• I'm not good at anything!
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[QUOTE=Xaurer;26467465]It's just that I've never heard anyone say their calling is cooking (including professional chefs). Just an example. Not to say some people don't really strive to be cooks.[/QUOTE] Heh, a kid at my school is a huge specimen of a man. Works out most his free time, manly as anything. Ask him what he wants to do after year 11, he'll say: "I wanna be a fackin' plumber. Or a cook :frown:"
I'm a college example of this OP, I always thought of being a Biomedical Engineer (I even wasted a year and a quarter trying to get into it) but I just didn't have the talent for it. Yes, I studied and did my best, but I was already behind by the time I started Freshman year in terms of classes I had to take, and that only got worse when I basically was held back a quarter by a lousy Math grade. Of course, it was during that time that I found out I really, REALLY enjoy (and seem to be naturally good at) Psychology and Political Science, which is why I am going to become a dual major in both those fields. What I'm trying to say, OP, is that it's ok to have no idea what you want to really be up until college, or even during freshman year. For now, enjoy High School and the uncertainty of what you want to be while it lasts, because the real decision of what you want to be is when you're sitting in a college classroom, not on the bus ride home from High School. Remember to follow this line of thought OP: Pick a job you'll find interesting, can bear, and pays well. Don't pick one out of raw love of the field, as there is a very good chance that field doesn't pay well (art) or are too small/competitive to have any hope of finding a reasonable job (astronomy.) I never thought I'd find Political Science or Sociology interesting until I actually took them, so don't go into a class/subject expecting to hate it, fuck, I even liked the philosophy class I took, which was a surprise. [editline]3rd December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;26477704]Heh, a kid at my school is a huge specimen of a man. Works out most his free time, manly as anything. Ask him what he wants to do after year 11, he'll say: "I wanna be a fackin' plumber. Or a cook :frown:"[/QUOTE] You'd be surprised at how much plumbers make.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;26477716] You'd be surprised at how much plumbers make.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.mitchelaneous.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/yellow-coin.png[/img]
At least you're not BAD at everything?
shut up yes you are
[QUOTE=Agoat;26474039]Here is my opinion. You are lazy. You refuse to work hard to learn. You claim to "try", but we all know you really didn't. Make a real effort to learn something, and you will. Instead of spending your free time playing videos games, you should study. This will help you in school, and will provide a future for you. Stop giving us bullshit. Do your work.[/QUOTE] Here is my opinion. You are an assumptious, unhelpful asshole.
You're good at complaining! Seriously now, art and academics aren't the only things to do in life. Keep trying shit. You'll eventually find what you love. Maybe you're destined to be a salesman for toy bagpipes. No one knows (including you) so keep trying.
[Quote]You are an assumptious, unhelpful asshole. [/Quote] Unfortanetly Xaurer, even though this compromises my account, I would not endorse this place for getting help, it is called punch for a reason, you see the amount of boxes you and i get, not to mention some of the nasty neurotypical or stereo shit said here, I am told not to take it personally, so I hope this does not compromise your well being either, my internet security does not even want me here, thanks to legislators, tax-paid grade schools, and parents catching on, and proposing an investigation, never mind that, this is about you. Ironic video games supposedly require math, even though when I make models for other stuff, involving measurements, z,x,y, and measuring angles, and curves, radious and scaling, and actual in game size, its not like I make hard-ass equations out of it. So I hear you about math, I do not really understand it either, yet I find myself typing in measurement in command boxes and making guesstimates to how my measuring turns out in comparisson to in game. People assume I can do math well because of my nationality, while I can't, its embarassing. I hear you with the math dude, some assholes, McGraw Hill especially, just completely fuck at writing such books to make them understandable to those not sufficient at english, especially if lets say no educator was involved with you learning this on your own when you pick that book up, i suck at advanced math too, that i have to carry around a calculator, at least you did not give up so much like me, this one kid at my college who had a disability had to repeat 6 years, until his brain finally got the hang of it. as for the plumber thing, hell, i would fucking hire a plubmer too, i can't stand shit stuck in pipes, but im not going to tell the plumber thats why it got clogged, i am not cleaning my own shit out with my own hands
Start by changing your avatar.
try something new everyday until you find something your good at
You're good at making crappy threads. You shouldnt ask for advice on Facepunch. Same goes for asking medical advice on Facepunch. "Go to college", "go see a doctor" :eng99:
You sure are good at getting boxes.
