Gosh, lots of you have interesting jobs. 😀

Me...I've graduated from college with a degree in two fields, Anthropology and Philosophy (yeah...the poor man degrees unless you get a PhD)... I'm now earning my Masters in two degrees, an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and as M.S. in publishing. 😳

My hope is to get into a publishing company of either a) manga/graphic novels or b) slash/sci-fi/fantasy books. 😎

I like to read. 😃
I also read a lot of fanfiction.

I'm too lazy or unqualified to get a job. Because I have practically zip experience since my mom didn't want me to work so I had work-study, internships, and working as seasonal staff for my dorm. I had a job this summer as a cashier in a sporting goods store and I had to quit because I was completely miserable and standing for 8 hours a day was murder on my knees. 😔

My mom thinks I should be a writer.... I prefer to critique other writers and work with them through plot ideas, basically being an editor. 😉

My student loan debt at the moment is enough to get me a high end car. Thus I'm waiting out the collecting by going back to school. ;d I'm thinking of trying to earn a PhD or another Masters or two... That should keep them off for another five or so years. 🤢

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I'm gonna be an/a __________.

a) Astronaut
l) Lawyer
r) Roadsweeper
aota) All of the above

Answer: aota

Join the Navy. That will give you a chance to do all of those.

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Livin just to keep from dyin
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I'm gonna be an/a __________.

a) Astronaut
l) Lawyer
r) Roadsweeper
aota) All of the above

Answer: aota

Join the Navy

The Navy is good. They have great benefits, more often than not you are not involved in combat, and they mainly treat you right. It is difficult to be in the Navy if you are female...or gay.

I have several members in my family who have been/or are still in the Navy tell some stories. It is difficult to get away from people when you are stuck on a ship...and there have been known for 'accidents' to happen and a person ends up overboard.

But overall, it's a good portion of the service. They are really good on paying for your education. My eldest brother spent 15 years on subs....and other stuff and the Navy is helping to pay for his Masters.

So...if you really want to do all that. The Navy is a good choice, especially because of A. Being an airforce or navy pilot is a damn good way to get into the program.

I'm at school to become a high school English teacher. Even I think I'm insane (especially when I start thinking about essays), but that's my plan. I pretty much live for reading and it's been my dream since 3rd grade to be a teacher...

I am a breath of insanity in a world of chaos.

Me: Performing Random Acts of Klutziness for over 30 years.

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I'm at school to become a high school English teacher. Even I think I'm insane (especially when I start thinking about essays), but that's my plan. I pretty much live for reading and it's been my dream since 3rd grade to be a teacher...

I hope you make it better than I did. I'm going to tell you this story not to scare you, but to hope that you learn from my mistakes, so that it will go better for you.

I had wanted to be a teacher since I was 5 years old. I started off wanting to teach math, but I fell in love with Spanish in HS and changed to that. I got my degree (B.A.) in Spanish from UNC-Charlotte with an education certificate (because that was my only option if I wanted to teach HS. If you want to teach elementary or middle, you get an education degree or a double-major instead - I got gipped on the double-major even though that's how hard I worked. Anyway...) and I interviewed all summer. I got a job a week before school started. I was lucky enough to find a woman to let me board in her house until I found an apartment, it all happened so fast.

It was split 1/2 day in a HS, and 1/2 day in a Jr. High which was 30 minutes away by car. The drive was essentially my lunch break, unless I wanted to wait until 2pm to each during my single 40-minute planning period during the day.

I taught all Year 1 Spanish, but I had a weird schedule of classes that caused me to have a 90-minute 1A prep (2 classes), a 50-minute 1A prep (1 class), a 35-minute 1A prep (2 classes @Jr High), and a 35-minute prep for 1B [the second half of the book] (2 classes @Jr High). I had my own classroom in the HS, but I had to change classrooms every 6 weeks in the Jr High.

(By the way, I wasn't even 22 yet, and teaching several 18 year olds, and one 20-year old who was repeating his junior year again. That was odd...)

I worked my butt off and was so stressed that I knew in October that I wouldn't make it a whole year at that pace, and I told them so in October. I also already knew that the schedule was year long, not semester long, and it wasn't going to change, so when the semesters changed and my schedule didn't, I gave them the option of me staying in one of the 2 schools (because I didn't want to ditch ALL of the kids), but not both. They said they'd rather find someone for the full-time position than a part-timer. I was told that "there are a lot of people who would kill for this position because it's all 'year 1'." I told them (politely) to kiss my butt and find someone else to kill for it then. They got 2 weeks notice. I lost quite a bit of weight due to stress in those 6 months.

