Confession Booth

[Lucas]

I only just know what I want to do, and I'm approaching 22. Many don't know until their 30s/40s what they truly want to do. You will find something.

My brother, who is slightly older than you, has a job already, but he doesn't like it and frankly, it isn't a job that allows him to live for himself. He will start studying next year in an university, so he gets a title and finally get a job that's worth the trouble.

You'll probably find, even if people don't admit it, most people don't have any idea what they want to do as a career even when they've left school. They may start their first job at a corner shop or alike and then it will show them what they like and dislike about it, and then will move onto something completely unexpected to see what that is like instead.

That's the case of my friends, actually. Most of them already know what they want to follow, or what they want to be when they are older, but I frankly doubt they will find the initiative necessary to study, even if it's something they like.

I'm not sure how the system works in Argentina, but here we leave school at 16-17, then move onto college for 1 or more years and then people start to receive an idea of what they may want to do. Some people can't even be accepted into their desired job properly until they've finished college and gone through university for 4 years, and then they decide what they want to do afterwards.

Here, we generally leave school/college (they basically mean the same here) at 18. However, there are some cases where people leave school at 19, or even 20 (eek). If everything goes good this year, I will leave school at 18. 👍 Then comes university. People hopefully have an idea of what they want to be, and study based on that. If they don't know, then they study anything ranging from the easist career to the one that allows them to get the most profitable job.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. I presume you're 16? You still have a while yet to decide. I wanted to be driving instructor of all things, and then realised I'm good at computing so went through a college computing course and finished studying there, and will continue it at university. But sometimes I wonder if I want to become a journalist of somekind - maybe a car journalist - because I do have an interest in it and the attention to detail they would require.

But I think I'm just going to stick to what I do best. Studying computing at university I might find I like web design or a subject related to graphics. I'm not sure yet, that's why I'm going there. And I'm nearly 19.

Good luck, then. Let us hope we will be what we want someday. 👍

 

[C-ZETA]

You'll probably find, even if people don't admit it, most people don't have any idea what they want to do as a career even when they've left school.

Have you ever heard of following in your parents footsteps? Quite a lot of people wish to do that to.

 

[G.T]

Have you ever heard of following in your parents footsteps? Quite a lot of people wish to do that to.

Yeah, that's why I said most people because some do follow in parent's footsteps, some receive rare opportunities like becoming a race driver, etc... I guess it's different in different countries and regions, because mostly over here people just do what they want to do really. Or from what I've experienced.

 

[McLaren]

And as for the kids, they were always on edge. They freaked out when they got anything lower than an A, and they always pushed themselves to the limit, which was where they were at at all times. On the other hand, there were kids who got similar grades, yet were calm, relaxed, and didn't have problems with B's, or sometimes C's. And they most definitely did not go into panic attacks when mentioning their parents while they looked at their grades. (Seriously, there was a girl who fainted when I asked her how her parents would feel about her B+.)

That really has nothing to do with intelligence, more so, people just being obsessed with their grades, or being raised by their parents to get good grades or else.

 

[Glanza-V]

I'm an underage drinker, ive been one since I was 12.

 

[Stevisiov]

I'm an underage drinker, ive been one since I was 12.

👍

 

[Alex.]

It's not something to thumbs up unless you were giving him a pat on the back for admitting.

under-age drinking was never a terrible thing, I am 17 and drink, I have been occasinally drinking since I was 15 (A LOT LESS then by the way) but 12 is pushing it.

 

[Barracuda]

I'm an underage drinker, ive been one since I was 12.

Not Glanza, how could we have known

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Not much of a confession there

 

[Stevisiov]

It's not something to thumbs up unless you were giving him a pat on the back for admitting.

under-age drinking was never a terrible thing, I am 17 and drink, I have been occasinally drinking since I was 15 (A LOT LESS then by the way) but 12 is pushing it.

👍

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

I'm an underage drinker, ive been one since I was 12.

You really have NO idea how much damage you are likely doing to your body 👎

 

[Sureboss]

One of the key aspects of controlling one's aspect of alcohol upon reaching teenagedom is to introduce kids to alcohol at a young age. I for one teach alcohol to my nephews and nieces, and get them to taste it, teach them about it, etc. Not done spirits yet, for obvious reasons.

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He hasn't stated how much he drinks.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

He hasn't stated how much he drinks.

I doubt Glanza drinks in moderation. Ahh well, not much can help a generation set to destroy themselves .

 

[NissanSkylineN1]

I once put a thumbtack behind a car's tire when it was backing up when i was 7

 

[Alex.]

