Career and Internship Fair

Thursday was kind of a depressing day. It was the career and Internship fair at BYU-Idaho. The first two things that were depressing:

1.Connect PR wasn't there. I blame BYU-Idaho for this.

2. There wasn't one single school district represented. The US is facing a huge teacher shortage. Contary to one readers comments, we can't all home school our kids. We need qualified teachers - yet there wasn't a single school district there begging for teachers. I blame BYU-Idaho for this one too.

Lastly, it was depressing for me. There were between 50 and 60 companies and none of them interested me. None of them were places that were innovating wheelchairs; or advocating for people with disabilities; or having ways to create simpler situations for people with disabilities. We've got a Baby Bommer Generation that is in the process of graduating. As this generation of a million children grows old - their bodies will deter and need better inovations to deal with those disabilties. Additionally, thanks to this man, we are creating a generation of younger disabled people as they come home from a civil war. There were a lot of businesses and paper pushing jobs. There were a few nursing and border patrol jobs. There were even the normal guys. But there was nothing I wanted to do.

This is a family trait I guess. My father hasn't worked in 4 1/2 years because he can't find a job that suits him. Brother has three degrees (2 BA's and 1 Juris Doctorate) and isn't happy with his occupation.
No wonder I am not trapped in by those normal jobs...