Saturday, January 01, 2005
Happy New Year, everyone. It's 2005, I'll be 19 soon (fancy that), and there are a lot of things I need to get sorted out.
Didn't get any relief teaching offers from any schools, which was a bit of a disappointment, to say the least. Goes to show how useless my O Level cert is in getting me a job - Initiative, Persistence and a fair bit of luck would probably count for more. A good relationship with teachers in my alma mater(s) would help too. Unfortunately, I don't have any of these - just some grades that are becoming increasingly meaningless, even to myself. Along with a handphone that refuses to deliver good news. I have classmates who received offers, even multiple offers, from schools they don't even know, to teach subjects they are not especially proficient in. And then there are friends who are held in such high regard by their teachers that they have been invited back to teach at their JCs.
I think I may have some inkling of why many of the unemployed suffer from a loss of self-esteem. I'm only 1 month out of school, facing my first (sort of) job rejection and I'm feeling the sting of unemployment already. It's the kind that makes you feel like giving up, staying home, and being a professional slacker.
It says a lot when your career role model is a diminutive, bespectacled Blue Max sales assistant who knows exactly what movies are in stock, exactly where they are located in the store, and who can actually address your questions about obscure, decades-old films without ever once referring to a database. See, video store sales assistants are usually young and ignorant part-timers who are only marginally more knowledgeable than the customer, which is why I'm always impressed by those who are genuinely helpful (instead of being an unwelcome hindrance to peaceful browsing). I wonder if such a job pays well.
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