Studying/Career Worries
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Topic: Studying/Career Worries
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Studying/Career Worries
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:13pm
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I'm thinking ahead of what I want to do career wise etc.
I love what I'm doing at the moment. My business is doing really well with some mammoth orders keeping me busy. But the things is that it doesn't take a lot of brain power to do what I'm doing and I don't think I could do it really long term and make it like a career type thing, I think my brain will get bored eventually. I started doing Vet (did a year and 1/2) and did really well. I was an A+ student but realised it wasn't for me so I left Massey. I didn't see the point of continuing in a very expensive degree that I wasn't going to use in the end. I'd like to study again, very part time maybe extramural. I have a couple of ideas that I like but it's not in the science area where I excel in and have done all through high school/uni etc so I'm a bit nervous. Plus I am totally unsure when it comes to any form of study now. Because it costs so much and I don't want to add to my big student loan anymore we would pay for it as I did it. And I don't want to do what I did last time, to start something and figure out its not for me. Any ideas how I could sort myself out and settle my nerves etc? I'm not going to do anything until next year at the earliest. Has anyone else had this problem. I'm being so indecisive! |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:18pm
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What about talking to a student Liasion Advisor at Massey to see what they think??? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:27pm
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Lol thats what I was going to say ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
Posted By: KABJ99
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:29pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Kelly |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:37pm
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I hear you on the 'I don't think I want to do this forever' thing. I'm at the same loose end.
I second, third, fourth (whatever!) the idea of talking to someone about it. Like a careers advisor at Careers Services or something? They can talk you through not just degrees or whatever, but maybe some courses that will be stepping stones or just so you can see if you like it then go for it later on if you want to. |
Posted By: Natalie_G
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:44pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 4:55pm
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I'd second (or is it third) speaking to someone at Massey, I have found them so helpful in sorting me out! (and goodness knows that takes a lot!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 8:21pm
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 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 23 June 2008 at 8:49pm
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Is there anything I can answer for you?? If it is the degree we were talking about this afternoon then I can probably answer some questions for you or tell you who to actually ring. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 7:58am
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 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 11:16am
I've enrolled   lol
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 1:30pm
| What degree is it? If you don't mind me asking |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 1:52pm
| Bachelar in Education (teaching - early years) which is birth - 8 |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 2:19pm
| Are you doing it extra murally |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 2:25pm
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Short answer yes..
Long answer.. I'm not enrolled for the degree yet as they dont accept enrollments for that degree in the 2nd semester, only the first and there is an interview process to go through. But I've enrolled in a certificate to do 2 papers that can be cross credited to the degree. I'll enrol for the degree later this year. But all the degree can be done extramurally except the placements in schools |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 3:34pm
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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. -------------  
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 3:57pm
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Yeah.
I'm kinda the opposite to my BIL who is a teacher, he loves teaching year 6-8s, whereas I wouldnt want to. I had 2 choices I liked, littlies or teaching science/chem at high school. Then I had way to many flash backs about what nasty little asses we were to our teachers in high school and decided against it lol Plus when I was reading through that degree I felt like it was perfect for me. |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:29pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:35pm
| I remember that feeling, it's exactly what I had when I was doing Vet. What do you want to do? |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:38pm
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funnily enough i have wanted to be a vet my entire life, but , . . theres no way i could move to palmy to do it. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:40pm
| hehe I wanted to be a Vet all my life until I actually started studying towards it and realised no I actually don't want to be a Vet. Why couldn't you move to Palmy to do it? |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:43pm
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2 kids, i look after my aunt whos terminally ill, morgage, dh's business . .
theres no way i can move anywhere to study. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 4:49pm
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if sarah was still little i would probably consider it a bit more, but dont really like the idea of changing her school for a few years and then changing her and moving back again, thats not fair on her. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 24 June 2008 at 5:29pm
| Fair enough then. Its a pity no where else offers Vet, but seeing all the facilites you can understand why, there's so many millions worth of equipment to teach the students. |