Studying/Career Worries

What about talking to a student Liasion Advisor at Massey to see what they think???

Hi Stacey

i have been in a similar situation at a couple of times in my working career.

When I left school i went to Uni and did 2 years of a science degree (which i had done all through school). Didn't like it,left with no qualification to show for it and a student loan. Went back to working in hospitality before i decided to do my chef training. Did really well at this and loved every minute of it but got to the stage where i decided i needed something more of a challenge plus more money for working less hours.

Really scary as I didn't want to start something new again, find out I didn't like and end up with more debt and no qualification.

What i did was looked for a small certificate (4 papaers only) in the field i was interested in (Business) that I could do extramurally. This certificate was then a stepping stone to a diploma and then to a degree.

Did the certificate extramurally (paid for the papers as i went) while still working 70+ hours a week as a chef over the course of a year and absolutely loved it and did really well. Finished the year and actually had a new qualification.

Left chefing and went full time study for a year (as an adult student so Government did give me some money towards living costs) to complete the diploma level and then went and found a full-time job in this field while finishing my degree part-time.

Now work half as many hours as I did chefing and get paid twice as much and work in a field that is really interesting and diverse.

Was hard work working and studying at the same time and i didn't have any children to worry about (just my Partner who is now DH). But defintely think it is worth the effort.

Now i am about to give up work while on a years maternity leave to have my first child but have recently started up a business of my own as well so have that to content with along with a newborn.

Take your time when looking and I would defintely reccomend looking for a programme that can let you do it in stages. That way if you do decide you don't like it you can finish at certain points and still walk away with a qualification.

I know at Massey going extramural and starting with one paper a semster (as i do) i belive the papers start at $400 then add books ontop of that.

But trying to decide what to do is tougher, will be best to speak with someone at Massey.

I am 99% sure of the degree I want to do now - after a chat with DH and him finding the exact thing I needed.. and the majority can be done extramurally. I'm going to ring Massey tomorrow and ask a few questions

Nah DH answered most of it. It's not the degree we were talking of but its very similar. I need to chat with massey because the only things left uncertain is the planning of how I can do it and only they can help with that part. I can always talk to FIL as he does the interviews for the degree

What degree is it? If you don't mind me asking

Are you doing it extra murally

So is it early childhood?

As don't you need a primary degree to teach at primary level. I know there is the cross-over of degrees at Yr7/8 where you can be either primary or secondary trained.

ive been studying thru massey extramurally for 3 years now, but ive just hit the

OMG why am i doing this??? is this really what i want to do?? errrrrr ummm no i dont think it is!

what i want to do i cant do extramurally :(

so not sure what to do now.

funnily enough i have wanted to be a vet my entire life, but , . . theres no way i could move to palmy to do it.