School life...work...future...

[jehoshabeath]

I am tired of the school life. Where I study and study, devoting my all to a vision that vanishes within a few passes of the moon. Some say I should not devote so much to my semester classes, but I cannot help it. I cannot hold back my most sincere efforts. It's just the way I am

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[lemur_cat]

Here's how I feel as someone in her first job. The good thing about jobs is that you get paid and hopefully you are useful, and if you mess up it won't affect your grade and won't have any real consequences for you unless you get fired. The bad thing is that you get get paid the same if you are awesome as if you are barely acceptable (there are probably jobs where you can get promoted or something but I don't have one, and actually I don't want a competitive job because I hate being competitive) and it doesn't feel good to screw up and have this affect other people's lives, whereas with classes it would only affect your own grades

[jehoshabeath]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

I suppose either work or school has its good and bad points... I do hope you can find more time in the future somehow. I know that when I am tired and rushed, it is a terrible feeling.

One career test I took told me that I would make a good surgeon, because I am so careful and like detail. Still, if I were responsible for someone's death, I just wouldn't be able to deal with that... I think the risk in dealing with books is much less stressful. Well, maybe I will crack the spine of the binding or spill my tea on them, but, hey, umm, that's why I don't want to work with rare books or special collections ^_^;;

[lemur_cat]

Sometimes I think I'd like to be a veterinarian, but I'm squeamish and I suspect you have to perform unnecessary surgeries on animals that get euthanized afterward to get your degree. So I think that after someone finally invents an injection to sterilize cats and dogs, I'd like to get licensed as some kind of pet nurse so I could help reduce overpopulation. But not as a job, just as a volunteering thing. All the fun and worthwhile things I want to do, I cannot get paid for

[jehoshabeath]

Ohh, it would be great if you could volunteer at a pet hospital! I know you would do well, because you have a real heart for the patients ^__^

I also hope you can get an internship! That sounds like it would be fun and helpful in general. It would definitely beat those instructions manuals! I want to make online resources someday, but nobody will hire me to make them, because I make things that nobody cares about (or the people that do have no money!). Still, at least we live in countries where we have the freedom to follow interests like those :)