Obessesion To Learn

Do you have an obsession to learn?

I realized at work, the only reason I really want to be trained in serveral different departments is to KNOW everything, I feel like I get bored easy, and learning something new is kinda a challenge, but I like learning new things.

Simple is just not enough sometimes... it makes me think about going back to school... I want to learn more about Psychology.... that's what I would major in if I were to go back.

Who here loves to learn?

 

i do. learning is possibly one of the most important things in life.

 

sometimes i do, then sometimes i get lazy.

a psychology degree is pretty much useless unless you are going to stick around and get your master's. and that's hard to do because the more you learn about it the more you realize it's a huge load of bullshit (except for the research/testing end, i could see getting into that).

 

Very true. But its also the cool thing to do Plus its way easy.

 

very very much so. high school wood shop was more of a challenge.

it's only cool because i did it.

 

You know what would be even cooler ? If you were an architect !

 

i like science, history and writing...
im always reading the scientific journals and catching up on history...

 

i don't know; i might have to actually go to those classes, and maybe even pay attention while i'm there...


that would be a cool job though, if i could just have it with no schooling.

 

It'd be pretty much awesome. If I was any good at math, I'd study architecture.
You, my dear, lack ambition iggy:

 

you, my dear, hit the nail right on the head.

 

i like learning about everything and it actually is a problem because i want to take all kinds of classes then i will never actually graduate with a degree in anything and i dont really have the money to stay in school forever

 

Yeah

 

I'd say an obsession to learn can be a very unhealthy thing.
I know a few people of academic background who crave information but never use the information they already have.

I always wanted to be an architect.But arty things like that are portayed as "layabout" not "real" occupations to schoolkids(Which is ofcourse utterly ridiculous) So stupidly I changed my mind.

And now I find myself poncing around on architecture forums and doing sketches etc...Weird eh..
Still, next business is property development- so maybe I'm coming full circle.Fuck knows..

 

It's the meaning of life to me. I was raised with highly intellectual parents and the desire to know everything the world has to offer rubbed off on me. I have a hard time holding jobs because of it though. I can't handle redundancy.

 

i'm not obsessed with learning. i do like to use what i learned and work on mastering that before doing something else. not to say i can not do anything else, because i can do different things at the same time.

 

I've always told myself that any day where I learned something new was not a wasted day...its bullshit....but it makes me feel less useless

 

Most people actually use very little "factual information" in their lives.
Is more experiential stuff and making judgements/being "streetwise" thats important to most people.

I mean I'd love it if more people were scientists and we could live to 200 yrs / fly to Mars etc but learning ain't *that* valued.Which is pretty sad IMO..

 

*raises hand*

I'm guilty of taking a mish-mash of classes out the wazoo.

 

..Yea, that's an issue for me, fortunately there are many different departments at my job, so i've touched base and dabbled in a little bit of everything... in the past year I think I've have about 8 different trainings, and have worked in four different departments.... but at least its for the same compnay, so my work record doesn't look crappy.

 

I'm trying hard not to quit the one I have. They're screwing me over on hours and it's fast food which just makes me headdesk because people are retarded, employees and customers alike and I'm not learning anything, just getting burned by grease all the time. I need more out of life than this and I'm headed back down that path of quitting because I need the challenge. If I didn't have a kid to raise I'd just go back to school, but I need the money.