I'm going back to school! I have been feeling very blah about finance for the past several months and have started re-evaluating my career choice. H and I have looked over our finances and we have decided that I am going to go part time at my job and go back to school. We are going to have to cut back and will have to put baby-making on hold for a year or so but I am so excited!
Has anyone else gone back to school? I feel a little awkward about it and was surprised at how much things have changed since I was in college 3 years ago. Any tips?
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Congrats!!!! What are you going back for?
Thanks guys!
@Casadena I want to be a high school English teacher!
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@novella1186 That is really good advice about finding a good place to study. I am going to start converting one of our spare bedrooms into a study space for me; complete with a full wall book shelf and comfy chair. Can't wait!
I finished my BA in 2001 and went back for my MBA in 2009. I was a bit older but it was a time when the economy was tanking so it was full of people like me. It was one of the best decisions I ever made.
What has you worried?
Run! Run away! I'm kidding. I love my job and dont want to kill the teenagers EVERY day.
@AddieCake Haha that is usually people's reactions when I tell them. I knew you were a teacher, but I didn't know what you taught. Is it English?
Good luck!
ETA: What's the job market like in your area for teachers? I ask because in my area, there are no full time teaching positions available. It's even becoming very difficult to get a sub position, and then people will wait on the sub lists for years until a teacher either dies or retires, and then 100s of applicants fight for that one opening. Or students get their teaching degrees here and then go South or to other ares of the country for jobs.
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
I started school last summer (25 then, 26 now) and this is the first time in my life I've been able to go full-time. I couldn't afford to do more than a class or two at community colleges when I graduated high school. When I got out of the military last year, I was very happy to go back. It has its ups and downs, but overall I feel blessed to have such an opportunity. Make the most of your education.
This is exactly the situation where I live. I was actually a teacher and my position (along with many other positions) was eliminated. At this point, one or two full-time jobs pop up in my area each school year, and there's so much competition. I ended up going back for a second masters because of this. I don't mean to be discouraging! I love teaching, and if the market were better over here I would still be doing it. School is freaking awesome, and you'll have a blast going back. It was even better going back as someone a bit older than the rest of my classmates. It was a fresh perspective, and gave me more experience to play off of. If I won the lottery I would be a professional student!
--------Seriously? It had been going so well-------
A couple of times, my H has tried taking classes again, but he's always decided it was just a phase and dropped out a few weeks in. He has felt weird and complained about being a college student again, but I just remind him that there really are lots of people doing the non-traditional thing nowadays, and he probably won't be the only one in the class.
Yes @kvruns I am going back for a masters. I have a BA in finance with a minor in English literature.
@PrettyGirlLost From what I am gathering, there is still a need for teachers especially in low-income schools (which we have plenty of). I am not too concerned as of right now because I have at least 2 years (I think) before I would get my teaching degree.
ETA: I just looked this up and found THIS (<---clicky) website that talks about the job market for teachers in CO. I am feeling good about it!
What a great decision. I always said that if I won the lottery, I would go back to school. I know there is no way that I can juggle working full time and schooling. I am just not that disciplined.