Memoria: Career Aptitude Attitude : The 40 Week 10 Round Up/Update [T40W10RU/U -2]
Memoria... those times when I delve into the depths of memory.
Of course, due to head damage/memory loss, my memory only goes as far back as the mid-teens...
and unless you were the unusual one whose teen years were all spitshine and roses, they're rarely "pretty" memoria.
And neither is this one - you've been warned.
Just as I developed a hatred for those doctors who'd said I'd only live to be 18 (then 21), I developed a hatred for those tests in HS that claimed to guide your future or know your psyche.
For example, the Career Aptitude Test - that test that many seem to remember fondly as a guide towards their futures... wasn't so kind to me, as I'll explain.
the Career Aptitude Test, for those that don't remember or never partook of (lucky you) had a student fill out "yes/no/maybe" dots for a multitude of personal/interest questions.
the next day (or day after) you'd receive this thick pamphlet listing a multitude of career options with dots under columns titled "Poor, OK, Good, Great."
the day the pamphlets were given to us, the teacher instructed us to write a paper on what one likes about one's "Great" career options - or a few of one's "Good" options should one have no "Great" dots they like.
...this is where the problem came in.
after looking through the pamphlet, I caught the teacher's attention and - attempting to do so privately - explain the issue.
her initial response was a rewording of her instructions, to which I once again tried to explain the issue quietly.
I had no "Great" nor "Good" ...
her initial response was a loud (and embarassing, for me), "What do you mean no Goods?" followed by a "Then write the paper on your OKs."
...this was another issue - I had no "OK"s, either.
taking the pamphlet from me and skimming through it with what I can only remember as thinking I was an idiot, the embarassment continued.
"You'll retake the test, seriously this time!" - at which point everyone in the class was staring at me, some snickering and muttering.
so I got another lovely Career Aptitude Test of "yes/no/maybe"s while everyone worked on their papers and talked about their "cool"/"interesting" options.
not surprisingly, she had me wait while she looked over my answer sheet of dots, probably thinking I was doing it on purpose.
the next day, the second pamphlet... or, as she said as it was handed to me, "SECOND chance."
same instructions... not so much better.
again, the lovely problem - this time I didn't have only "Poor" dots in the pamphlet, thankfully.
NOT so thankfully is that I still had no "Good" or "Great" careers on my horizon - and only one "OK."
lucky me... my sole "OK" dot that stood out like a plague midway through the multiple page after page of "Poor" was... Janitorial Engineer.
( yes, this likely helped lead to my beginning of hatred for the "politically correct" titles we give to things like really shitty jobs )
at this point my respect for this particular teacher had been completely zero'd, as she had me write a paper JUST AS LONG as the others on how much I'd like... Janitorial Engineering.
...I've never been good at writing papers - even during my attempts at college my instructors and whatever-that-person-is-called-that's-supposed-to-guide-you-but-really-judges-you told me I'd need to learn to write a paper if I ever wanted to succeed.
I never did, actually, but that's besides the point.
As for this particular paper, I tried to fill up to a page - and I didn't state a single thing I liked about it... so, of course, I got an unsurprising "F."
nevertheless, just as I've doubled those f'n doctors expectations - without doing a single thing they said and tossing out my meds on a rural highway, I've surpassed those f'n Tests expectations.
I was a MANAGER before I was even old enough to drink, by working hard and to the best of my ability... and with a firm Fuck You to those who thought I'd amount to shit.
while I intend to never delve into management again (low wages and high stress? been there, done that, no thanks), I STILL work my hardest and to the best of my ability.
I don't believe there's a "perfect" job... and I don't think I could handle a job where I'm not kept busy.
thankfully I have a decent one now - and it's the longest I've been employed for the same company at the same location!
As for Career Aptitude Tests, I say they're full of shit.
want to know what you'll be good at and enjoy when it comes to employment? try different things out!
if you don't like what you're doing, seek out something else while you're still employed and - if you get hired - go for it!
...it doesn't mean you'll like it, no. I didn't like all of my past employment... but those things I didn't like, I didn't look for again.
I never would've thought I'd be working the type of work that I do now - it was a temp agency's suggestion that led me where I am.
it was the work I did there that led me to the position I'm in now.
Is it the 'best thing for me' or am I doing great at it? I can't say... but I like it and I do my best.
if that's not enough, I don't know what is.
Farethee well for now!
