Two Random Points
The Olympics are over! :( - But the hockey game was amazing. I'm sure people will be talking about it forever.. at least in Canada.
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Had a flashback the other day from high school that I thought was pretty interesting.
I'll preface this by saying I think I'm still bitter about the whole situation, but anyways.
Near the end of my 2nd last year in high school, they initiated a program that consisted of student counselors or peer supports. The concept was based on finding students in the school who were good at active listening, answering questions and train them so that other students can approach them to talk about things instead of always having to find a guidance counselor or whatever. They found these people by having them "interview" with other students, and they also had to be nominated/be supported by x number of people.
Anyhow - at the time I didn't get in for whatever reason. I never actually saw the results of this program because the training took a school year and by the time they were done, I was out of the school anyways.
So. Thinking about the people who got in - I'm pretty sure all of them went into business programs (either heard through the grapevine/still somewhat keep in touch/facebook). I find this interesting only because I wonder what the selection process was at the time. How many people joined because it looked really good on your University application? How many people actually gave a crap about listening to other people's problems?
I half wonder whether I went into social work because I wanted to prove to someone that I am good at this field even though I didn't pass the criteria when I was younger. Like I said, I think I'm still bitter about not being allowed into the cool group. :P
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Random thing I'm noticing recently - when I was younger, and things were stressful/crappy/whatever I would usually go on a shopping spree to feel better. Of course, at the time I didn't have much income to work with, so it tended to be a lot of looking and considering. But I still liked to just walk around stores.
Now that I have a full-time job and I can spend money on pretty much anything, I don't. I rarely go on shopping sprees anymore, haven't been to a mall to look at stuff in a while. It's weird. It's like now that I have the power to spend, I actually don't want to. I'm much more focused on saving instead. I wonder if this comes with getting older.
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Had a flashback the other day from high school that I thought was pretty interesting.
I'll preface this by saying I think I'm still bitter about the whole situation, but anyways.
Near the end of my 2nd last year in high school, they initiated a program that consisted of student counselors or peer supports. The concept was based on finding students in the school who were good at active listening, answering questions and train them so that other students can approach them to talk about things instead of always having to find a guidance counselor or whatever. They found these people by having them "interview" with other students, and they also had to be nominated/be supported by x number of people.
Anyhow - at the time I didn't get in for whatever reason. I never actually saw the results of this program because the training took a school year and by the time they were done, I was out of the school anyways.
So. Thinking about the people who got in - I'm pretty sure all of them went into business programs (either heard through the grapevine/still somewhat keep in touch/facebook). I find this interesting only because I wonder what the selection process was at the time. How many people joined because it looked really good on your University application? How many people actually gave a crap about listening to other people's problems?
I half wonder whether I went into social work because I wanted to prove to someone that I am good at this field even though I didn't pass the criteria when I was younger. Like I said, I think I'm still bitter about not being allowed into the cool group. :P
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Random thing I'm noticing recently - when I was younger, and things were stressful/crappy/whatever I would usually go on a shopping spree to feel better. Of course, at the time I didn't have much income to work with, so it tended to be a lot of looking and considering. But I still liked to just walk around stores.
Now that I have a full-time job and I can spend money on pretty much anything, I don't. I rarely go on shopping sprees anymore, haven't been to a mall to look at stuff in a while. It's weird. It's like now that I have the power to spend, I actually don't want to. I'm much more focused on saving instead. I wonder if this comes with getting older.