I have nothing to do right now. I'm somewhat less than a productive member of society. I'm not all that ambitious, perhaps that's a problem? I don't know, it's not like I don't try. On many occasions I have tried to fill my days with work yet all things seem to fall through. It's not that there aren't enough jobs, no there are plenty of those. What I lack is experience in any trade. That seems to be an all to common trait in my generation. So much so that places that require no expertise at all are so loaded with workers that they do not wish to take on any more employees. Already pay in such places is spread pretty thin.
Actually, I can't say that I lack "any" expertise. I spent many years working as an instructor at my old martial arts school. I'm pretty good at working with children, not sure why that is... I'm hoping that the most recent place I have sought employment will accept my services. It would be wonderful to once again say that I am employed. Besides, as a student I lack any funds to speak of. Everything goes into my education. Which by the way, I haven't yet decided where that is going. I want to be a missionary but I also need some trade or profession. What I'd love to be is some sort of historian. I love history... perhaps I'll fair better in this subject than I did in Biology. As much as I love science, I'm not all that gifted in that particular field. I have the love, I just lack the understanding grasp that my fellow students possess. Unfortunate really, I was looking forward to a life as a scientist. Well, I guess all I can do is take hold of one of my more useful abilities. That is to pick myself back up and move on. I wonder sometimes if I'm not phased quite enough by the obstacles of life. Though I can carry on and it takes a whole lot of damage before I realise exactly how messed up I am, by then I'm pretty deep. I must strive to make sure that my academics do not suffer in this way.
No Fires Here
14 years ago
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My mom just sent me your blog url. I didn't even know you had one!
Ickie was a history major at Auburn, did you know that? You're welcome to ask him any questions about it. Let me know if you'd like his email address. He loved and felt it prepared him well for seminary and grad school.
Have you considered Cultural Anthropology? Before I went overseas, we had a prominent cultural anthropologist come and lecture us. World history would be a good base for that, and I'm sure some grad schools/seminaries would have concentrations in that field (Golden Gate BTS I'm almost sure does). I found it very interesting and very helpful to keep in mind as I experienced culture shock in Indo.
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