(Through a teacher exchange program between the US, Canada, and Argentina, they got a teacher to fly up from Argentina to take the position. She flew in on Sunday, had a teacher workday on Monday, and started teaching on Tuesday. I did my best to leave the kids in convenient places for her to begin, and let her know who to rely on in the classes.)

I thought that summer about trying again the next school year, and I interviewed and found what I expect was a really great position in a much better school system. Unfortunately, I was so upset and distressed from the previous year, that I started losing sleep about what I would need to do before I had even accepted the position. (It was June, so I had several months to begin preparing if I wanted, but I couldn't bring myself to go through it again.)

I went home to my HS and asked one of my old Spanish teachers about how my school treated new teachers. What she said is that new teachers NEVER taught more than 1 class their first year, because they have so much prep-work and learning to do in the first year.

So, all that is to say: Don't get screwed on your first position. Be picky! Don't settle, and don't let them talk you into something just because it's close to the start of the school year and you don't have a job yet. Be careful about the number of preps you take on, and DO NOT SPLIT SCHOOLS (unless they're right next door to each other-- A 30-minute drive was insane and should've never been turned into a single teaching position.) And if you don't like something, get out while you can. Once the unions get their hooks into you, it practically becomes impossible.

Best of luck to you!

(As for me, I did temp work for a year, and then a friend suggested teaching computer software at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. I really enjoyed that job because I still got to teach something I loved, mostly website design. These days I'm managing a website design department, but I miss teaching.)

If you've ever thought or said "Nice Guys finish last" and really meant it, then you should probably read this LJ post by DivaLion. It's incredibly insightful whether you're male or female.

From a bumper sticker I like:
"If you're gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair."

Oh my gosh! Poor Liria! That sounds horrible! I just got back from teaching an 11 yr old girl for a semester. She was the daughter of my ex-pastor and they'd moved to africa as missionaries n needed a teacher. I have no teaching experience and was just going because it'd been a year and no one had applied and I'd been homeschooled for a while. Really the only reason I went was cuz no one else would do it. I got all my vaccines and malaria medication and got on a 24 hr flight. I know, I was crazy. I ended up living with them for the whole semester. If you ever decide to do something like that MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR VERY OWN LIVING QUARTERS!!!!!! The reason for this is the lines of privacy, of what you can and can't do get very blurry. It's like you become part of the family but you can't act like a kid because you're the grown up teacher. You become a 24/7 role model/friend/teacher/older sister/confidant/daughter/stranger and finding a balance between all that is very hard and confusing. NEVER FORGET YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE FAMILY, no matter how nice the family is or how well you get along. It's just overall easier and safer this way in the long run.

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@Liria & Ennui
Wow!!... the two of you have my respect.
I've never been a teacher of any sort (unless giving piano lessons count), so I can't really relate, though. Glad to hear the both of you currently enjoy what you're doing.

As for me,
I've already posted my job spec somewhere in this thread, but it's been a bit stressful lately. 🙁
Maybe I should become a pizza delivery boy..... at least I'll get to ride my bike more often.

Point & Squirt

I'm a student at the moment. I'm in my second year of Bioveterinary Science at the University of Liverpool. I currently have 3 jobs, one as a museum assistant in the National Football Museum, one as a bartender in my student guild and one as a tour guide for my university. After I graduate I plan to do a PhD is Genetics and a PhD in immunology and go on to study the genetics of disease and help disease prevention that way. I want to work primarily with cancer research in dogs.

At some point I plan to do Veterinary Medicine so I can become a practicing vet rather than a researcher. When I have enough money saved up I'm going to emigrate to Namibia in Africa to be a wildlife vet there and maybe some study into the wildlife there.

I have big plans for my life. I'm one of these people who plan for every eventuality and I'm a total perfectionist, I won't accept anything less than a first degree since I know I'm perfectly capable of it. My mum tells me I'm one of those people who will always be ok no matter what happens because I plan so much and adapt so well to changes in my plan as well as having a stupid determination that causes me to push myself to my limits, so much so that I make myself ill, lol. I'm a little odd.

I'm also writing a novel and I'm a published poet so I'm hoping to get published and maybe generate a little money that way. I refused to study English beyound high school because I think wiriting should be enjoyed not analysed. Plus I'm very scientific in my thinking so a scientist is the perfect job for me and the vet aspect stems from my love of animals.

The pen is mightier than the sword...and considerably easier to write with.

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@Liria & Ennui
Wow!!... the two of you have my respect.

You know, I have always personally reflected with less than satisfaction on that situation. It grates me to no end that I "couldn't even stick it out one year." Don't get me wrong, under the conditions I feel justified, but it still always bothered me on a personal level that I didn't do it. It's a personal failure that will always bother me. 🙁 The fact that it does is part of my work ethic, part of who I am. I love teaching, to this day.

