What to do

[ararat]

so, how are you (planning on) getting your bio-survival tickets, aka money? selling mdma, writing books on ontology, get people to buy the super important insurance by the company you are working for, or just be a gear in a factory?

I'm thinking rather often about that, since what I'll be working will be forming my life heavily, it makes me kind of sick. I've already worked in a factory, I sure as hell don't want to end up there, as good as they may pay, when you look at the people who work there you get an idea how detrimental it'd be for your life. what do I need all the money for when I'm in the end too tired and apathetic to spend it on anything? (except a new car and useless stuff like that) no way. fuck that. money isn't everything.

right now I'm studying biology, and even though I'm categorically interested in everything, most of the studies bore me to death. really, after having learned about the fiftieth corral/worm/gooey something you can't help but stop caring. what's the use of this? of course there's interesting stuff, like photosynthesis or ethology, but those parts are rather small (right now).

I've also thought of becoming a teacher, the idea of being able to tell the next generation lots of stuff appeals to me as well. we had one really good teacher, and he showed us so much different stuff and he really rose interest for things that pupils this age would normally put aside - mostly about literature and other stuff, he showed us to think in a critical way. it's something I think I'd enjoy doing - but then again there probably will be unenjoyable parts as well, as with anything actually.

the one thing that really is annoying is insurances. there'd be infinite ways of getting through your life, you just shouldn't get ill or you'd stand there with no help whatsoever. no work - no medical healthcare. no work - no pension.

I'm not asking for advice - at least not directly, I'm more interested on what you guys are doing -, I felt like voicing out what's circling in my head.

 

[Illegalsmile]

i love plants too, and i want to be a caregiver and grow medicine for people who cant do it themselves for whatever reason.
i dont like the idea of money but if i could get paid to do what i already love, id have my green and my other not as important green and hopefully some free time to explore the world and find whatever fate has for me. people told me i should be a teacher too but ill just be a teacher everywhere i go for now.

 

[IJesusChrist]

I plan on doing one of two things [right now]:

Working in medicinal chemistry - I want to be the cure to schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia, all that bullshit we have today. It's ironic, because I don't think medicine is the way to go to cure this stuff, pharmaceuticals are killers, destroyers of conscious thought, and sedators. I believe, however, there is the possibility eventually to be able to use RC's we are aware of today (as well as LSD, mescaline, MDMA) to help cure what they cure best. I would love to encorporate therapy, both psychological & physical - they are key; communication is KEY!

Working in renewable energy - Batteries, fuelcells, fusion, photovoltaics [emphasis on PV's]. I think this speaks for itself. I love the environment, there is a state park I lived near when I was little [well, an hour away] that I loved - it connected me to life, gaia, and the green. It's my home, it's our home, I want it to always persist above the fleshy pink, tan, and brown bi-peds. They are foolish from far away, friends when near, but beyond all, we all share the green home.

If I could teach I don't think I'd like it unless it was middle school or high-school. To be a professor in college is very governed by the system - you don't get to choose the topics - what you teach is set in stone, especially the undergraduate and freshman classes. Although my love for chemistry, biology and nature runs deep, to be controlled in what I can speak about is often frustrating to me. I had two science teachers, one in 8th grade and one in highschool that gave me the world. My 8th grade teacher simply mystified me; made me explore my interests on my own. He made the universe exciting and interesting beyond a doubt, and never had to teach - he would only leave you with questions. A great man. My physics teacher, on the other hand, defied the school - his curriculum was his, and his alone. He didn't follow standard practices or regulations, he spoke about string theory, the economy, energy, evolution, god, existance and so on. His talks were filled with emotion and skepticism that drove me in deep thought after every class.

Contrasting that is college, the greatest minds of all, the most particular and devoted thinkers cannot speak their mind (some may go on wonderful tangents if you're lucky). They adhere to policy.

Biology is wonderful. Look into bioengineering, or the study of ecology, those fascinate me. Imagine [credit goes to peach] of engineering yeast or ecoli to produce LSD, mescaline, or psilocybin ! Don't work for money, play for it, reaad your interests for it, research your curiosities for it, build with your imagination to obtain it. Your jobs' incentives should be more numerous than money.

How old are you banananana"??

 

[ararat]

I do have some teachers at university who don't completely follow the plan that is set in stone - at least not in the lectures. but they are rather the exception - not surprisingly.
either way, becoming a teacher would probably be most enjoyable if you are at a high school if you don't care about research so much that you'd like to do it yourself.

ecology is the thing that appeals most to me from the things we are taught so far. working in a national park would be the shit, which brings me to a anecdote I really like: in bavaria they have a national park in which they do NOTHING, not a thing. the farmers around the area protested a lot because they feared that their woods will be "infected" with bark beetles - never mind that the national park has puffer-zones where they do bring out the old trees.
what was predicted happened: the park got bark beetles, big areas of forrest were more or less destroyed, with thousands of dead trees standing around. many people thought that it was a catastrophe, but after some time (1,2,3 years? don't remember) lots of new stuff started growing and it's the mecca of biodiversity now, with plants,fungi, insects, well, any form of life that have been found maybe in 2 or 3 places on earth.

I'm 20, so there are still lots of possible choices (I believe there always are, but some say choices diminish with age. I can imagine though.)

 

[IJesusChrist]

we were born in the same year, good luck to you - my friend is maybe planning the same type of education as you. He'd like to go to the congo, brazil, olympia, and australian forests to study diversity. He likes ecology and biology, and wants to teach as well.