Conversation Between Kura and Blade_of_darkness
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  1. Blade_of_darkness
    May 3rd, 2012 3:29 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    Where did you get all of this confidence? I want some of that soooo badly!
  2. Kura
    May 3rd, 2012 3:27 PM
    Kura
    Yes ;3
  3. Blade_of_darkness
    May 3rd, 2012 3:20 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    Damn, do you always have a plan for anything that the future holds??
  4. Kura
    May 3rd, 2012 3:09 PM
    Kura
    Yeah could be. If that happens, I'll move to West Virginia and become a self-sufficient farmer while taking up some freelance artwork on the side.
  5. Blade_of_darkness
    May 3rd, 2012 3:04 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    Here's my prediction on how the economy will be like 15 years from now: It'll end up being in shambles with all of the Earth's oil deposits becoming completely depleted, & without fuel to propel their logistics, the entire world will fall apart, especially since I'm not hearing anything about an effective alternative that can replace it.

    Do you think that it's accurate?
  6. Kura
    May 3rd, 2012 2:58 PM
    Kura
    No, I would like to stay- like I said, they do really good work. I can learn a lot quicker here.. and as an artist I am always aiming to build my portfolio. I would like to be an animation lead one day so having a really reputable company on a resume is great, and if I end up being a lead at The Creative Assembly then that would be just as awesome. But who knows what the economy is going to be like over here in like.. let's say 15 years? No one knows. Or how the videogame industry is going to be either! Maybe I'll end up in film or doing different types of games. Never know how things will go.
  7. Blade_of_darkness
    May 3rd, 2012 2:31 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    So... you don't plan on staying over there for long once you do get the experience?
  8. Kura
    May 3rd, 2012 2:15 PM
    Kura
    Not really, I could've stayed in Toronto because there are a lot of studios- but I really like the Creative Assembly's work; and I rather make the leap for the experience now that I'm young, so I can build a better portfolio and resume for myself for the future.
  9. Blade_of_darkness
    May 3rd, 2012 2:09 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    Did you have to move to the UK because you couldn't find any place of employment back at Toronto (or wherever you used to live beforehand?)
  10. Kura
    May 1st, 2012 3:18 PM
    Kura
    I meant the opposite actually- early childhood education classes is something EVERYONE I know seems to be going for because they think it is easy.. >_> and well, it's not so easy finding a job for it when there is so many people already doing it. Kinda goes and bites you in the butt.

    And I get your point, but sometimes you also need to do something you don't like in order to do something you do like. But then again, that's something you kinda have to figure out for yourself- no one can force you into things. And yeah while bad decisions suck, they're there also to remind you not to make the same mistake twice and move forward. Everyone's made bad decisions at some point.
  11. Blade_of_darkness
    May 1st, 2012 2:38 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    Ever the optimist, hmm?

    Anyhow, none of those things are something that I would see myself doing, especially not early childhood education, as I've got a burning hatred towards infants & especially toddlers. & if I don't enjoy doing something, I won't invest my time in doing it. You might not think with as much polarity, but that's the way that I think.

    Besides, I've made some really bad decisions in my life that are coming back to haunt me.
  12. Kura
    May 1st, 2012 2:24 PM
    Kura
    I see what you mean but I don't see it so black and white. I think the point is that you should try for jobs that are in demand. For example, Even if you don't go to school, you can do apprenticeships with construction (always in high demand) and they actually make a ton of money. There is a flood of people wanting to do teaching, or wanting to do early childhood education, and a lot of people getting into business, too. But there are more specific things you can get into that require only a year or two of training to get you there.. like being a social worker, etc. And unfortunately, the government does give out welfare (which is different than unemployment) to just about anyone so people who are more than capable of contributing to society - so you could probably live comfortably without needing to kill yourself.
  13. Blade_of_darkness
    May 1st, 2012 2:18 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    I just have some really bad memories from my high school years that have all but shattered my confidence. The only thing that I'm good at is math, but even then, I didn't enjoy it much. The only thing that I enjoy doing is playing with video games.

    Since I've got no confidence, I saw college as too huge of a risk, as I felt that the penalty for failure would be enough to land the person into poverty. Even so, with the world going on as it is, it's getting to the point in which one can't afford not to go into college. Thus, I feel that it'll boil down into two choices: succeed in college/university, or literally kill yourself trying.
  14. Kura
    May 1st, 2012 1:42 PM
    Kura
    No, not really. I was always someone who did my homework, though, so I would get most of my understanding from that without having to study much. I was great at math up until grade 10 (I wouldn't even need to study beforehand) but as soon as grade 10 hit, my teacher wouldn't explain WHY I had to use certain steps/ equations and that messed me up for grade 11, too. I had to study a ton- and I even had to get a tutor (who told me "you get this stuff, why aren't you doing well in the tests?") and it's like.. well the teacher would add something extra to the equation and then I wouldn't know what to process first, really, half the time. Because it was never explained properly to me. So yeah, a ton of my time in those two years went to trying to get above a 65 in math, but for everything else I was pretty alright and got in the 90s. I graduated from my degree program with the highest GPA in all 4 years of my entire graduating class.. and I survived. So I guess it wasn't that bad.

    Any reason you're curious to know?
  15. Blade_of_darkness
    May 1st, 2012 1:19 PM
    Blade_of_darkness
    This may sound dumb, but did you have a tough time with education in your past?