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Old 12-14-2006, 02:03 PM   #41 (permalink)
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If anything, college showed me how many people in the world simply don't deserve college and shouldn't be paid what they are.
Even more so, it shows you how many people in the world just don't care (as well).
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Old 12-14-2006, 03:45 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Wow, a lot of people feel they are qualified to teach, but just need a piece of paper I love how that thinking works...which is why people say that we're overpaid...anyone can do it. Sorry, but it seems that just because everyone had to go to school, they know what it's all about. I've been to hospitals and dentists, but I wouldn't know how to do their job. Just saying...

Anyway, I struggled with my career choice for a few years. I did some work that I qualified for, but hated. Recruting and sales. I ran back to teaching...literally ran to the board office. I was supposed to go to my office job, but I bailed on the bus and ran to the Board of Education instead. I discovered that it is what I enjoy, I'm qualified to do it and paying off the degrees still, and it's where I'm comfortable. So I'm in my 7th year of teaching and my days of dreaming of the greener grass careers are over.
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Old 12-15-2006, 12:51 AM   #43 (permalink)
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I'm the opposite. I was in the DJ game for a while and yes it was amazing, yes the stories are true, yes you will get laid, the money isn't what is should be (unless you're a god figure like Dieselboy etc).

I want to be on the production side. That's where the money is. I have all these great ideas floating around in my head for songs and remixes but I lack the patience to put them down into Reason or other software.

btw, which decks are you saving up for? Please tell me Technics.
I don't think I want to be in it for those reasons. I wouldn't be doing it for the money/sex/fame. Just sharing good, quality house music with like-minded people who appreciate a good tune - that'd be enough.

I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm not one of the Technics faithful. Don't get me wrong - Technics decks are legend in their own right - there's just something about them that screams old. That deck hasn't changed in decades. I'm actually looking at getting the Stanton STR8-150's. A friend has them, I've played on them and I love 'em. I think itch_vaccine has a pair as well.

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Old 12-15-2006, 04:56 AM   #44 (permalink)
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I love the music and love when the crowd gets off on a great mix.. but I think it would be even better if the whole world had an opportunity to get off on a song I produced and pressed. Man that would be awesome.

Yeah technics are "old" but they work. They last. I've played on stantons, geminis etc but I always go back to the good ol' Technics. It's all just what you like though.
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Old 12-15-2006, 01:45 PM   #45 (permalink)
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For those that want to teach and have a degree in anything: You can get alternative certification in several states. Sometimes you have to go back and take a few degree specific classes, but you can do it. Go to your states Department of Education website and they should have a link for how to get certified.

I know in Oklahoma if you have a bachelors degree in anything just about and you take 4 tests and you apply with the department of higher regents you can become certified.

If I had my degree to do over again I would have DEFINATELY done alternative certification. The hoops they are making me jump through for my degree in Elem. Ed is insane. My sister is getting a double major in Psychology/Sociology, my brother in law is getting his degree in Computer Science, my husband in Business Management, and none of them has to jump through the hoops I do.

back to the question at hand: I would love to write. Long ago in another life I did write, and not too bad considering my age at the time. The older and more educated I became, the less creative I have found myself able to be. There was a time when I would sit down and the words would just flow, and that hasn't happened in a very long time. I used to carry around a note pad and a tape recorder because things would pop into my head ALL THE TIME and I didn't want to loose the ideas. That hasn't happened in a few years.
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Old 12-15-2006, 02:17 PM   #46 (permalink)
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I'd love to compete in the olympics. it probably has a lot to do with my cardiac disability, in that I cannot compete in sports, that I desire what I cannot have. I'd kill to be in the triathlon.
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Old 12-15-2006, 02:34 PM   #47 (permalink)
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will... have you seen the indoor triathalons? Intense but shorter distances.


A year ago I would have said I wanted to program a TV channel. But I am here to stand as an example that if you want something bad enough you can achieve it. You just have to keep trying and when what you are doing isn't working try something else.

I am thinking that it is going to be a while before I am yearning to do something else.

