Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Aaarrggghh, I know what you mean. when I was growing up in the 60's everyone said I should be a teacher because I was " smart " , and that's was kind of the only option for smart girls. By the time I was college age in 1975 there were more options for women of course, but I hadn't really made up my mind and was an education major my first year of college. But I realized there was no way I was going to be able to maintain order in a class. I couldn't even get up in front of my classmates to tell a children's story. By then I'd seen a few new teachers being bullied by students, and knew that'd happen to me as well, so I switched majors after my first year. > > Reply-To: AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:17:07 -0600 > To: <AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse > > Subject: Bad Jobs > > My Private Hell is what everyone tells me to do with my life when I mention > that I have a useless degree... I could teach. > > I could attempt to maintain order in a room of 30 or more students? I doubt > it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Hi, I *did* teach--I was a cartooning instructor who taught cartooning mainly to kids--and was a disaster at it. I either spoke *way* over the kids' heads to the point they were confused (another instructor described my teaching style as " dry " ) or I repeated myself to the point the kids got bored. Bad Jobs > > > > My Private Hell is what everyone tells me to do with my life when I mention > > that I have a useless degree... I could teach. > > > > I could attempt to maintain order in a room of 30 or more students? I doubt > > it. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 I dropped out of the School of Education after I received the D in " Interpersonal Communication " class. I realized that no matter how smart I was, my ability to deal with people would always be somewhat lacking. At the time, I thought it was because I didn't have a girlfriend, and that's what they wanted you to write about. (Hell, I had no close friends at all, and I was *fine* with that). One can be extroverted an autistic. However, being introverted and autistic is even more " disabling, " because confusion leads to curiosity, which leads to learning. Since I hadn't the desire to socialize, I didn't have the confusion, or the curiosity, or the learning experience. True story: in that class, the teacher said, " if there are no further questions " or something to that effect, and I raised my hand. She explained that she didn't actually want anyone to ask any questions, and that I ought to put my hand down. That is my only known case of hyperliteralism. Bad Jobs > > > > My Private Hell is what everyone tells me to do with my life when I mention > > that I have a useless degree... I could teach. > > > > I could attempt to maintain order in a room of 30 or more students? I doubt > > it. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 I would take that literally too, and I've never had a problem with literalism either!! Usually I don't have further questions, but if I did I would raise my hand at that point. I guess this is one of those " hint-hint " statements that some NT's use (I'm even guilty of having used them myself now that I think of it, and will certainly refrain from doing so in the future now I realize what a problem they can be!) Norah > > Reply-To: AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:50:43 -0600 > To: <AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse > > Subject: Re: Bad Jobs > > True story: in that class, the teacher said, " if there are no further > questions " or something to that effect, and I raised my hand. She explained > that she didn't actually want anyone to ask any questions, and that I ought > to put my hand down. That is my only known case of hyperliteralism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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