Today's Random Playlist ::
Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World
Iron Maiden - Sanctuary
Switchblade Symphony - Wallflower
Psykosonik - Unlearn (Josh Wink's Mix)
Creature Feature - Aim For The Head
Iron Maiden - Fear Is The Key
The Birthday Massacre - Over
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
Dangerous Toys - That Dog
Alice Cooper - Identity Crisises
Kittie - Get Off (You Can Eat A Dick)
Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Say What You Say
Demon Hunter - The Science Of Lies
Celldweller feat. Styles Of Beyond - Shapeshifter
Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
Nightfist - Chapter III:The Herman Spectre Legacy
Alice In Chains - Angry Chair
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Willie The Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin)
Alice Cooper - Wish You Were Here
Darksun - Elegy - Part III - Agony
Demons & Wizards - The Gunslinger
...And Oceans - Aphelion: Light Evanescence: Into Extinction
Andrew W.K. - Party Hard
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
Slipknot - Vermilion
Seether - Fake It
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watched recently :
via netflix/hulu:
Movie 43
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Screwballs
Screwballs II:Loose Screws
My Awkward Sexual Adventure
Monkeybone
Phineas And Ferb:Across The 2nd Dimension
Duck Soup
Superstar
Jack The Giant Slayer
Dirty Girl
Yours, Mine And Ours
ownedflix:
Friday The 13th:The Series [Season 2]
Cats & Dogs
The Addams Family
Anastasia
The Avengers
Total Recall (Remake)
Clue
Dredd
Rise Of The Guardians
Disney's Enchanted
The Last Starfighter
- thom / Wolfox
Memoria... those times when I delve into the depths of memory.
Of course, due to head damage/memory loss, my memory only goes as far back as the mid-teens...
and unless you were the unusual one whose teen years were all spitshine and roses, they're rarely "pretty" memoria.
And neither is this one - you've been warned.
Just as I developed a hatred for those doctors who'd said I'd only live to be 18 (then 21), I developed a hatred for those tests in HS that claimed to guide your future or know your psyche.
For example, the Career Aptitude Test - that test that many seem to remember fondly as a guide towards their futures... wasn't so kind to me, as I'll explain.
the Career Aptitude Test, for those that don't remember or never partook of (lucky you) had a student fill out "yes/no/maybe" dots for a multitude of personal/interest questions.
the next day (or day after) you'd receive this thick pamphlet listing a multitude of career options with dots under columns titled "Poor, OK, Good, Great."
the day the pamphlets were given to us, the teacher instructed us to write a paper on what one likes about one's "Great" career options - or a few of one's "Good" options should one have no "Great" dots they like.
...this is where the problem came in.
after looking through the pamphlet, I caught the teacher's attention and - attempting to do so privately - explain the issue.
her initial response was a rewording of her instructions, to which I once again tried to explain the issue quietly.
I had no "Great" nor "Good" ...
her initial response was a loud (and embarassing, for me), "What do you mean no Goods?" followed by a "Then write the paper on your OKs."
...this was another issue - I had no "OK"s, either.
taking the pamphlet from me and skimming through it with what I can only remember as thinking I was an idiot, the embarassment continued.
"You'll retake the test, seriously this time!" - at which point everyone in the class was staring at me, some snickering and muttering.
so I got another lovely Career Aptitude Test of "yes/no/maybe"s while everyone worked on their papers and talked about their "cool"/"interesting" options.
not surprisingly, she had me wait while she looked over my answer sheet of dots, probably thinking I was doing it on purpose.
the next day, the second pamphlet... or, as she said as it was handed to me, "SECOND chance."
same instructions... not so much better.
again, the lovely problem - this time I didn't have only "Poor" dots in the pamphlet, thankfully.
NOT so thankfully is that I still had no "Good" or "Great" careers on my horizon - and only one "OK."
lucky me... my sole "OK" dot that stood out like a plague midway through the multiple page after page of "Poor" was... Janitorial Engineer.
( yes, this likely helped lead to my beginning of hatred for the "politically correct" titles we give to things like really shitty jobs )
at this point my respect for this particular teacher had been completely zero'd, as she had me write a paper JUST AS LONG as the others on how much I'd like... Janitorial Engineering.
...I've never been good at writing papers - even during my attempts at college my instructors and whatever-that-person-is-called-that's-supposed-to-guide-you-but-really-judges-you told me I'd need to learn to write a paper if I ever wanted to succeed.