First: don't think you're limited to an academic route. You don't [i]have[/i] to go to college/university; at least, you don't have to take an academic course like Maths or Physics or Law or stuff like that. There are plenty of fields that don't require a degree; but they do require [i]experience[/i]. There's still plenty of time before you finish High School, I guess, so don't finalise your decision just yet, but consider learning a trade or a skill. IT and Math is great, but there will always be a need for HGV or PCV drivers. There will (at least for now) be a need for people with a Trade: Plumbers, builders, carpenters, masons. These sorts of companies can often offer apprenticeships; they will take you on and teach you the skills you need; they might even pay for you to do so, as long as you stay on with the company. Once you have a skill, that skill is [i]transferable[/i]; you can offer that skill to other companies. But you're still in High School. Don't forsake the academic life just yet. But, for anything, you need to [i]work hard[/i]. Take me, for example: I went into university hoping to do a Physics degree based on spurious evidence; I went to classes, but I didn't study, didn't make use of the facilities available to me. I failed my exams in the first year and am currently scrambling to find a job. Don't be like me! Work, you dog!
waaaah im not good at anything do something until you're good at it not complicated fuck fun fact scrubonauts maybe 5-10% of people have an innate talent and are naturally good at things you're being a whiny little disingenuous bitch to the 20% who like you arent innately good at something yet work their asses off to be good then you go and say they're naturally good at it oh what talent they had what a gift while you sit on facepunch posting threads they're doin that thing you suck
Firerain you'd make a great career advisor
[QUOTE=Firerain;26481746]waaaah im not good at anything do something until you're good at it not complicated fuck fun fact scrubonauts maybe 5-10% of people have an innate talent and are naturally good at things you're being a whiny little disingenuous bitch to the 20% who like you arent innately good at something yet work their asses off to be good then you go and say they're naturally good at it oh what talent they had what a gift while you sit on facepunch posting threads they're doin that thing you suck[/QUOTE] please state your source.
[QUOTE=Xaurer;26467913]I love science in the "theoretical" sense, just not the tons of math attached to it via physics and such. (god damned math always being important and etc... =()[/QUOTE] Why are you really striving for maths when you're clearly shit at it? It's not like it is completely fundamental for any career. There are shitloads of jobs that don't require maths, it's not like you need it to be a writer or a psychologist etc. [sp]orabinmanlol[/sp] Either find a way to better yourself in maths if you still feel it is completely necessary or stop crying about how much you suck at it.
...I believe the term is [i]refuse technician[/i]. That said, apparently binmen get paid quite well. Something about the early mornings and 'dealing with other people's refuse' thing means they have to pay people a lot to do it. Takes a proper man to do the job.
Try to have a realistic thinking (wich it seems you already have) and try to think into categories. Go to bigger from smaller and eventually you may find your thing you want to do.
be a porn star and every thing will be fine
[QUOTE=legolover122;26468177]minecraft. just set the level to peaceful and you cant be bad at it.[/QUOTE] Until you fall off your tower by mistake and die :buddy:
Hey dude, I remember being the same kinda way a few years back, and understand your feelings. Just take it as it comes, and you'll realize you do have some skills and forte's, just dont spend all your time inside playing games and go out into the real world, as its where you'll have to go eventually.
First of all, [B]change your fucking avatar.[/B]
Im was almost decared metnely retarded when i was little... I cannot do EVEN BASIC MATH Subtracting takes me like 3 mins Next year is my last year in high school :l I hate my life
Looks like you need a healthy cup of everything Start doing any sports you can find in your town: football, basketball, tennis, etc. etc. also get a hobby besides video games.
How in the world would sports help? It's just a time absorber (one I don't enjoy).
[QUOTE=Xaurer;26483654]How in the world would sports help? It's just a time absorber (one I don't enjoy).[/QUOTE] Same here Also being deaf limt the admount of team based things I can do :l I volntear tho when i can to try and find things i can do Havent found a dam thing tho
Start believing in yourself? Get some self-confidence?
[QUOTE=Xaurer;26467465]It's just that I've never heard anyone say their calling is cooking (including professional chefs). Just an example. Not to say some people don't really strive to be cooks.[/QUOTE] uh the restaurant business is extremely hard work and difficult to make a profit, you have to be really fucking passionate about cooking to make it.
If you want to be good at something you have to put some effort into it.
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