I've been in IT for 20yrs -- I am now going back to school for Early Childhood Education. My goal is to pay off my bills and "retire" early and work at a Head Start Program at United Cerbral Palsy. Basically work for insurance.
#1 - GM of a professional basketball team. That basically isn't happening because (1) I'm not a former player, and (2) I don't have, and don't want to get a law degree. #2 - Archaeologist. I actually minored in archaeology in college. But saying there is no money in it is probably an understatement (at least compared to what I actually do - finance). #3 - Park Ranger. No money. I dont have the expertise. Wasn't fond of the fact that you basically get moved around a lot.
Keats, to me, is an unbelievable poet mainly due to his use of language. I read somewhere that many scholars consider him 2nd only to Shakespeare in his skill of using the English language. But what gifford said is probably the path for you to take. I wish I had this enthusiasm for poetry, Keats, etc when I was 17 or 18 instead of 15 years later, lol.
Something else I wouldn't mind doing... Being the head coach for a major college football team and screwing up so badly, that the University has to buy me out of my contract. I wind up with 2 million or so - not bad money for being incompetent.
Manny, I just started school again this semester and one of my classes is on Romantic Poetry. I've enjoyed reading Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge et al (though Byron not so much). Personally, WW, Coleridge and Keats blew my socks off, so to speak. Lol, my final is on monday and I just found the coincidence to be amusing . In any case, I'd love to be: Archeologist/Historian: I've always been fascinated by history. Nothing has ever captured my imagination quite like it over the years. Tis the only way to time travel after all .
Well, it all depends on what you mean by worth it. I can't think of another likely path to a job where you get paid to work with poetry. You will definitely incur significant debt completing graduate school and to be an English professor you will have to finish with a Ph.D, not a masters. Also, getting a teaching position at the university level is very competitive and then you have to work on getting tenure, which is not easy. I think professorships pay fairly well, but can't be more specific because that's not my field. That all said, if poetry is your passion this is a way to make it your career as well. And something to consider is that most of us will spend nearly half our waking hours at work, if you love your job (rare) it has a huge positive impact on your life as whole. Or another way to think about it is- How much is it worth to spend half your life doing something you don't like.
Professional athlete...basketball, baseball, football, tennis, soccer. Kinda missed the boat on those, so Im forced to get a real job that tries to pay me enough so I can buy expensive cars...BMW, Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini. And a pimped out house with 50" flat screens in every room...with NBA, MLB, and NFL League Passes. And a Playstation 3.
I've always wanted to be a novelist. I wrote a lot when I was young, but got distracted by other things. Perhaps attracted to other things would be more accurate. Now my older sister, who always considered me the future writer in the family, has a two book deal with a major romance publisher, with her first vampire/shape-shifter/werewolf sex opus due to be out in March. At least it still isn't an impossibility for me... just highly unlikely.
I would love to be an athletic trainer. I looked into it, but there's really no money at all in it unless you're going to get hired by a major university or a pro team. I would also love to be a sports caster, and I probably have the energy for it - it's just too hard to succeed at it. I would love to be an ER Doctor. Actually, if I put my mind to it, I'd be able to make it. I'm still young, too so I could. Instead, I'm shooting for becoming another one of my options. A Radiologists' Assistant. Basically, what a physician's assistant is to a physician, I would be to a radiologist. It will take a few years, though. Right now, I'm in school to become a Radiologic Technologist. That will take until June of 2008 (if everything works out as I hope). Then, I plan on going to school online for my bachelor's in Radiologic Technology. I want to spread that out over three years, as the program I would like to get into after that requires three years of full time experience (I'd work full time while in school). Then, school for two more years to become the RA. In total, 7 years of school. (Plus the one I spent at a different college). And that's if everything works out like I hope. That would be a dream job.
film director. Umm, not feasible because of the time and nature of the business. I don't BS and I don't kiss ass. On second thought, I probably won't make it very far in anything i do. I also wanted to start a center for kids who can't read too good and want to do other stuff.
I'm getting that job next year. IN my last semester of law school, but starting next summer I'm working for a major entertainment company in a legal/business role. I'll get to work on movies, licensing for consumer products, toys and with writers and artists as well. Those all happen to be my favorite things.
