Am I a “professional”? How long can we cling to denial?
Posted by: adonis49 on: April 8, 2020
Am I a “professional“? How long can we cling to denial?
Note: Re-edit of “Am I a professional? Am I a generalist scholar? Who am I?”
Aside from obtaining a Nobel Prize or a “recognized” organization... can you feel a professional in any field?
Do you think if you feel fully cognizant of the array of your emotions or your lack of talents (passions) in many aspects of the living that you are set for a boring death?
This post is based on facts that you can gleam in my transcripts, documents and autobiography…
With 14 years of university study, a PhD in Industrial/Human Factors, a couple of Masters in Operations research, physics and chemistry.
With taking many graduate courses in psychology, marketing, accounting,economy, higher education…
Can I consider myself a professional?
I still cannot claim this title: I didn’t work for a company for any substantial duration and just taught a few courses at universities.
Reading 3 hours per day at libraries, taking notes, reviewing books, writing posts and articles (about 9000 articles by now on my blog in 45 categories), and keeping track of the political systems in countless countries, human rights performance, ecology…
Can I consider myself a professional?
At least, I should come to term that I am a generalist scholar
By mastering 3 languages, English French and Arabic (reading, speaking and writing), and being able to understand the written Spanish, I’ll be a fool to deny myself knowledge of 3 cultures and civilizations
Most of all, I have an experimental mind and read and comprehend scientific papers in many fields and can evaluate the extent of their research or scientific validity.
I had to learn and get trained on various types of designing and conducting experiments with objects and subjects in many fields (engineering, psychology, marketing) and I am familiar with the particular statistical analysis packages that each of these fields feel comfortable applying and interpreting results. (That was some time ago)
Can I consider myself a professional?
And yet, I cannot claim to be a professional in the restrictive sense that hiring companies evaluate that term.
At least, I should come to term that I am a generalist scholar
I discovered that “professionalism” makes me physically sick, with sustained stomach aches and recurring periods of catching cold… I would have died early on.
I am enjoying this freedom of expressing my opinions and feelings, and taking positions as a free man: Frequent confrontation with bullying people and the powers flaunting my rights and human rights
I don’t miss “professionalism”, excepting the lavish retirement money
Adonis Diaries 
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