have misleading data largely out of context.
By the way, if being smart equated to being paid well, Id be in the top 3% of people, which is where my tested IQ lies.
Instead, nobody has chosen to take advantage of my abilities or high level of intellegence, and that has more to do my lack of connections or "certifications", then any level of intellgence.
Being smart never hurts, but what may be even more important is being able to use those smarts to some advantage. Work ethic definitely has a place in the equation. Don't blame others for your shortcomings, no one will take you seriously if you do that. Instead, figure out why YOU aren't taking advantage of your so called "high level of intelligence". For someone who claims to be so smart, why did you misspell intelligence not once, but twice? Sorry, your posts make you appear rather average.
Between 21 and 22, when I found out I have an illness that will always hand cuff me, and when I found out my degree is not remotely as employable as it was pimped to be, and I ended up taking a temp job for $10 an hour when I graduated college, and never received that "50k offer" I was supposed to get (hell, I STILL havent had a 50k offer, 8 years later).
AMEN...Same boat except I'm 4 years and a semester out of college
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