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Posted by Ev on August 02, 1999 at 20:22:19:

In Reply to: Re: Descriptions of posters on main board posted by Hal on August 02, 1999 at 16:34:27:

: I don't remember if I put anything about my education/profession on the main board, so here goes...

: I was always a math and science person up through high school, but also very good in English, foreign language, and music (string bass, mostly classical.) I was excessively technically-oriented, always into computers and science and stuff, and avoiding people like the plague--is it any wonder I thought I was a 5 when I first found the Enneagram? I've since swung almost too far in the other direction, rejecting much of my technical side as being unimportant.

: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, followed by 3 miserable years in which I couln't find a job as a MechE. I was either looking, gave up in despair, or in an office or sales job that I couldn't stand. I finally decided I had to change something, so ran away from New York and got a M.S. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. I've been working at IBM designing/verifying microprocessors since then, and am now looking for a way to escape. The work environment here is just not a good fit for me, I don't care very much about the work I do, and I've been hearing the calling to teach in some capacity, though I'm not quite sure where that will lead me. I do know that I'm dead set against going back to school--Ev, maybe you had the right idea with this all along! In any case, it's time for me to use some of that 4-ish creativity, and to focus more on relationships than on techie objects; hopefully I can find the right balance of both somewhere.

: - Hal -

Hello Hal,

If you're referring to my lack of a college education when you say that maybe I had the right idea, I have to disagree. A college education, particularly now, is a must if you want to make something of yourself in today's workforce. I just wasn't a good student in either intermediate or high school. I was certainly bright enough, as is evidenced by my high scores on aptitude tests, but I couldn't deal with the teaching method that is fairly standard in America's schools. I was bored out of my mind 90% of the time!

Oddly enough, I believe I'd have made a good college student. It's my understanding that the college environment fosters a much more open style of instruction. I never cared for memorizing dates of historical events and I never cared to memorize math formulas which I'd rarely use. I was interested in sociology and subjects that dealt with the human condition. Unfortunately, after sociology, there wasn't much in the curriculum that interested me. Psychology classes would have been a blast! Theology would be interesting as well.

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: : : I don't remember if I put anything about my education/profession on the main board, so here goes... : : I was always a math and science person up through high school, but also very good in English, foreign language, and music (string bass, mostly classical.) I was excessively technically-oriented, always into computers and science and stuff, and avoiding people like the plague--is it any wonder I thought I was a 5 when I first found the Enneagram? I've since swung almost too far in the other direction, rejecting much of my technical side as being unimportant. : : B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, followed by 3 miserable years in which I couln't find a job as a MechE. I was either looking, gave up in despair, or in an office or sales job that I couldn't stand. I finally decided I had to change something, so ran away from New York and got a M.S. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. I've been working at IBM designing/verifying microprocessors since then, and am now looking for a way to escape. The work environment here is just not a good fit for me, I don't care very much about the work I do, and I've been hearing the calling to teach in some capacity, though I'm not quite sure where that will lead me. I do know that I'm dead set against going back to school--Ev, maybe you had the right idea with this all along! In any case, it's time for me to use some of that 4-ish creativity, and to focus more on relationships than on techie objects; hopefully I can find the right balance of both somewhere. : : - Hal - : Hello Hal, : If you're referring to my lack of a college education when you say that maybe I had the right idea, I have to disagree. A college education, particularly now, is a must if you want to make something of yourself in today's workforce. I just wasn't a good student in either intermediate or high school. I was certainly bright enough, as is evidenced by my high scores on aptitude tests, but I couldn't deal with the teaching method that is fairly standard in America's schools. I was bored out of my mind 90% of the time! : Oddly enough, I believe I'd have made a good college student. It's my understanding that the college environment fosters a much more open style of instruction. I never cared for memorizing dates of historical events and I never cared to memorize math formulas which I'd rarely use. I was interested in sociology and subjects that dealt with the human condition. Unfortunately, after sociology, there wasn't much in the curriculum that interested me. Psychology classes would have been a blast! Theology would be interesting as well. : Ev

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