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In reply to the discussion: Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining [View all]Neema
(1,151 posts)told me that I was wasting my time and money going to art school because it's so difficult to make a living as a fine artist even if you're very talented. But I didn't listen. I was young and stupid and thought I could do it anyway. So I went to art school. I even got my MFA. And guess what? I was working retail jobs with that MFA. I wasn't making enough to pay rent and my massive school loans, forget insurance.
But, I did eventually learn my lesson. I saw that my fine art career was going nowhere, and I started realizing I was pretty good at design. I wasn't offered retraining. I just did what I had to do. Eventually I worked my way into a design job, and now I have a full-fledged career that is creatively fulfilling and pays the bills.
What I didn't do was sit around waiting for something that wasn't going to happen and then blaming my circumstances on the government and brown people.
And honestly, at least there are some fine artists that go on to make a living or better in art. So I had better odds than these miners looking the gift horse of retraining in the mouth.