I've taken career tests and in one very long extensive one, I
came up with the ones I expect to find like Psychologist, Coach,
Counselor, Rabbi/Priest/Minister - I would always see those...
...but this test had a surprise for me in the #1 spot:
Middle School Teacher, Gifted/Special Ed.
It's logical. Who typically in life is at a perpetual state of
uncertainty? The middle schoolers who are gifted and those who
don't "fit in" in other ways (they call them "slow" - but
they're not slow at all.. they're nonconformist).
In short, I work well with people who don't fit into the bell
curve or the 'norms". Whether "too smart for their own good" or
"Too slow to follow" - or whatever awful things people say about
the non-conformists.. I relate to them and understand, no matter
whether the're kids, adults - the age doesn't matter. The human
phenemonon is the same.
Yet, I haven't gone into academic teaching yet. It's on my
bucket list of maybes.
But what I do *instead* is I try to teach everywhere I go. Since
I'm online as much as possible, that's what I do. It's not that
I _know_ anything more than anybody else - I DON'T - but Itreat
each person as unique because each person *is* unique.. and when
I feel the need, I give 100% of my attention and energies to try
to help.
Still, even though I took some child psych classes when I was
18-19 and some elementary education courses in my late 20s, I
never managed to finish college. Thankfully, there's always
money in computers and also in running your own businesses - so
I never regretted it.
But teaching is definitely one of those life-paths I *could've*
taken. And so, I did - but on the Internet instead of a
classroom. Been online since 1988... since I was 16 (I'm 43 now)
- so , yeah, I think I'd have tenure by now I'm sure tongue
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