Neurodivergent on Sidechat | realized the other day that i don’t actually care for my career path (education) what i want to do is just Help People and Do Good. and education was the quickest route. but now im realizing that i don’t like it. oops lol

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Neurodivergent 2d

realized the other day that i don’t actually care for my career path (education) what i want to do is just Help People and Do Good. and education was the quickest route. but now im realizing that i don’t like it. oops lol

Anonymous 2d

High school teacher here! It has its good days and bad days :)

Anonymous 2d

education doesn’t have to be formal classrooms and schools!! you can do informal education at museums, zoos, parks, aquariums, historic sites, etc. like me!

Anonymous 2d

i feel this even tho my career path was more broad. i majored & graduated in history. im so burned out tho, but i wanted to do something with it where its productive for society to learn and grow. but i realized with our tech today there’s many ways to do that in our own ways! im building plans for hopefully a future podcast where episodes will explore unique perspectives within historical concepts both pre modern & contemporary. connecting it to today and how it can be used to change

Anonymous 1d

go help ppl and do good another way

Anonymous

#1 2d

yeah i did my internship and now im subbing, i like it fine but the system is doing a lot of shitty things that make it feel impossible to succeed and be happy. plus i’m trans so nobody is hiring lol

Anonymous

#2 2d

so true. heavy on museum and historical centers/areas. i studied museum studies & the education aspect of our exhibits and historical centers overall is one of the most sought after skills. it helps with giving tours, providing extra curriculums to include the public, research on what’s being exhibited, etc. sorry just got excited when i saw museums lmao bc it’s absolutely an amazing path for educational majors

Anonymous

#3 2d

obviously this is way easier said than done trust lmfao im on medical leave & very chronically ill & poor so ik its not as possible for many of us to do personal projects like that. but its just something to think abt where u can use ur skills & knowledge in a unique way!!

Anonymous

#3 2d

YAAAS GET EXCITED! i’m working at two nature center museums right now just to get by during my grad program & i get to be outside teaching field trips all the time!

Anonymous

#2 2d

oh that is absolutely awesome im so happy u get to have that opportunity! working in those organizations is so cool & rewarding. i volunteered at places where kids went thru historical demonstrations so that was super cool. i worked more in collections & exhibition design but loved the education aspect 1000% always !!

Anonymous

#3 2d

the historical demonstrations btw is in an area in the Appalachian region where i went to school. so it was historical demonstrations and activities that revolved around celebrating native tribes during the thanksgiving season🙂‍↔️. absolute perfection and shows how education can be used in such fun & historically important ways

Anonymous

#3 1d

AAAH I love that!! i’m in the Great Lakes region and i take kiddos out to the Sugarbush to tap maple trees for sap to make real maple syrup!! even kindergarteners get to learn how to identify a maple tree and why we tap trees in the late winter/early spring, and they learn how the Indigenous Americans would tap the tree with more natural materials (like a duck bill as a spile!!), cook the sap, and make maple SUGAR since it stored much better!