Obviously you weren't caught, as you can't post on GTP from Guantanamo Bay

 

[TB]

Just a wild guess, but I'll take a stab and say nothing happened, did it? Besides the tack bending, of course.

 

[Lucas]

I'm an underage drinker, ive been one since I was 12.

I'm sorry if I'm not impressed by this "confession". It's just that I know you so little yet at the same time so much, that I can't be more impressed by you.

Not that you are impressing me in a good way, though. Regardless of whether it is good or bad for your body, I'm almost 99% sure that you started drinking because you thought it was a cool thing to do, just like smoking. I mean, if you didn't started to drink and smoke because of that, why did you? It's not like it would benefit you in any way. Not a bad thing, but a stupid one for sure.

Oh, yes. I have drinked before (a tequila), but that was one time only, and I didn't have anything else to drink at the moment (I was in a party at the moment).

Diablo', that almost got me ROFLing. If you had only said "Not our Glanza", it would have been the laughter of my life.

 

[Only_in_f1]

It could be worse.

He could be a hardcore drug user from the age of 12 too

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

It could be worse.

He could be a hardcore drug user from the age of 12 too

I think that's the next one.

 

[Sureboss]

I'm sorry if I'm not impressed by this "confession". It's just that I know you so little yet at the same time so much, that I can't be more impressed by you.

Not that you are impressing me in a good way, though. Regardless of whether it is good or bad for your body, I'm almost 99% sure that you started drinking because you thought it was a cool thing to do, just like smoking. I mean, if you didn't started to drink and smoke because of that, why did you? It's not like it would benefit you in any way. Not a bad thing, but a stupid one for sure.

Oh, yes. I have drinked before (a tequila), but that was one time only, and I didn't have anything else to drink at the moment (I was in a party at the moment).

Diablo', that almost got me ROFLing. If you had only said "Not our Glanza", it would have been the laughter of my life.

Why can something only be justified because it has a benefit to me?

I smoke because I like my Marlboro's.
I drink because I like the taste of alcohol.

 

[Lucas]

Why can something only be justified because it has a benefit to me?

I smoke because I like my Marlboro's.
I drink because I like the taste of alcohol.

You are right about your question. But how did you know you liked Marlboro's before you smoked? How did you know the taste of alcohol before you tasted it? Maybe it was sheer curiosity, which in your case, is the most likely reason you started to smoke and drink. That's perfectly good, we learn things because of curiosity. I'm sure you knew which were the possible outcomes of liking alcohol and cigarrettes, but it's okay if you did it because you wanted to know what it felt like.

In a 12-year old, however, the most likely reason was because he wanted to act "cool". And if that's the case with Glanza, it's a stupid reason, because I'm sure most 12-year olds know that smoking and drinking isn't that cool in the long run, once you have lung cancer and cirrhosis. I'm not saying it's 100% probable that you will get both if you smoke and drink since 12, but there's a chance you will, and it's higher than people that don't drink or smoke.

That's all I'm saying.

 

[Sureboss]

I just bought a pack of cigarettes, simple as.

 

[Lucas]

That's perfectly alright good, but unless you bought that pack of cigarettes at 12 or younger, I'm not questioning your reasons to do so. A 12-year old kid, however, doesn't buy a pack of cigarettes just like that, he has motives.

 

[Alex.]

I never liked the idea of not being in full control of what I want and spend my money on. No smoking for me.

 

[Sureboss]

People always state smoking as something that is expensive. I suppose it is more so if you're a heavy smoker, But at 29p per cigarette, I don't think that's that expensive.

 

[TB]

But at 29p per cigarette, I don't think that's that expensive.

Broken down like that, no, it's not expensive. It's when you add them all up that you realize how much you are spending. At $1.67/day, cable/sat TV isn't so bad, but personally, I can find a lot better things to spend $600/year on.

And yes, I understand that $600/year still isn't all that much, but you get my point. Hopefully.

 

[Sureboss]

I do. I suppose it makes a difference that I really have no smoking pattern. I can go a month without buying a pack or a week.

 

[Glanza-V]

Oh, jesus dont even start on peer pressure because if it worked on me I'd be out robbing cars and doing white, you guys just don't worry bout' me (:.. I'll be fine.

 

[nk4e]

I bought a pack of cigarettes then gave them to my brother.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Though I can't condone underage drinking, let's not get too preachy about the whole "at that age you are too young to know...", although that might be true, the MASSIVE majority of people I see out there getting totally off their faces are not underage drinkers, they are aged 18-50 and are well aware of the risks - they are old enough to know, yet they still do it - my self included, and I know it has cost me alot, in every respect. For the record, I only started drinking when I was 22 (legal age in pubs is 18 in the UK)