I gain satisfaction from seeing lightbulb moments after teaching someone how to do something,
You can get this from helping people in psych therapy/counselling
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I donāt know what to do with my life. The only thing that remotely appeals to me is secondary teaching. I gain satisfaction from seeing lightbulb moments after teaching someone how to do something, I think of myself as a relatively patient person, I care about student welfare and am passionate about the subject areas I want to teach.
Iāve always struggled with school (partly due to undiagnosed ADHD that Iām still not medicated for) and also I know Iād be perceived as a pushover and not know what to do when a kid is behaving poorly. I was perceived that way when tutoring.
My parents say they donāt see me in the classroom. They say to do something in the medical field thatās not medicine or nursing.
Iām in my last semester of my degree majoring in psychology. Iāve been merit listed for HR jobs which probably means I wonāt get something. I will probably end up going into further study, but even teaching is starting to not appeal to me anymore. I donāt know what to do and the pressure is mounting to decide.
Part of me just wants to run away to the other side of the world and work as a bartender, because it would work with my sleep schedule and making drinks seems fun.
I gain satisfaction from seeing lightbulb moments after teaching someone how to do something,
You can get this from helping people in psych therapy/counselling
Iām still thinking about pursuing that pathway but hmmmmm decisions, decisions, decisions :p
I feel you.
Iām (going to when they fucking reply to my fricking damn fricking emails and enrol me) studying community services, and know that I want to do something vaguely in community services, but I donāt know what exactly appeals. Iām sort of hoping that after I complete the cert III and decide on a cert IV, Iāll be placed somewhere and discover my passion.
For me though, I do have ideas of where I want to be in the future, which will probably act as a guiding light. Iām certain Iād like to emigrate to somewhere in the EU, and Iām currently thinking Sweden. The easiest way to do that is most likely to go down the work visa route. Sweden doesnāt seem to split their workers into skilled and unskilled, but there is a requirement that you can only apply if the role has been advertised within Sweden, Switzerland, and the rest of the EEA/EU first. Meaning Iād probably only find a job with an employer willing to sponsor a work visa if I am uniquely skilled. That only really leaves me with a few options, so thatās what the goal is. Iād rather suck it up and work in a job I donāt like to move to the EU than for money anyways
Iāve always struggled with school (partly due to undiagnosed ADHD that Iām still not medicated for)
Fucking FELT
StudChud@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I mean, no one has it figured out. We think we do, but we donāt know what the future will bring.
Those teaching course should help with teaching you how to handle certain kids, so I wouldnt stress about that. No matter what you do, you wonāt be stuck. Itās okay to decide later that something isnāt right and to make changes. If you want to go across the world, or take a break and be bartender here or there, then you should. It may help with you deciding what you want to do. Youāll meet new people and gain different experiences, and all that will contribute to who you are and will be, and help you decide what you want to pursue. But ultimately, you will always have a choice. You can do study later on, change jobs and careers, etc.
Iām sorry you feel under pressure though, it sucks feeling like a deadline is looming :(
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Thank you <3
AJSadauskas@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
A few more thoughts from someone whoās of an age where itās no-longer polite to ask how old I am. (Letās just say some of the songs I listened to in high school now play on Gold 104 š«¢)
Anyway.
The job you start out in wonāt be your forever job.
And thereās a good chance the industry you start in wonāt be the same one you retire in.
Lots of people start in one industry and then later go back to TAFE or uni. Or decide to start a business. Or end up working in a profession thatās different to the one they studied for.
Iāve done it, and so have plenty of other people.
Say you start off as a teacher, and decide after a few years that itās not for you.
Well, chances are thereās a lot of soft skills that youāll learn from teaching that will be valuable elsewhere.
And donāt worry that you havenāt figured it all out yet. Heavens knows I still havenāt!