Batesmotel Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Most of us had to take them. What did your councilor tell you to do based on your test results? What did it tell you not to do? What did you end up doing? Do you know anyone who did what the test told them to do? I was told to become a Lumberjack or a Choreographer. Never figured out the connection Never go into the military because of issues with authority. I was a Marine and went into construction, real estate and a few other things. I don’t know anyone who did what they were told to do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Every test or evaluation I took in my life, I biased knowingly to make it come out to my chosen vocation. All my life I refused to let others put me into their category. I will not allow it! I am what I am and that's what I will always be! One time my son was with me at an "event" and the speaker was a professional person that evaluated individual's personality. For fun he handed out evaluations for each of us to fill out. He told us how accurate these forms were. I asked my son what he wanted to be for the test, and as we answered each question, I mentored him on the implications of the questions and to look specifically for other related questions that confirmed each other, then make sure all your answers correlated to your desired personality. We got done and sure enough he came out as being completely different than his reality. So did I. We both are Engineers in Electronics and have life experience in consistency and a firm belief in data taken properly. We are the epitome of methodical. Anyway we both got a laugh at how easily someone could mislead those who thought they could delve into your psyche and find the "real you". He's a great son and I'm so proud of him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I took one for the state unemployment agency once. They said I was best suited for retirement. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I'm 61 years old and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I always knew exactly what I wanted to be. (motorcycle mechanic) So I just answered each question with whatever pointed to motorcycle mechanic. The results always told me to be a motorcycle mechanic. Win! I never became a motorcycle mechanic. (I started out that way, but soon realized that I didn't want to spend my life in a polyester uniform, covered in thick grease, in a metal building, during Texas summer, hunched over a blazingly-hot engine. I jumped ship.) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I never took employment advice from anyone who couldn't get a better job than a high school guidance counselor; and they knew better than to try to tell me anything. They'd be totally useless if some genius would move their college catalogs into the library where they belonged, and simply tell the non-college bound students to either join the military or learn a trade. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 We all took some tests that iirc was done by some gubmint dudes in suits They begged me to join the military and become a cryptologist. Pretty sure I would have ended up in Vietnam with an M16 in my hands. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 ROFLMAO. Mine said I should be a Forester or a Priest (ess?) - but only because Hermit On A Mountaintop was not on the list of options. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 10 hours ago, minderasr said: I'm 61 years old and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. The best form of living is when young never grow up. Always keep your imagination, always have fun, always look for answers, always keep learning something new, always keep busy. It will keep you young! When you stop having fun, when you stop learning, you suddenly start to grow old! Never grow old! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Mrs.Cicero said: ROFLMAO. Mine said I should be a Forester or a Priest (ess?) - but only because Hermit On A Mountaintop was not on the list of options. Never be what someone else wants you to be! Be what you want to be. Other people don't know what makes you happy, only you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 My guidance counselor told my Mom I would never be a Doctor. She was right about that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 One word best describes my HS guidance councilor: stereotypical. I'm pretty sure he was born with stoop shoulders, a paunch, an ex-wife and a shot liver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I wonder what the guidance counselor wanted to be when they were in high school? Did they have dreams of being an Engineer, Being in the financial world as a financial advisor, being a model and working a runway, being in fashion design, or a myriad of other things that seemed to be so rewarding both financially and to their well being? What happened to them to make them a guidance counselor? Is this something you strive to be or is it a default position because you were too afraid to put yourself out there in the business world and test your capabilities against all your peers? Did you start into education because you wanted to teach and help young people to get the best education they could get? Or did you go into teaching because your friends did and you wanted to stay with the clique you belonged to through school? Sometimes we seem to fall into vocations not by our own choosing but by our fears of not being able to compete with others for better futures. Maybe the guidance counselor that tested us long ago and told us of our bleak future laboring for little to enhance the lives of others, is the result of a dream gone bad and a fate filled with disappointment.. Or, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, janice6 said: I wonder what the guidance counselor wanted to be when they were in high school? Did they have dreams of being an Engineer, Being in the financial world as a financial advisor, being a model and working a runway, being in fashion design, or a myriad of other things that seemed to be so rewarding both financially and to their well being? What happened to them to make them a guidance counselor? Is this something you strive to be or is it a default position because you were too afraid to put yourself out there in the business world and test your capabilities against all your peers? Did you start into education because you wanted to teach and help young people to get the best education they could get? Or did you go into teaching because your friends did and you wanted to stay with the clique you belonged to through school? Sometimes we seem to fall into vocations not by our own choosing but by our fears of not being able to compete with others for better futures. Maybe the guidance counselor that tested us long ago and told us of our bleak future laboring for little to enhance the lives of others, is the result of a dream gone bad and a fate filled with disappointment.. Or, maybe not. My uncle often said, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 15 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: My uncle often said, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Not always 100% true, but often enough that it became a cliche for a reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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