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All right. So I'm considering a return to college, yet again, to obtain a degree for something useful that might get me a better paying job. My BFA in Multimedia & Web Design is essentially useless unless it's for obtaining freelance jobs which I really hate because it's not steady work. On the other hand, my Associates in Paralegal Studies is useful in terms of getting jobs as a legal secretary, court clerk, etc, but those jobs plateau in pay grades.
Plus I really don't want to do that work long term which is something I should have thought about before paying for a degree in it but let's face it, I've shown less than spectacular choices in my educational pursuits. The college I went to for my BFA was private and is... well, if it wasn't criminal, I'd burn the place down. Some petty part of myself is angry at my parents for allowing me to attend such a bullshit school or not warning me against it but it's stupid. You make your own choices, right? It does no use. My brother made the right educational choices and we have the same parents so it's me, not them, and that's just me being petty and bitchy but the feelings are still there. At least I can admit they're douchey so that's something I guess.
Lame as it is, I'm trying to correct those bad educational decisions at a late date in my early thirties. Lame. Super lame. I really don't want to be going back to school again but I don't want to have endless freelance jobs and jobs where I think a big pay grade is 30k a year. Super duper lame.
I'm starting up school again by taking all my math at the community college. My first of this endless barrage of math classes starts August 24th and I'm not exactly looking forward to it but it has to be done. Math is required for whatever I choose to study and I don't have much of it that will be available for transfer at UMSL.
The plan was always to study Computer Science since I have programming experience and an interest in computers but honestly? I've never been particularly enthused about this. I just default chose it since I know computers somewhat and that's a field which has consistent job prospects.
Out of boredom I was going through majors at UMSL and I started reading the information on the Biochemistry & Biotechnology major. From there I read other articles on it and the more I read the more interested I became. I feel it's yet another bout of lameness from me but I'm really intrigued by this major. I've always loved science and the job prospects for this field look about as good as Computer Science and unlike Computer Science I had this instinctive feeling I would like this sort of work.
I don't know. I'm at least going to take the basic science courses for this major at community college now and talk to the person in charge of this department at UMSL but at this point I'm strongly considering this as an option.
Although I can't believe I'm actually going back to school again. Seriously lame.
Plus I really don't want to do that work long term which is something I should have thought about before paying for a degree in it but let's face it, I've shown less than spectacular choices in my educational pursuits. The college I went to for my BFA was private and is... well, if it wasn't criminal, I'd burn the place down. Some petty part of myself is angry at my parents for allowing me to attend such a bullshit school or not warning me against it but it's stupid. You make your own choices, right? It does no use. My brother made the right educational choices and we have the same parents so it's me, not them, and that's just me being petty and bitchy but the feelings are still there. At least I can admit they're douchey so that's something I guess.
Lame as it is, I'm trying to correct those bad educational decisions at a late date in my early thirties. Lame. Super lame. I really don't want to be going back to school again but I don't want to have endless freelance jobs and jobs where I think a big pay grade is 30k a year. Super duper lame.
I'm starting up school again by taking all my math at the community college. My first of this endless barrage of math classes starts August 24th and I'm not exactly looking forward to it but it has to be done. Math is required for whatever I choose to study and I don't have much of it that will be available for transfer at UMSL.
The plan was always to study Computer Science since I have programming experience and an interest in computers but honestly? I've never been particularly enthused about this. I just default chose it since I know computers somewhat and that's a field which has consistent job prospects.
Out of boredom I was going through majors at UMSL and I started reading the information on the Biochemistry & Biotechnology major. From there I read other articles on it and the more I read the more interested I became. I feel it's yet another bout of lameness from me but I'm really intrigued by this major. I've always loved science and the job prospects for this field look about as good as Computer Science and unlike Computer Science I had this instinctive feeling I would like this sort of work.
I don't know. I'm at least going to take the basic science courses for this major at community college now and talk to the person in charge of this department at UMSL but at this point I'm strongly considering this as an option.
Although I can't believe I'm actually going back to school again. Seriously lame.