Career Advice

[Doktor Howl]

She might consider taking a year or so to gain some perspective and life experience before going back to school. There's something about just living your life at that age that helps your interests and priorities crystallize. Keeping a journal also can be a great tool to help sift through the possibilities.

Another way to approach it could be for her to take just the basic/required fundamental courses like math and writing and see if those classes help collapse her educational wave function. If they're done at a community college it won't cost as much and will be very likely to transfer to a larger or more specialized school.

That's a good idea, but I'm not sure how much our parents (teachers) would go for it. I think the fear is that if we take a few years off, we might not go back and get our post-secondary.

Mainly, she's looking for a career that involves animals (horses especially) that doesn't require super-high marks.

Have her talk to Lizzay about that, on IRC.

Lizzay?

Blarfinarf, here.  Lizzay on IRC.  She beats up hosries for a living.

She might consider taking a year or so to gain some perspective and life experience before going back to school.

YES, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.  THEN SHE'LL FALL IN WITH A BAD CROWD AND GET ARRESTED SHOPLIFTING TO SUPPORT HER COFFEE CRISP HABIT.  HER LIFE WILL BE RUINED, AND SHE'LL HAVE TO LIVE IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER GLACIER!

Shush. At least we have water.

AND YOU WASTE IT!  YOU LET IT JUST DRAIN AWAY.

Hardly. We bottle it and sell it to fat Americans for 20,000% markup.




...What? You never wondered where Aquafina came from?

I figured some diseased tap in Guelph, Ontario.

[Eater of Clowns]

Maybe there's a program like that for walruses or whatever the fuck you have in the cold dark north.

THE CANADIAN MOUNTAIN WALRUS!  

I heard one of those wooly bastards took out whole platoon of, fucking like, Canada's eskimo skiing mountie armed forces.

[Remington]

A question for everybody, because PD has some very intelligent people on it:

My sister is currently going through high school, and can't decide on what kind of career to pursue.

She is:
-Very good with animals
-Artistic (excellent flute player, and enjoys drawing)
-Likes decorating

Her plan had always been to become a veterinarian, but her current marks in biology and chemistry aren't going to support that. Vet tech she could do, but where we live vet techs barely make above minimum wage. She is talking to the career counselor (interior decorating or animal therapy was suggested), but I'd like to know if anyone here has any ideas.

In the coming economy, I can make a few suggestions.

1.  Drug dealer. 

2.  Corporate spokeswoman for the other drug lords (Bayer, etc).

3.  Back up dancer for Enya videos.

4.  Secret police officer for Harper's New Canada.

5.  Convict.  The pay sucks, but there's job security.

6.  Professional photobomber.  Oh, wait.

7.  CD polisher.

8.  Truck driver in a series of tubes.

9.  Wiccan high priestess/huckster.

10.  Politician.  She should, however, tell people she's a female WWF wrestler, to avoid embarrassing your Gram.

All that work, and the ungrateful Northern barbarians ignore it. 

#4 could be promising. Up here we have the Mounties, so...

Maybe there's a program like that for walruses or whatever the fuck you have in the cold dark north.

THE CANADIAN MOUNTAIN WALRUS!   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxoQewkoeqk

[Doktor Howl]

Maybe there's a program like that for walruses or whatever the fuck you have in the cold dark north.

THE CANADIAN MOUNTAIN WALRUS!  

I heard one of those wooly bastards took out whole platoon of, fucking like, Canada's eskimo skiing mountie armed forces.

I heard they ride them, now.

[Remington]

Maybe there's a program like that for walruses or whatever the fuck you have in the cold dark north.

THE CANADIAN MOUNTAIN WALRUS!  

I heard one of those wooly bastards took out whole platoon of, fucking like, Canada's eskimo skiing mountie armed forces.

I heard they ride them, now.

No, no, we ride bears and wolves. They're much less dangerous than the moose.

[Doktor Howl]

#4 could be promising. Up here we have the Mounties, so...

Jesus, and you used to be such nice neighbors.  

[Eater of Clowns]

As the only black dude in Canada, he had to have known that was coming.  I mean, shit, there's a guy taking a photo just for the rarity of his presence.

[Remington]

She might consider taking a year or so to gain some perspective and life experience before going back to school. There's something about just living your life at that age that helps your interests and priorities crystallize. Keeping a journal also can be a great tool to help sift through the possibilities.

Another way to approach it could be for her to take just the basic/required fundamental courses like math and writing and see if those classes help collapse her educational wave function. If they're done at a community college it won't cost as much and will be very likely to transfer to a larger or more specialized school.

That's a good idea, but I'm not sure how much our parents (teachers) would go for it. I think the fear is that if we take a few years off, we might not go back and get our post-secondary.

Mainly, she's looking for a career that involves animals (horses especially) that doesn't require super-high marks.

Have her talk to Lizzay about that, on IRC.

Lizzay?

Blarfinarf, here.  Lizzay on IRC.  She beats up hosries for a living.

Awesome, I will.

She might consider taking a year or so to gain some perspective and life experience before going back to school.

YES, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.  THEN SHE'LL FALL IN WITH A BAD CROWD AND GET ARRESTED SHOPLIFTING TO SUPPORT HER COFFEE CRISP HABIT.  HER LIFE WILL BE RUINED, AND SHE'LL HAVE TO LIVE IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER GLACIER!

Shush. At least we have water.

AND YOU WASTE IT!  YOU LET IT JUST DRAIN AWAY.

Hardly. We bottle it and sell it to fat Americans for 20,000% markup.




...What? You never wondered where Aquafina came from?

I figured some diseased tap in Guelph, Ontario.

No, Guelph uses that shit for making John A. McDonald^TM brand lube. Ottawa buys up to 250 gallons of that stuff per day.

[Doktor Howl]

Wait.

That's no mountie!  That's a fucking rebel trooper!  

[Doktor Howl]

[Freeky]

The Rebel Alliance is in CANADA?! THE DEATH STAR GON COME AND BLOW US UP!

[Doktor Howl]

The Rebel Alliance is in CANADA?! THE DEATH STAR GON COME AND BLOW US UP!

OBI WAN MACKENZIE TOTALLY SET DARTH VADER UP!

[Remington]

As the only black dude in Canada, he had to have known that was coming.  I mean, shit, there's a guy taking a photo just for the rarity of his presence.

No, no. Canada is a MultiCultural^TM country: all people are welcome here, so long as they aren't American.

[Doktor Howl]

As the only black dude in Canada, he had to have known that was coming.  I mean, shit, there's a guy taking a photo just for the rarity of his presence.

No, no. Canada is a MultiCultural^TM country: all people are welcome here, so long as they aren't American.

Yeah, that explains why Dr Semaj is so rude to us.

[Don Coyote]

As the only black dude in Canada, he had to have known that was coming.  I mean, shit, there's a guy taking a photo just for the rarity of his presence.

No, no. Canada is a MultiCultural^TM country: all people are welcome here, so long as they aren't American.

Yeah, that explains why Dr Semaj is so rude to us.