I'm going to school to be a high school teacher. I always worry about whether or not I will contribute to society. I was going to get my degree in business, but I hated the thought of it. It feels important to me that I do something worth while to humanity, and I'm hoping I can do that in my career, but I fear that my talents, aptitudes, and passions will steer me in another direction. Right now I offer the world very little. I leech off of my parents, and work in a grocery store to support my spending habits.
I hope you're not going to be an English teacher! Haha, whether, not weather :p I'm just rubbing you, I've honestly flirted with the idea of becoming a teacher, too. But I want to maybe do that later in life when I settle a little bit and get more entrenched in my life. Right now I'm still floating and figuring shit out. But teaching, man, we can never have enough good teachers. People who really give a shit about their students. Thank youI always worry weather or not I will contribute...
Thank you for the kind words, and for catching the misspelling :p I fixed it!
While you may currently be living off your parents, you "are going to school to be a high school teacher" and believe it when i say, that shaping a generations of sentient beings in every aspect of their life is contributing to society. Sure, it's possible that you'll get it wrong and raise a generation of psychopaths, but you still contributed. The likelihood is, however, that you will do a spiffing job and make a group o children incredibly happy and successful, so do not pass judgement on your worth to society until you retire from this world-changing job.
Thank you for the encouragement, friend. I hope I can be half the mentor that my teacher and coach was to me. I hope things move in an upward direction for you soon. Keep your head up!
Don't thank me for my words, they're worth nothing. I shall do my best to keep my head up, although it's not looking too hopeful at the moment.
I linked this further up, as well, but you might find this interesting.
This was long, but it was fascinating. Thank you so much. I really enjoyed it.