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I did it again
I'm sure I mentioned it at some point but when I was going through school initially I wanted to be a math teacher. Made it all the way up through student teaching and was really good at teaching the math that kids actually learn in high school! But my higher level math classes that I needed to actually graduate... didn't go so well. Hence why I'm in my seventh year of college lol, which I know I've mentioned at some point on the forums. I'm doing part-time classes while I work and hope to end up as a college admissions counselor; I used to work as an intern at my school's undergraduate admissions office and really enjoyed it and got to know some of the admissions counselors and it seems like it would be a good fit for me. So hopefully that works out since teaching didn't.
As for what I do now, there's a few things!
If you've ever tried to schedule a tournament game against me, you'll know I've said that I can rarely do Fridays/Saturdays because I work on weekends. That's because I'm a local musician! I play with my band at some of the bars downtown in my local college town. I've been in the band for more than two years, so a bunch of that time got taken out by COVID, but in the non-COVID times I've had a lot of fun with it! Really, it's nice to be able to make money doing something that I LOVE, which I know a lot of people can't say so I'm very thankful for that. Unfortunately, it's not enough to make a full time living but it's great as a part-time gig. Oh yeah and I should mention I'm the piano player haha, I've been playing since I was four years old so it's a way to keep up with that. (It's not work but I also went back to my old piano teacher for classical music purposes and that's been great for really keeping up with it).
In addition, I'm also involved in the local water polo scene! (yes that exists where I live lol) I played water polo from the time that I was a little kid all the way through high school and my first few years of college, but had a little absence from the game for a few years. However, last semester one of my old teammates approached me with an opportunity to referee for some high school games and I took it, and really started to like it! They started me with some of the low-tier games where you can't really tell if the kids are being fouled or just drowning but I'm hoping I get to see some good water polo soon as a ref.
Also with water polo, I just started assistant coaching at my old high school! This is only my second weekend doing it but I'm really loving it too. As mentioned before, I was going to be a high school teacher so I really like being able to work with kids that age even if it didn't work out as a teacher. Really happy that I'm getting to pass on some of my knowledge to kids who are really receptive to it. I've already seen some improvement in the kids I've worked with in regards to getting them to unlearn bad habits and learn good habits, but there's still work to do! The regular season doesn't start until the fall so we have plenty of time, but they've played some games recently (on weekends so I haven't been able to watch) but apparently they're doing pretty well so I'm excited to see how it all shakes out.
As for what I do now, there's a few things!
If you've ever tried to schedule a tournament game against me, you'll know I've said that I can rarely do Fridays/Saturdays because I work on weekends. That's because I'm a local musician! I play with my band at some of the bars downtown in my local college town. I've been in the band for more than two years, so a bunch of that time got taken out by COVID, but in the non-COVID times I've had a lot of fun with it! Really, it's nice to be able to make money doing something that I LOVE, which I know a lot of people can't say so I'm very thankful for that. Unfortunately, it's not enough to make a full time living but it's great as a part-time gig. Oh yeah and I should mention I'm the piano player haha, I've been playing since I was four years old so it's a way to keep up with that. (It's not work but I also went back to my old piano teacher for classical music purposes and that's been great for really keeping up with it).
In addition, I'm also involved in the local water polo scene! (yes that exists where I live lol) I played water polo from the time that I was a little kid all the way through high school and my first few years of college, but had a little absence from the game for a few years. However, last semester one of my old teammates approached me with an opportunity to referee for some high school games and I took it, and really started to like it! They started me with some of the low-tier games where you can't really tell if the kids are being fouled or just drowning but I'm hoping I get to see some good water polo soon as a ref.
Also with water polo, I just started assistant coaching at my old high school! This is only my second weekend doing it but I'm really loving it too. As mentioned before, I was going to be a high school teacher so I really like being able to work with kids that age even if it didn't work out as a teacher. Really happy that I'm getting to pass on some of my knowledge to kids who are really receptive to it. I've already seen some improvement in the kids I've worked with in regards to getting them to unlearn bad habits and learn good habits, but there's still work to do! The regular season doesn't start until the fall so we have plenty of time, but they've played some games recently (on weekends so I haven't been able to watch) but apparently they're doing pretty well so I'm excited to see how it all shakes out.