My Dream Job

As you all know I have a mental illness. This is very hard for me to be around large groups of people. Even times that should provide happiness, like small family gathering, is hard for me to concentrate and hard for me at times to be able to understand what people are saying. Mainly because I believe they are machines. Not just a fantasy belief as if I weren't mentally ill, but a real feeling that when people are talking I am receiving other messages that are not what people are really saying. To most people I seem perfectly find in the outer appearance; although while I am communicating I am not really having a true conversation. I am talking to the machines about my heart beat with metaphors and other aspects that you could never understand.

My point to tell you the above is that it will be most likely impossible for me to ever get a normal "A-typical" Job like the rest of you. I know most of you doubt this as mom and other family members are saying I could get better and I have already gotten much healthier. Well it is true I have gotten healthier in the fact that I can function in a normal day without going to the hospital and I appear to have nothing wrong with me unless I voice my problem. \


Well I have been praying and have a desire to be a professor. I like to teach and was told in high school that I may be good at it due to my personality. Although some times those test in high school really have no importance. More importantly I really have a desire to teach and become a professor.

With luck and in today's world there are online professor jobs. For instance the school I am going to know "The Arts Institute Online" hires professors for adjunct word. I think adjunct means per class at a time.

I know I can be a success at the online environment with my illness. I know this because I currently have a 3.10 GPA in the environment and have completed 2 of my 4 years in the B.S program. I would not have been able to get this far with a normal college due to my illness. I already have a concept of the professors job and am learning much about the program to be able to teach it eventually.

You may check my opportunity finding out at: Main Site and the pdf file explaining the requirements for this position at Pdf Requirement Explanation

In this document it says you will receive a compensation of $1,500 dollars per class if accepted.

If you read the explanation one requirement is that I get a MFA, masters in fine arts. I know the economy is bad but I would hope that there would be some way that I may be able to afford this. Whether that be through mom and dad, family members, or a co-signed loan that I can hopefully eventual pay off.

This would be a dream and I would finally be able to look at my self as a success and one step further to become self-sufficient and economically secured for my own future.

So look at the links I posted. And hopefully we can come up with a plan to further my education and my future success.


Comments (2)


Very well thought out .. I think the most important thing is to have a specific goal and work step by step towards that goal. For me, I've almost always found that while working toward 1 goal something along that path pulls me into a different/positive direction. you can't predict if/when that might happen for you but I think you're doing all of the things I'd recommend ... researching what would be required to achieve your current goal.

The MFA I think would be good to have no matter where you end up. Does your online school offer an MFA Program? Have you researched in general what schools you would like to attend? The online environment works so well for you so I'm assuming that would be your first choice.

I think that is your 1st (next) step .. research and identify the specific program you'd like to attend that offers an MFA. Then figure out what the application process is for that program. If you need help with that research I can try to assist. In terms of $s one approach would be to get aid, which I'd think could be done - but regardless, I think that piece would be figured out ok.

hope you're still running!

I do not know enough about this area of work to make specific comments. However, Brian is right about it often being true that one does not know exactly where a given path will lead.

I thought of your blog above during a resident interview this week. We offer 33 spots, got almost 1000 applications, and are interviewing almost 300 applicants. One of my favorite insights shared by an interviewee was "...well that's my plan. It is flexible and I do not know what will really happen, but it's a plan."

I liked that phrase a lot.

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