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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 1362848" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>You are a hero! You are a successful person who has skills they don't teach anybody.</p><p></p><p>Your second post helped me understand what you really want.</p><p></p><p>Seems to me you have two motivators. One is to acquire some usable skills to replace those you think may not serve you in the long run. I applaud that, and urge you to do the research necessary to assure yourself that when you have completed the mortuary training you have a realistic chance of securing either solid employment or you can start your own business, or perhaps each in turn.</p><p></p><p>Still on the first motivator, lots of people in the nasty national job market are acquiring new skills now, and many are finding that nobody wants a forty or fifty year old computer tech. Again, be sure the path is not illusory.</p><p></p><p>Second motivator appears to be family perception. What dolts! You are obviously more successful than most Americans, and I will bet lunch you are more successful than many of your detractors. It really irritates an academic when someone like you has a bigger wallet then them, when they were brought up to define success as only achievable through formal education.</p><p></p><p>You will never fit their mold, and since they have adopted the pattern of denigrating what (hopefully not who) you are, they'll find ways of continuing that. "Think what he could have done if he hadn't waited so long . . ."</p><p></p><p>I like the support you are receiving from the others who have posted here. They are trying to be very helpful. However, there is no magic in formal ecucation and the paper that comes with it. You have done the real magic, and have the capability to do more. If formal education/training can add to the quality of your life, by all means go for it, but, again, do it for an achievable reality.</p><p></p><p>Look at the two years you are considering investing. Outline what you might achieve with the training you are considering. Do a second outline (plan "B") that goes another direction with the same time and resource outlay. Obviously this does not mean just keeping the status quo, but looking at other possible life changes.</p><p></p><p>If anyone ever asks you the difference between education and training, ask 'em if they would rather their kids had sex education or training . . . CB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 1362848, member: 711"] You are a hero! You are a successful person who has skills they don't teach anybody. Your second post helped me understand what you really want. Seems to me you have two motivators. One is to acquire some usable skills to replace those you think may not serve you in the long run. I applaud that, and urge you to do the research necessary to assure yourself that when you have completed the mortuary training you have a realistic chance of securing either solid employment or you can start your own business, or perhaps each in turn. Still on the first motivator, lots of people in the nasty national job market are acquiring new skills now, and many are finding that nobody wants a forty or fifty year old computer tech. Again, be sure the path is not illusory. Second motivator appears to be family perception. What dolts! You are obviously more successful than most Americans, and I will bet lunch you are more successful than many of your detractors. It really irritates an academic when someone like you has a bigger wallet then them, when they were brought up to define success as only achievable through formal education. You will never fit their mold, and since they have adopted the pattern of denigrating what (hopefully not who) you are, they'll find ways of continuing that. "Think what he could have done if he hadn't waited so long . . ." I like the support you are receiving from the others who have posted here. They are trying to be very helpful. However, there is no magic in formal ecucation and the paper that comes with it. You have done the real magic, and have the capability to do more. If formal education/training can add to the quality of your life, by all means go for it, but, again, do it for an achievable reality. Look at the two years you are considering investing. Outline what you might achieve with the training you are considering. Do a second outline (plan "B") that goes another direction with the same time and resource outlay. Obviously this does not mean just keeping the status quo, but looking at other possible life changes. If anyone ever asks you the difference between education and training, ask 'em if they would rather their kids had sex education or training . . . CB [/QUOTE]
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