(I should've listened to my favorite college professor - he taught Spanish III and several Spanish Lit. classes - he told me that I didn't want to teach HS, I wanted to teach at the college level. I didn't listen, but he was right.)

What's worse is that some of the 8th graders I was teaching had already lost 2 of their 4 pod teachers that year. I really wanted to stay in the middle school for them. (The middle school was 5 minutes from my apartment, which was nice. That was the fall that Princess Diana died, because I was grading papers on my living room floor when I saw the news.)

If you've ever thought or said "Nice Guys finish last" and really meant it, then you should probably read this LJ post by DivaLion. It's incredibly insightful whether you're male or female.

From a bumper sticker I like:
"If you're gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair."

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As for me,
I've already posted my job spec somewhere in this thread, but it's been a bit stressful lately. 🙁
Maybe I should become a pizza delivery boy..... at least I'll get to ride my bike more often.

WANTON RIDER!!

Unemployed at the moment...finishing with the uni...I may take a part time job soon.

If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up

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@Liria & Ennui

As for me,
I've already posted my job spec somewhere in this thread, but it's been a bit stressful lately. 🙁
Maybe I should become a pizza delivery boy..... at least I'll get to ride my bike more often.

How would you carry the pizza?

I am the head veterinary technician at my place of business. I am not certified, that would require going back to school and despite being close to a puny AA degree I am not that great when it comes to the "typical" way of learning and am seriously procrastinating.

I use to want to be a vet, actually for the longest time I was planning on going to a junior college and then transfer to UC Davis for their vet school, but as stated above that didn't happen. I give now, my knowledge from experience...you find what you want by trying it out first. I volunteered at my work for years, starting when I was 15yrs. Staying there I ended up getting a part time job, then offered a full time position, they then sprung the responsibility of head tech. on me when I was about 19yrs, they trained me for the position in such a short time (that's what happens when people have babies). By volunteering and working there (and remembering how much I hate people and interacting with them) I found that Vets primarily talk with people all day. Oh, let me tell you people can be even crazier with their pets than some people are with their kids. People always ask me if it is great to work with animals (because they all would love to be able to) WELL it isn't all sunshine and lollipops, animals are difficult to handle (most people can't understand that unless they do the job everyday). Animals come to us b/c they are sick, they are scared, they bite, they defecate on you, and many other unpleasant things. Yeah there are cute puppies, but some aren't so cute when you have to give a shot to them. I know, I may be jaded now, but in reality, despite my title, I am just a glorified cleaner. I pick up sh*t, clean it off counters/floors, and look at it under microscopes. Work is work when you get down to the core of it all.
But, despite my bitter sounding paragraph and the stupid people I work with, I am glad at the opportunity I was given. Not to mention, I have been able (with paid vacation) to still go to places like Europe, so not all hope is lost...this year JAPAN!

Moral of the story is volunteer if you can. It could truly help with your decisions in the future. Me, I am glad I didn't waste thousand and thousands of dollars on vet school, specially when it was so simple to find that out while I was still in high school.

"Squeak Squeaken, Squeak Squeaker"

I'll be working as an Assistant Tennis Coach this summer. 🙂

Common sense just isn't that common

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YAY!!!!! I love talking about my job!!

I have the best job ever! I work for a videogame accessory company and play video games all day andproject manage the creation of new products and accessories! Lately I made the Xbox360 Intercooler, and before that I made a bunch of Gamecube controllers and right now I am working on a top secret Guitar for GH on PS2- I'll tell you guys all about it when we have our press release.....

Before that I made action figures for Pokemon!! I made the Atack action bases and and the throw Pokeball and the soft pokeball and the 5"Mini Plush Pokemons!!

My job is great and I make a lot of money and I'm happy to brag about it any chance I get.

I have to stress that this is the most awesome job ever! ;____;

I actually never had a student job before. I don't know why. Guess I'm scared for my first time. xD; And I think I want to do something with computers in my life. But what, I'm not really certain... I hope I'll figure it out along the way.

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YAY!!!!! I love talking about my job!!

Omg...I think I hate you! ;________________;

I'm a freshmen in college now and working as well. But I'm only an intern as of now, which btw sucks...;________; But I'm happy with my job, I meet new people and well it's fun. Ahem, I'm an intern at a recording studio so most of the time I am learning about composing music and marketing stuff.

Before this I only ever had working experience at an animal clinic, working as a vet's assistant. So ya...O_O

I'm still not sure what I want to do in life, I know I'm really late with this, but I have lots of options as of now. :3

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