I never did, actually, but that's besides the point.
As for this particular paper, I tried to fill up to a page - and I didn't state a single thing I liked about it... so, of course, I got an unsurprising "F."
nevertheless, just as I've doubled those f'n doctors expectations - without doing a single thing they said and tossing out my meds on a rural highway, I've surpassed those f'n Tests expectations.
I was a MANAGER before I was even old enough to drink, by working hard and to the best of my ability... and with a firm Fuck You to those who thought I'd amount to shit.
while I intend to never delve into management again (low wages and high stress? been there, done that, no thanks), I STILL work my hardest and to the best of my ability.
I don't believe there's a "perfect" job... and I don't think I could handle a job where I'm not kept busy.
thankfully I have a decent one now - and it's the longest I've been employed for the same company at the same location!
As for Career Aptitude Tests, I say they're full of shit.
want to know what you'll be good at and enjoy when it comes to employment? try different things out!
if you don't like what you're doing, seek out something else while you're still employed and - if you get hired - go for it!
...it doesn't mean you'll like it, no. I didn't like all of my past employment... but those things I didn't like, I didn't look for again.
I never would've thought I'd be working the type of work that I do now - it was a temp agency's suggestion that led me where I am.
it was the work I did there that led me to the position I'm in now.
Is it the 'best thing for me' or am I doing great at it? I can't say... but I like it and I do my best.
if that's not enough, I don't know what is.
Farethee well for now!
Today's Random Playlist ::
Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World
Iron Maiden - Sanctuary
Switchblade Symphony - Wallflower
Psykosonik - Unlearn (Josh Wink's Mix)
Creature Feature - Aim For The Head
Iron Maiden - Fear Is The Key
The Birthday Massacre - Over
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
Dangerous Toys - That Dog
Alice Cooper - Identity Crisises
Kittie - Get Off (You Can Eat A Dick)
Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Say What You Say
Demon Hunter - The Science Of Lies
Celldweller feat. Styles Of Beyond - Shapeshifter
Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
Nightfist - Chapter III:The Herman Spectre Legacy
Alice In Chains - Angry Chair
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Willie The Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin)
Alice Cooper - Wish You Were Here
Darksun - Elegy - Part III - Agony
Demons & Wizards - The Gunslinger
...And Oceans - Aphelion: Light Evanescence: Into Extinction
Andrew W.K. - Party Hard
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
Slipknot - Vermilion
Seether - Fake It
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
watched recently :
via netflix/hulu:
Movie 43
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Screwballs
Screwballs II:Loose Screws
My Awkward Sexual Adventure
Monkeybone
Phineas And Ferb:Across The 2nd Dimension
Duck Soup
Superstar
Jack The Giant Slayer
Dirty Girl
Yours, Mine And Ours
ownedflix:
Friday The 13th:The Series [Season 2]
Cats & Dogs
The Addams Family
Anastasia
The Avengers
Total Recall (Remake)
Clue
Dredd
Rise Of The Guardians
Disney's Enchanted
The Last Starfighter
- thom / Wolfox
" well, meet me by the river that goes nowhere
let me lay my sorry trip on you
yeah, won't you meet me by the river, little darlin'
I might just let you see my bad tattoo
well, I was gonna bring you flowers, but I didn't
it's the thought that counts and I think I'm a bit too broke
but there's some change in my ashtray, maybe just enough to pay
for a half-pint of somethin' (that'd) probably make us choke
well, no, I'd rather not go and meet your family
they'd probably send me back where I belong
don't want to hear about your Mr. Right
'cause he's out of town tonight
Baby, come and spend some time with Mr. Wrong
I drive a one-eyed Malibu without a muffler
and a tape deck that works if you kick it hard enough
Baby, if you like to read I've got some great pornography
and a ten-pound flashlight rollin' in the trunk
well, no, I'd rather not go and meet your family
they'd probably send me back where I belong
don't want to hear about your Mr. Right
'cause he's out of town tonight
Baby, come and spend some time with Mr. Wrong
now, do you have a girlfriend
and does she look as good as you
hey, would she like to meet my brother
he'll be out of jail in a month or two
well, no, I'd rather not go and meet your family
they'd probably send me back where I belong
don't want to hear about your Mr. Right
'cause he's out of town tonight
Baby, come and spend some time with Mr. Wrong
yeah, where I come from they call me Mr. Wrong "