How my education thru outstanding teachers shaped me

I was a lifelong learner.

I loved to read, take classes, and industry courses that broadened my knowledge, beyond the scope of my work.

Learning is a healthy hobby.

I combined it with rigorous physical workouts when I was young.

I stayed single and childfree. I had hopes of marrying a lifelong learner, but I never met him.

I took my knowledge and channeled it into consumer advocacy work within the private sector jobs I held.

I was passionate about learning my industry trade and conveying that knowledge to my clients.

But that wasn't what banking & insurance wanted 🤔

They make money off of consumer ignorance 😳 and 💰💰💰💰💰

Sometimes I found mistakes. 👩‍💻

I took action within the scope of my job and completed the steps to arrive at a solution.

If I worked at Wells Fargo, I would have called any speculative behaviors on the carpet that were published in the news.

How could those who kept their heads in the sand, while deliberately creating fictious accounts using confidential data NOT know what they were doing was wrong? 🤔

Education teaches one how to think and to build character.

Sometimes it puts you in a subgroup apart from the masses. Others who didn't choose the education path may resent you, or say things like "you think you're better than..." and make unjustified comparisons to bring you down a few notches.

People sometimes need to find a common ground in order to relate.

They bring their values and learning styles into the mix.

Some people plan, and analyze and make decisions off of logic. Others are whimsical and fly by the seat of their pants.

The challenge is when you've reached a common circumstance in life (job loss, loss of a home, diminished health or death of relatives), you begin to see humanity differently.

And the way people go about trying to save themselves is going to reflect on how they were raised, schooled & what resources they have in front of them.

Sometimes our education pushes us into a different thinking & problem solving sphere.

It is presumed in society, that a person without identifiable handicaps is able to solve their own problems.

Govt & non-profit agencies dont open up its doors for everybody. That would be economically impossible.

Safety nets are not one size fits all and open to everyone to live at a subsistence level.

Some of us signed promissory notes for things that were important to us and cant not be dischaged or modified.

Its a shame that some of my assets became my liabilities. For some, they were able to leverage them UPward to career success. For others, like me, I was snuffed out thru "go away money" and dont ever come back & work here again. 😕

How to rebuild from a broken foundation, completely alone, with no outside handouts or safety nets or employment is the mystery I've been coming to terms with these last few months.

Sometimes things are irreparable and no live human being I talk to will understand or can do anything.

WB whistleblowing is a powerful force. It creates a huge divide and wedge to what once kept me connected to humanity; meaningful, sustainable work. 🙄

Submitted May 02, 2019 at 10:36AM by TJGE2018 http://bit.ly/2GUXTsI