Mmmm!! I was told as a child, study hard and you will do well. I wish I had took notice of that
I did not do that well at school, I am no means stupid, more of a practical than theory person. In my day there was only two choices, work in an office or similar for a decent salary, or an outside manual job for a low wage. Now the kids have so much technology and such offered to them that they have a lot of choice. I dont know about in America or Canada etc, but in the UK there are more kids graduating out of university than ever before. Thats fine but not so many are wanting to follow a career in say carpentry, bricklayers etc. I was going to say that it will have a knock on effect, but I think it already has with an increasing number of migrants coming into the UK and working for a minimum wage.
Oooops Im going off topic here
I'm working my dream job! I love being an RN Surgical First Assistant. Perhaps I would have stayed in school and become a Physicians Assistant. At our hospital, we have PA's who function as Surgical First Assistants on their surgeons' surgery day, and function as an office PA on the office day. And PA's here make considerably more money (and have more autonomy) than do RN's. But honestly, I do love what I do for a living!
When I was in high school my theatre teachers and coaches all encouraged me to go into it professionally, but my parents discouraged me and I married my first husband instead. He encouraged me to go back to school for theatre, but I never trusted myself after that
Thats cool catlover, go for it. When my sister got married about twenty years ago she had a professional photographer to do the album, as it was a hobby of mine at the time I ran a couple of rolls of film off as well. When my sister went to pick the album up she showed him some of my pics that she had in her bag. He told her that if I was interested they would take me on and train me up. I just never accepted that offer as I was happy doing what I was doing at the time. Dont get me wrong I enjoy the job I do.
3 years ago, after my ex left me, I suddenly realized that I had never made plans for myself. They were always OUR plans, never mine. So at the age of 26, I had to re-plan my life. I looked into some college degrees but none of them seemed really exciting. Then I thought about what I would like to do if I didn't have to earn a living and right away I answered - Study history! So I decided I just had to find a way to get paid for that.
So now I just got my B.A. in history and next year I'm starting my M.A. I'm not sure exactly where it will lead me, but I figure if I get a PhD in history, I can at least teach. My dream would be to be a university prof.
But even if it doesn't lead to a career, at least I will have spent a few years of my life doing exactly what I wanted.
I would have also liked to be a dietician or some sort of engineer. But I think a career as a scholar is more suited... I am addicted to learning things.
Actually a lot of things:
Nursing
Police work (I read more on true crime than on computers)
Lawyer
Vet
wedding consultant
Teacher (actually I started at that but at the age of 20 didn't think I could do it and changed)
If I could go back in time and do it all again, I would skip university altogether. I'm glad to have a degree and everything, but I wish that I had gone hardcore into singing/music and acting right after highschool and pursued these goals relentlessly in my youth. I'm certainly not discouraging anyone from going to university...I'm just saying that if you're going to go, then at least make sure you're going for the right reasons. I only went because it was expected of me and it's what 99% of my classmates were doing. In hindsight, I should have taking vocal lessons and really focused on music. But what can you do...Better late than never, no?
I would love to go back to school for professional photography.
I was going to take a few classes in college but it never fit into my business schedule
I would marry a rich man and start my own horse farm. I love horses and that would be my job if it was something I could make enough money to live off of. Unfortunately it doens't make enough for me to live off of on my own.