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terdherder101
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Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up?
#12085049 - 02/23/10 06:20 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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So I have only thrown this idea around my head, have not had the chance to talk with anyone about it yet. Figure that some fellow like mind interweb peeps could help a kid out.
So currently I am enrolled in a community college and working about 25 hours a week. As this semester has progressed I've found that I have less and less time to spend time doing the things I love. Most of the week is spent either at school, doing school work, working, or when I can convince myself, heading to bed earlier to catch some zzz's since I work first shift. At the moment I have no major although I have leaned towards becoming a HS English teacher. Recently though, we have some new employee's at my work that my fellow colleagues and I are supposed to be teaching how to do our job. Unfortunately I have found it increasingly irritating trying to teach them, I feel like I have little patience for them. I don't know if this is because they are middle aged or what but since this I have being wondering if it would be the same with 17-18 junior and seniors. I would like to think not, as the main reason I want to be involved in education is because I might be able to help kids that had the same struggle as me. Almost every English teacher I had in HS had a profound affect on me, I strongly believe they enabled me to think for myself and become a better person.
Over the past year though, I have discovered I have a deep passion for a certain scene/activity. Last April I attended my first rave in Chicago. Over the summer I attend about 2-3 every month even though I am 3 hours out of the city. I began to make friends in the scene and develop respect and love for the promoters, dj's, and the events that made my Saturday nights special. I won't lie, in the beginning, I was only drawn to the "getting fucked up and scoring a hot raving girl". After a few events, however, the music was why I was going. I did a lot of thinking and decided to invest in a legit setup so I could learn the art of DJing and start having parties on Saturday nights in my hometown so I could share it with my friends that were never able to make the trip to Chicago. This all happened before the end of last year though, I would start my first semester of college January 2010.
Now to were I am looking for people's .02:
What is your take on this situation?
If I could, I would spend all my time practicing but as I said, work+school+sleep=my life. The way I see it is, when you find something you are truly passionate about, you invest in it because having passion for something is crucial to succeeding in it. If you have passion for it, no road block or obstacle will get in your way of not making it. Right now the majority of my passion, if not all, lies with edm and building a community of like minded people in my area. School on the other hand...well lets just say it's hard to be passionate about something when you don't even know what exactly what the outcome will be after you finish all this hard work. Even with teaching being my "1#" I am sure most of you know; it's not exactly the best job field to hope into.
I want to make it clear that while I'm not passionate about school, I understand how important it is to most people's success. I do understand though, that people how put as much work and time into an option other than school can be a success as well. The scene in my town is at the beginning, we're starting to have 1-2 events every month. I just don't want to look back years from now and regret not trying to be a apart of it when it was right there in front of me.
I've already decided that there is no dropping the job even though that would be my best option. You just can't make it without a steady income in the world and that's what my job is offering me. One of my main concerns is what my parents would think if I dropped out. When I missed my first semester, they were not exactly thrilled, but they weren't assholes about. The most likely reason why was probably because I enrolled for the next semester. My parents do know that I have a deep interest towards edm, they also know I attend raves. I guess my finally words on this rant will be this: You may think that I'm lost in my dreams or that I'm only really into cause I'm high when I am there. Just take in to consideration before giving feedback, starting back in sep/oct it became about the music/scene and seeing it grow. At the bottom of it all I just want to spread the good vibes I've been fortunate enough to find through raving.
/So yeah end rant here\
Any feedback guys? I plan on sticking with school till I get some feedback and do major thinking on it. I fully plan on getting a degree eventually, I just feel that the 18-25 year old age bracket is when you have the least amount of responsibility and can fully commit yourself to whatever it is you'd like. I'm sure there are a few of you that can relate to a story like this, so please, share your thoughts and/or experiences.
Gracias
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NastyDHL



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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: terdherder101]
#12085163 - 02/23/10 06:40 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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if you don't know what you want to pursue, career-wise, then why spend on a ton of money specializing in a profession that you picked just because you were pressured by society to hurry up and join the rat race?
do what you want man...fuck the doubts that have been planted in your head...ya got one life to live...explore
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terdherder101
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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: NastyDHL]
#12085942 - 02/23/10 09:00 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
NastyDHL said: if you don't know what you want to pursue, career-wise, then why spend on a ton of money specializing in a profession that you picked just because you were pressured by society to hurry up and join the rat race?
do what you want man...fuck the doubts that have been planted in your head...ya got one life to live...explore
I like your style DHL, 5 shrooms for you!
Thanks for real though man
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laserpig
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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: terdherder101]
#12085978 - 02/23/10 09:07 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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i agree with DHL i'm not gonna tell you "you don't actually want to be an english teacher," but ... you probably don't actually want to be an english teacher
when i finished high school, i thought i wanted to be a physics teacher or an engineer -- now, i have no inclination to be either college turned out to be very much "not for me," even though i got into a great engineering school
if you actually have a passion, i recommend that at a minimum you remain firmly in touch with it
as Stanhope says, your instinct is your only true god
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memes
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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: laserpig]
#12085994 - 02/23/10 09:11 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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You can't rush growing up. Maturity comes when life dictates
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laserpig
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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: memes]
#12086006 - 02/23/10 09:13 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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man ain't that the goddamn truth
i've bee hoping to grow up for years now no such luck
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Hrunting
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Re: Any pubbers out there that wouldn't mind giving some friendly feedback on growing up? [Re: laserpig]
#12086203 - 02/23/10 10:04 PM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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see if you can turn a buck throwin parties.
"growing up" at least as far as the USA is concerned, really means knowing where your next dollar or two is coming from.
Most of us hate life because we seek dollars outside of our areas of interest..
so you DIG RAVES!
your job is to find out how to turn a buck RAVING. oh and you have to do it without destroying the scene, ruining your own good time, or acting like an A-hole.
if you are funded and and like what you do, you will know happiness, at least until a real issue strikes you (life does like to keep us on our toes)
most folk you ask for advice will try to fit you with whatever slave collar they personally wear, be warned, be prepared to screen your advice.
regarding "growing up" in the other sense, it is a lie, that term, and the term "maturity" are used as substitutes for words like conformity and submission. you can age well without conforming or submitting. untill you submit and conform, there will be those who insist you are "immature".
i suggest you find a location and plan a party/event.
peace to you. if you really are a kid, read some good stuff like Tom Robbins, or Robert Anton Wilson, or Ram Dass, just to help keep ya goin.
oh, my real advice for young men... FIND THE G-SPOT! trust me
-------------------- yall be good to each other
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