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If you don’t mind my asking. Why no chance of going back? Or, if not now, maybe sometime? What were you studying? What subjects did you like? What subjects, or other activities, were you good at?
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I originally intended to go into some kind of STEM field (prestige, good job prospects, etc), but finally had to admit I'm not cut out for it. First, I'm no scientist or engineer, personality-wise; second, I failed almost all my classes, some of them multiple times, mostly because I can't do math. Even my basic arithmetic is slow.
I've actually thought of fixing myself in that area, at least to balance myself out. I'm mostly verbal and literary (not necessarily social though, or artistic), these days learning even scares me a little.
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Where did you get that idea? Or – another angle – why do you care? What would you like to be doing with your life instead of, well, screwing it up?
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I'm 21, on welfare because I don't want to go back home (may or may not have had any right to run away in the first place), no degree, no job, no personality even. No achievements behind me and very little prospects before me. I fail at most things I try and am unwittingly addicted to foot-shooting and other self-depreciation.
Sometimes I try to fantasize about what I would do if I were self sufficient... it's never clear.
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What did you do there? Did you like it? Did you have a supervisor there or anybody at the workforce center that you might ask about what kind of work they think you would be well-suited for?
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The job was at a store; I did sorting, arranging, cleaning, and some cashiering and bagging. I didn't mind it, though it got a bit boring near the end of the assignment.
I'm still working closely with the workforce center, and sometimes get job leads, but nothing leads anywhere. I even signed up with several job search agencies and neither of them have said a word to me in six months.
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Now that’s just ridiculous! I used to program computers and it is NOT about typing speed! Do you like knowing how they work? Or graphic design? Maybe not, but those are certainly more important in many technical jobs in a modern setting. Not that you can get one NOW necessarily but to aim for in the future, if that kind of stuff appeals to you.
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I was thinking more in terms of things like office work when I wrote that - it's also closer to 50wpm now with practice.
Every now and then I think I'd like to learn more about computers or electronics in general, if only to avoid being made totally obsolete in the coming years. I actually bookmarked some stuff about graphic design (except I'm a terrible artist, so I'm not sure how well that would go). A few times I tried to learn more about electronic hardware... and failed. If I try to learn it from a book, I retain little. But there's no way for me to teach myself without spending loads of money on stuff to take apart. Even that might not work out; when my last tablet broke I tried to fix it myself. I couldn't even get the backing off, I popped off and lost the power button, and have no idea if I damaged anything inside. Too bad because according to the tutorials online, it should be fixable.
Aside from really lame soft skills, and writing about myself, I'm not sure what my strengths are.