I will say though, that the one thing I have always wanted to do was to be a professional actor. I did a lot of acting in high school and throughout Univeristy, I also have done a lot of voice work. I did have a few paying gigs but never pursued it full time (or even seriously part time). I was never sure I would be able to make a living at it so I gave it up without really trying.
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Old 12-15-2006, 04:07 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Bit of a threadjack here sorry...
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Wow, a lot of people feel they are qualified to teach, but just need a piece of paper I love how that thinking works...which is why people say that we're overpaid...anyone can do it.
I used to think I'd love to teach but in truth I wouldnt. After a while I'd come to hate it.
Instead I started volunteering with highschool kids, lets me get out the urge to teach and share knowledge without it becoming a job. This way I can do it because it's something I enjoy not something that pays the bills.
A few years ago many of the volunteers (myself included) had issues with the people that were running things and started to hate it. If it were a job then I would have to worry about if I leave then how will I pay the bills, etc. Being a volunteer thing let me just walk away for a while.

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I'd like to quit smoking.
Then do it. Believe me I know it sounds hard but I'm almost 5 months smoke free and feel so much better for it. If you really want to quit make a plan, do some research and then just do it.

End threadjack...

I'd like to go back to school. When I first went to college I was in the wrong program and dropped out after a year and a half. I had always intended to go back but then I got a job that pays well and is all and all a pretty decent one. I've looked at going back and starting to take classes but I've never followed through with it.
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Old 12-15-2006, 05:21 PM   #49 (permalink)
 
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Yeah, teaching is REAL easy to get burned out on, especially with the shitty pay and hours, and the constant stress in the first few years especially. The non-monetary rewards are great, of course, but DAMN there's a lot of crap you have to do that has nothing to do with teaching, and takes up all your time, never getting enough sleep or any social life... required committees, supervising detentions, coaching this or that club, department meetings, staff meetings, state-mandated testing, going on strike (unions), calling parents, getting bitched out by parents, catching cheaters... oh man. Do all of you REALLY want to get into that, with teaching as the ideal job? It's not like Dead Poets Society, y'know.

All that said, I deeply admire shesus for going back to the profession after leaving it... that takes guts. I'm don't have the motivation or passion that I would need to go back anytime soon.
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Old 12-15-2006, 09:00 PM   #50 (permalink)
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I've had a succesfull career in apparel manufacturing, both as a sewing machine mechanic and a plant manager. I had 90 employees which was challenging to say the least. I was 26 at the time. I was part of the group that took Lycra manufacturing from an idea to reality based on my ability to make an industrial machine do what it wasn't designed to, sew Lycra in a factory setting.

My other career has been in the security business. I'm a master locksmith, safe technician and alarm technician. I've done that for the last 15 years.

Through two satisfying careers, I've longed to be a proffesional photographer. I've been into it for 30 years now as a hobby and think I could easily do it for a living. I'm hoping in the next 5 years to have it happen. I recently discovered astrophotography.

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Old 12-17-2006, 10:17 AM   #51 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure I'm not qualified for what I am doing, let alone what I'd like to do. The kids are turning out fine, though.
It's not like I wanted to be a lumberjack or anything, but I think I'd be happier out-of-doors studying the natural world.
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:44 AM   #52 (permalink)
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I don't think I want to be in it for those reasons. I wouldn't be doing it for the money/sex/fame. Just sharing good, quality house music with like-minded people who appreciate a good tune - that'd be enough.

I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm not one of the Technics faithful. Don't get me wrong - Technics decks are legend in their own right - there's just something about them that screams old. That deck hasn't changed in decades. I'm actually looking at getting the Stanton STR8-150's. A friend has them, I've played on them and I love 'em. I think itch_vaccine has a pair as well.


yeah, pretty much in your line of thought.

Wanted to be a DJ, love the music, but theres NO MARKET FOR IT HERE. Seriously, do you think theres a big enough market in north idaho for electronic music to support my vinyl addiction and still pay the bills? nooooooo.

