I am 26, and have a B.A. and M.A.
I was a teacher. I realized after earning my degrees and teaching for a bit that this career was not for me; especially in the new state I live in. I am in the job hunt for a new possible career, but this economic climate is horrible and I don’t know what I want to do now for a career. Throwing some ideas around, I might go back to school and get a totally different degree for a different career. My mother did the same. She got a hospital administration degree from Penn State at 22, and then decided to become a nurse at 30. So she went back to school.
Anyone else get in this situation where they just realized their current college degree or career is not “it” for them and went back to school? What did you go back to school for and was it a good decision? I just feel like I should have had my game together and not chosen this career, but while I was working on being a teacher I loved it. Now I realized, I don’t want to do it. Anyone else experience this?
Update:Rpe, I have focus. I am not stupid. I worked as a teacher for around 3 years. 3 years was long enough to determine if I really wanted to do it or not. I am completely apart of the real/adult world. I am self sufficient, have lived all over the US by myself and I do know what it takes to be an “adult.” Just because I find that the career was not what I wanted to do at 26 does not mean I am whimsical or lack focus. Basically what you are insinuating is that I must continue on a path I am unsure about instead of taking control of my life and finding a different career for me.
Amazing RPE, you find fault that I want to take control at a young age and leave a career that I know is not for me. You didn’t give advice, you just patronized. I am sure you are legend in your own mind and have never second guessed a large concept within your life. Guess you have nothing in your life of importance.
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I think many people have this problem. I have always been interested in drama and teaching but at one point I wanted to be a police officer or go in the navy and once they made me run through mud knee deep I knew then that was the wrong course for me.
I think you should go back to school and do what really makes you happy. Your still young so don't worry :)
At your age, it not only suggests you didn't work in your previous career choice very long and as a result you haven't been a member of the real/adult/working world to have enough experience relative to knowing what you want to do - but it also suggests you lack focus, and have some rather whimsical ideas of how the world works.
You need to give some serious thought to what you really want to do.
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