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What is the most unhelpful advice you have received? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by axolittl@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll go first: "You have to have children when you're young," told to me when I was in my late 20s, with no desire to ever have kids, and no means to support them, by someone divorced multiple times with at least one adult child who does not speak to them.

Also: Responding to "How do I deal with this problem?" questions with "Oh, don't worry about it, it's enough that you're even thinking about it!"

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[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Someone told me that if I wanted to be a history teacher I should get a degree in special Ed to "make myself more marketable." It took 14 years to get out of special education and land a job teaching history

[–] axolittl@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

14 years is a long time. Hope you're having a better time now.

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Teaching as a profession sucks ass in general right now... but at least a lot of the special educator-specific bullshit is not my problem anymore. But thank you.

[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Coincidentally, I know someone who recently applied for a regular teacher's assistant role and when they got to the interview the hiring director didn't even ask questions about that position; instead they interviewed for a special ed job and then only offered that. It was a total bait & switch to try and fill a role nobody was applying for.

[–] EzekielJK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I got the same thing said to me but to go into math instead. I never listened to them. Now I'm looking for jobs and there's a ton of openings for history jobs and I tend to feel a little smug about it.