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so when i was 14, my middle school had this career fair. i always got childcare on the career tests I took, so I decided to explore those options. one of the jobs for kids my age was this daycare/learning center where you could help kids as young as 14.

however, i called this one woman who worked there one evening, asking if they still hired. she sighed heavily, saying in an exasperated and rude tone, “you can’t just ASK someone if they hire and interview them!!” when asking is the only way I could find out.

“besides,” she continued, “we already filled all the positions in april, so just go away.”

am I in the wrong or was that unprofessional of her? I liken her behavior and responses to that one grumpy friend you called for the 1000th time at 3 a.m.

so, im clare and at school we are talking a lot about job listings. we do projects where we search on indeed for job listings, their benefits, their qualifications, and what job we wanna look for in the future but also as high schoolers.

it seems that being a math tutor entails passing a math test for at least algebra i at what I wanna look for. while i wasn't the best at algebra i, i ended up passing. i find geometry to be a lot easier and i'm starting to get the hang of using algebra when needed. i am not among the smartest of kids my age, who are in higher classes like algebra ii and trig or maybe even pre-calculus, but i am in a sophomore class as a freshman, which still shocks people.

i was slightly more advanced (a grade above) in math since 6th grade when the teacher said I needed a challenge. i'm even worse in honors english despite being an honors student, so im definitely not gonna apply for english tutoring even if there IS a job offering for such a thing.

however, being a barista at a grocery store where they have a starbucks or something, does not require experience from what I've seen, but you have to quickly memorize orders, work efficiently and quickly, and i heard the job can be somewhat stressful but i do love cafés, drinks, and especially coffee!

the only place I know besides that was working with children, which they said they were hiring as early as 14 with a permit, I think??? but they were so, so rude and said they were already hiring people and that the spots were full and in a rude tone, said “you can't just ASK someone if they hire".

where should I work?? tutor or barista? im also autistic so it may be hard for me as some people think im "too disabled" to do stuff most people can do like drive and work due to my slow reflexes, struggle to pay attention, remember things, etc.

so when i was younger, my dad gifted me a book he helped write. i was in second grade and it was his only copy. i got bullied a lot at that school and someone must have stolen it. either way, it was over a decade ago. people laughed at me and the teacher yelled at me to sit back down, and i remember leaving to get something and checking back and it was gone.

my dad will switch often between being very nice and loving, then mad and stuff over the book, for example, then when i say idk where it is, he sends a bunch of heart emojis, acts more excited than usual, and says “thank you anyway!!!! <3”

furthermore, he will get into arguments easily which is also why he cant land a job, and then will get mad when someone is not “on his side”, calling people traitors and stuff for refusing to do favors for him and switching between really kind and loving to really mean and angry when someone doesn’t do what he wants.

he’s too self-absorbed to get a diagnosis and not self-aware enough, but everyone says he’s narcissistic.