Likewise, 45 minutes down the road, in Spokane, WA, there used to be a budding scene, but the powers that be repeatedly mishandled thier responsibilities as promoters, let the drugs get out of control at private parties, smeared the reputation of many DJ's who were in it for the music (etc lots of drama) so I just quit, You know, maybe in hindsight, I should have just moved to a larger city like seattle or something, but whatever. I still have my records, it's not too late.

for the record my 1st set of decks were numark TT-100's and then I got the TTX's because they were freaking hot and innovative and had all sorts of interesting turntablist features. Looking back though, yeah, i've played on technics, they are pretty standard, but then again I can't really say I'm at the "level" in which I "need" anything more than a standard set of direct drive decks.

anyways, yeah, thats what I'd like to be doing.
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Old 12-17-2006, 01:32 PM   #53 (permalink)
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I'd like to be a successful artist. I am an artist. I just haven't had the time to produce enough work to have a shot at being successful. All in good time, though.
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Old 12-17-2006, 01:38 PM   #54 (permalink)
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Patience is a virtue. Time is in short supply.
I always wanted to be an artist before I figured out that it was too much work.
Now, performance art goes on and on........
and I wish there was more time.
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Old 12-17-2006, 03:11 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Patience is a virtue. Time is in short supply.
I always wanted to be an artist before I figured out that it was too much work.
Now, performance art goes on and on........
and I wish there was more time.
True. Being an artist requires a lot more work than people realize.

Even when I devote a great deal of my time to my work, it takes a while to for me to finish. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I get slowed down trying to make sure everything is just right. I've accepted that the fact that I can't rush through a project and still get something I'm happy with, so there is no point quitting my job and being a "starving artist". It will take a while to build up my portfolio no matter what, so I may as well continue working and maintain a comfortable standard of living.
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Old 12-17-2006, 04:19 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Sad but true. Through college, I took many classes of all types (my degree required an extensive base education before you even took the first major course) and I'd say that overall, about 15-20% of students in college care about what the professor has to say, learning anything from the class, or using what they learned in the real world. The other 80-85% are there to cheat, say how bad the professor is, and complain about classwork. These 85% are the same people who trash talk the teachers and say how boring the class was afterwards after the professor just gave everyone a free letter grade on an exam and discussed a topic that is genuinely useful to the class. If anything, college showed me how many people in the world simply don't deserve college and shouldn't be paid what they are.
Truer words have never been said.

I wanted to teach at one point, but a lot of things turned me off from it - this being one of them.

To get back to the point of the thread, I would like to work with computers. I currently work in the IT department of my company, but do the most away from computers that you could possibly get. Really annoying. I love computers and hardware and all that stuff, and would love to build them. One day I wouldn't mind opening up my own computer shop.
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Old 12-17-2006, 08:49 PM   #57 (permalink)
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There's a girl I'd like to fuck. She'd like to fuck me too. I'm eminently qualified, but her husband isn't down with it.

Is that anywhere close to what this thread is about?
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Old 12-17-2006, 08:56 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Well, uh, I don't think so...but maybe you'd like to elaborate on that over on the FANTASIES thread.

I ought to be paid for plugging that thread so much.
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Old 12-18-2006, 03:35 PM   #59 (permalink)
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I'd really like to try theatre - plays and improv comedy. I have a chance to do it right now (I'm in college), but I don't want to make the commitment (it's a lot of time, for rehearsals and such). I've did it once - doing tech and I liked it a bit.
However, doing theatre would give me little time to help run the college radio station [I enjoy having a show and I missed one show last year because I did theatre then).
I don't know if I'm qualified for it, since my experience in theatre is being a sound board operator for one show and taking an intro to theatre arts class

If I could afford to do it, I'd like to stay in college for 10 years and try out a lot of courses out (seriously) from Art to Astronomy [in high school, I liked every course subject, except for British Literature, heh].

It would feel a bit awkward going to school [mine is undergrad only] with people 6-7 yrs+ younger than you.

catcha back on the flipside,
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Old 12-18-2006, 03:54 PM   #60 (permalink)
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