The Profession-al Argument

gogojessicat · 04-17-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I'd be interested to know why you think going out & earning money is somehow a bad thing where as staying in something that you don't really want to do that is costing you money is a good thing.

What's stopping you going back later in life and doing it when you know what you want to do and you're more financially secure?
My Brother in law wanted to do a degree on film studies, nothing to do with his career. It was just something he wanted to do for himself. He went back when he was 33 and spent 3 years doing it knowing if it fell through he had a good banking job as back up.

That doesn't sound like a waste of time to me.

I think "going back to school" is really difficult. Both my parents did it when I was a kid. And most of the non-traditional age students at my school give me the impression that it's not an easy task, especially when you already have a family. I think if you know you're going to want a BA you may as well do it while you're fresh and remember how to do the kind of work required in college courses.

Also, for a lot of kids it is because of societal and parental pressure that we go to college. For me, it was never a choice. I just always knew I was going to college.

And why I'd rather be in school then working? My best friends from high school didn't go on to college. They are waitresses in my home town now. I feel like they aren't working towards anything and that really scares me.
(That is what I mean by a waste).

Everyone has a different path in life. What works for your bro isn't necessarily going to work for me. I wonder though, after he got his degree did he do anything with it? Or go back to the bank job?