Perpetual Student

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I'm really excited that I'm going to be starting grad school soon. I'm hoping to get an MPP, and I managed to get an assistantship that looks like it can defray about half my tuition costs. I'm also really excited because I really, really like taking classes. I actually really loved my GRE prep class. It gets me kind of down sometimes, because whenever I try to think about what I'm really good at doing and want to do for the rest of my life, it's learning stuff. My goal for now is to try to shoot for a think tank position (I currently work as a freelance researcher), but I worry that I won't be cut out for think tank work because I'm not so great at sticking to projects once I've decided on them. I have a very bad case of "Ooh, shiny object!" But freelance research frequently bores me too because I can't build it into anything, and I like building things. I just like to run around between the different activities. Do I sound like a spoiled brat? Can anyone relate to what I'm talking about?

academia is the only thing I excel at. I wish I could make money going to school, just have going to school and taking classes be my job.

Yes. I was a great student and thought I'd be a great employee as well. Turns out that being a hard worker, fast learner, and intellectually curious don't necessarily take one very far. Too much social crap involved with working. I'd be a terrific employee if being a student was a job.

I will b e a K-JD. I do very well at school. But I am tired of being a student. I have been a student for 21 years continuously. It's ridiculous.

I can relate to the sense of discovery and learning that accompanies school. I ended up getting advanced credentials in engineering, based on the idea that the same stimulation can found at work. That assumption was a big mistake. You're working to line the pockets of shareholders, and kiss up to your boss.

I just completed a B.S. in Psychology. I thought about going to law school but I don't think it for me. I am very much interested in society and all branches of social science but I really don't know what I want to do for a career. I got a job one week after graduation working at a factory and I like it so far. It plays to a lot of my strengths. It is much less stressful than the mental health field (which requires a great deal of intense social interaction).

I feel I am a perpetual student. Just not in university now! Am a librarian, so plenty access to free books. Love what I do, tho it is tough and not rich.