The Real World
03.16.05 (5:13 pm) [edit]Isn't if funny how breaking into a real job or profession is so scary? I am looking at summer internships right now and I am thinking back to all my classes here at North Central:
Did I really learn anything? Or did it go in one ear and out the other? As far as an internship goes, I know I would work really, really hard. I am just concerned that my skills won't take me as far as I need to go.
Or is this a normal feeling for everyone who graduates high school/college and goes on to find something professional?
Yikes!
posted by: Yukon (reply)
post date: 03.16.05 (5:04 pm)
Didn't you feel the same way when you Graduated High School? People always have a fear of failure; but those who get busy and don't think about it usually do really well.
posted by: hopie26 (reply)
post date: 03.17.05 (6:32 am)
Reply to: Yukon
I kind of felt the same way when I graduated high school. The only difference was I didn't have time to focus on that feeling because my parents were broken up and contemplating a divorce. So it was a time of coping for me. Now it is a time when I have to make big decisions and I guess I am afraid of failure. Its interesting to think that no matter how many new things you try, there is always a fear of failure.
posted by: trickangle (reply)
post date: 03.17.05 (11:52 am)
Reply to: Yukon
Yukon (whoever you are), I think most people who go to college right after high school don't feel that fear of the unknown, precisely because most of them have their college decided and are ready to go before they even graduate. It's much different, on the other hand, to graduate college and have absolutely no way to plan where your place of employment will be. It's like throwing yourself to the wolves.
Now, on the other hand, for those who don't go to college, that experience of fear may hit them out of high school.
posted by: mwi9zbeslp (reply)
post date: 08.01.08 (8:46 pm)
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