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puszysty at 12:06am on 06/06/2007
puszysty at 12:06am on 06/06/2007To those of y'all who went to state colleges- did your profs all feed you save the world rhetoric or speeches about your 'calling'?
I hear a lot about it at Hope. What's your calling, write a worldview paper so that you can iron out your calling, etc.
What if I don't feel 'called' to anything? I have no passion....there is nothing out there that really strikes me as something I would be perfect for. I would like to work in Customs, but that's just because it look interesting, not because I feel 'called' to pursue it for the rest of my life. I'm not really good at anything either. I mean, there are a lot of people out there who are far better than me at most things, and there isn't one area I excel at more than anything else. And even if I was 'called' to CIS (customs and immigration services), I'm sure there are a hell of a lot of more-apt candidates than me. I can't even get a f'ing summer job for God sakes. Everyone else is getting internships and I can't even get a position at JC Penney's.
And why is it that just because I am graduating next year that I have to have the rest of my life figured out? Do I have to work for the passion or can't I just work in a job I sorta enjoy? Who says I have to have a calling, b/c I mean, those people who work at minimum wage low skill jobs, are they really called to work minimum wage?
I thought higher education was supposed to make things easier. What am I doing wrong that no one wants to hire me? How am I supposed to not consider myself a failure when I don't see any signs of success? I made an honor society, big deal. My 3.9 GPA is not going to pay my rent. You can do anything you set your mind to, my ass. There's something you need to be good at to get a good position, and whatever it is, I SUCK at it.
I hear a lot about it at Hope. What's your calling, write a worldview paper so that you can iron out your calling, etc.
What if I don't feel 'called' to anything? I have no passion....there is nothing out there that really strikes me as something I would be perfect for. I would like to work in Customs, but that's just because it look interesting, not because I feel 'called' to pursue it for the rest of my life. I'm not really good at anything either. I mean, there are a lot of people out there who are far better than me at most things, and there isn't one area I excel at more than anything else. And even if I was 'called' to CIS (customs and immigration services), I'm sure there are a hell of a lot of more-apt candidates than me. I can't even get a f'ing summer job for God sakes. Everyone else is getting internships and I can't even get a position at JC Penney's.
And why is it that just because I am graduating next year that I have to have the rest of my life figured out? Do I have to work for the passion or can't I just work in a job I sorta enjoy? Who says I have to have a calling, b/c I mean, those people who work at minimum wage low skill jobs, are they really called to work minimum wage?
I thought higher education was supposed to make things easier. What am I doing wrong that no one wants to hire me? How am I supposed to not consider myself a failure when I don't see any signs of success? I made an honor society, big deal. My 3.9 GPA is not going to pay my rent. You can do anything you set your mind to, my ass. There's something you need to be good at to get a good position, and whatever it is, I SUCK at it.
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and jobs? welcome to the club. we're no over qualified for most min. pay jobs aka summer jobs. it stinks. i have no job as of yet, and no one is hiring or im too qualified (theyd have to pay me more apparently...).
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