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[TheRapingDragon]

For lack of an original title. The last couple of months haven't been great for me, I didn't really want to talk about it on here or anything but seeing as how things are looking up I'll vent.

In October I dropped my university Law with Criminology degree. Why? Because it bored the hell out of me, I sat there thinking "this is not what I want to do". Funny thing is I don't have a clue what I want to do. Recently I have really grown to realise that I like English, grammar, spelling, tutoring (I tutored my fiancee when she went to tech to do English A-Level, she's at the top of her class now). Thing is, I don't have a clue what I want to do with liking English, I certainly don't want to teach in a classroom, if anyone has any ideas speak up.

Anyhoo, if not having university wasn't bad enough, in late November I was fired from my job. I called in sick due to having a severe throat infection, I didn't want to get smoke or crap in there to make things worse (bar environment personified) and so I called in sick for the weekend.

They fired me for it. Needless to say I was pissed. Those were the first 2 days I had ever called in sick to work, every other time I had been in, no days missed. So I have since filed an unfair dismissal claim. Waiting to see how that goes.

So, from December I had nothing. Got pretty boring to be honest, same old things every day. But today I was offered a job I had gone for, very tough process, first of all an application form, then an aptitude test, then two interviews, but I got it. That makes me an Admin Officer for the Child Support Agency in the Civil Service, I basically will help children whose parents are breaking up, as well as helping the parents, both financially and personally. I start on Monday 5th February. The pay is good too.

I'm happier now. Still, no idea if this'll be what I want for the future or if I want to go back to university of what. Still, that's the future.

Just wanted to vent a little to get the last couple of months out of my system.

[x velo x]

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That's bullsh:t about you getting fired. Who wouldn't be pissed?

[Risking]

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I would have made a joke about it just now, but damn. That's rough, dude.

[TheRapingDragon]

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It happens.

EDIT: Risking, yes, it's been a bit of a strange last 6 months, starting uni, dropping out of uni, new job, fired, engaged, new job.

Still. Looking up. Let's hope I enjoy the job haha.

[Windscarredfaith]

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Hmm... If English is your forte, I definitely suggest that you do something with it. It's just finding the right job that is the problem. I think you should look into what kind of English majors there are... Journalism is pretty popular, but I don't know how far one can get with that. If you find some editting job, or some job for newspapers, those get pretty good pay, especially if you write columns.

[msbrunnettemickey]

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Let things flow for now... you don't know what will happen in the future.
You always have to keep positive because life gives you a lot of opportunities to have a drive for something and then making an achievement.

That's what i'm basically doing right now and it has been going well for me.

Edit: Yay for engagement =) Lucky lady.

[TheRapingDragon]

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Words

I've considered journalism, I would enjoy writing or that sort of area of expertise, but still, it's getting into these places. I don't have a clue about where to begin, apart from of course university.

Other than that what is there, I could tutor people rather than teach, find that more fun. I'll see what opportunities or whatnot arise.

You always have to keep positive because life gives you a lot of opportunities to have a drive for something and then making an achievement.

I always do try to be as positive as possible, which is why I didn't just lie down and not try to find a job or anything. But nothing should be too difficult, I left school with pretty much the highest grades you could get (got AAB, best is AAA).

That was business, computing and English. So they look good on application forms haha.

Edit: Yay for engagement =) Lucky lady.

Thanks =[, I mentioned it back in my thread with the pictures of us going to Paris.

[msbrunnettemickey]

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Meh, you're a pretty smart guy you'll know what to do once it hits you.

[TheRapingDragon]

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Am sure I will, cheers for the encouragment though. Appreciated.

[church_pk]

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You're not alone. I'm in General Arts and Science now in college, and I hate it to death, and still have no clue what I want to do.

I think the best way for you to see if you actually like english is to go and figure out how to get into journalism, otherwise you'll never know. Or have you ever considered being a writer? That job would be pretty awesome imo.

Personally I think I am liking law now, ironically what you said you were bored of. So I'm going to try that next semester and see if it is for me.

Anyway you will figure it out, might take some time, but you're still young, got plenty of time, so no worries man.