Yogi on the bandwagon; Indeed great post, Hobbes.
I'd like to add my piece:
Some youngsters, however smart they are, just can't manage school/study because of
various reasons.
In my case, i was too fucked up by my situation at home to come to any serious
result at school.
In referance to Hobbes, what i most missed was a firm, but warm, kick in the
ass.
Apart from the fact i could be a true pain in the ass.........
After i left my home at 14 to live with a (temporarily) fosterfamily, my
grades went up to straight A's!!!!
Pity i could only live there for 8 months.
The family i moved to after that were great, sweet people.
Their ways of raising kids was not what i "needed" at that time , though.....
A lot of self-discipine was not exactly my strongpoint at that age.
Hence my grades dropped dramatically and after flunking twice, i decided
to drop school and go to work.(i was seventeen by then)
After some really crappy jobs i decided to become a nurse, as i could work
(money!!!)and study at the same time.
(another "small" benefit: mucho sweet girls around!!!)
After an operation on my back, i switched to psychiatric nurse(orderly) and
succesfully went to parttime college(for psychiatry) and got my degree.
After 18 years of taking care of people, my "caring" candle went out and
i changed to music/soundengineering.......(wich has been my hobby since
highschool).
With selfstudy i worked myself up to one of the specialists in computermusic
in my country and opened a store 7 years ago....
It lasted 4 sweet years with promising sales, till the economy went down and
sales dropped dramatically after the Euro was introduced.
I was lucky enough i could decide to close my shop without any debts.
And lucky enough to have a girlfriend(the light of my life!!!) who didn't
mind having a housekeeper as her mate.
I still have some clients with studios i work for and though i only get to keep
10-20% of my earnings(rest is deducted from my benefits), it's nice to stay
in the bizz.
Aside from that i'm developing a therapy for stressed horses and their owners,
for wich i study with the help of Fre.( she studies Pat Parelli , natural horsemanship, i call my "therapy" sensitive horsemanship)
With some friends we are working on a plan to open a "HealthFarm" for
horses.
I see a lot of people with a good education, who can't get a job anyhow.
I also see some very rich people who never finished highschool.
If you are in the capacity to study, please do.
If you are not, try to find a direction you want to go, workwise.
Imho joy in your work should allways prevail over earnings.
And remember you are never to old to study!!!
Yogi
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Originally Posted by Djtima
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