I never really planned on being a writing major, it kind of just found me. As amazing as this path has been it also brings a lot of realizations to life. Things such as: future careers, how to make a living, how to stay creative, what the f am I doing?!, and most importantly WAIT I graduate in a couple of months. My original plan was to be a teacher and impact the young lives that would be in my classroom. That plan has been altered and rearranged within the past couple of years but the one thing that remains is that I absolutely want to be involved in helping in children any way possible. So what do I do next? Do I take a break to figure all of this out or do I move on to the next step in my education and commit to a grad school program that could possibly make this goal of mine a reality?
According to the article "Especially for undergraduates: Reasons to wait", "Continuing to grad school directly from undergrad seems like a safe choice." About 65% of me agrees with this. I've been in college for a little over four years, I'm good at school, and I don't know what the next step to take is so why not just continue to educate myself and give myself a better opportunity for a higher paying career that I will enjoy? With this mindset it would be the safe, and possibly better option. The other 35% of me gets completely freaked out by the idea of grad school for a few reasons, loans and time. I already have a crap ton of loans that are my responsibility to pay back. Grad school would almost double the amount of loans that I already have which is super intimidating. Then there is our "never ending" supply of time. Grad school will take at least two years of my life. Doesn't seem like such a commitment in the long run but when I think about how I would be super satisfied being a head teacher at a daycare or an enrichment coach at a pre-school, jobs that I could get directly after graduation, grad school starts to seem rather pointless. So yet again the question is do I wait?
In another article writer Jackie Tempera writes about other possible options for after graduation with a more then truthful title. "Not ready to grow up?" Well no, not really. All my life I imagined college and adulthood to be this awesome thing and now that I'm almost done I'm realizing how good I had it. Being an adult is no fun! I cant even deal with going to the dentist alone let alone having a full time job, loans to pay off, and way more bills to pay. So what can we do to give ourselves fun experiences and more time before we really have to grow up? Travel, join programs that involve education and will add more to our resumes, get involved with more intense internships, or do the less appealing option and go to grad school. All of these options are doable and seem to be a good way to spend my post-grad time, but how realistic are they for my particular situation? As I said earlier, I have a crap ton of loans. Loans that will not go away if I decide to travel for a year. Honestly, I always wanted to travel after college but I wanted to have my education completely finished before I went on that journey so I could come back and jump right into my career.
After reading this I am sure that I have confused you, or at least given you a moment of stressful thinking, just as much as I am confused and stressed (welcome to a day in my mind!). When it comes down to it I think the best option for me is grad school. Grad school will offer me a chance to become more educated in a field that I believe I will enjoy and will provide me with the education to obtain the job that I'm sure (pretty sure) I want. AHH! Adulthood. How am I graduating already?
According to the article "Especially for undergraduates: Reasons to wait", "Continuing to grad school directly from undergrad seems like a safe choice." About 65% of me agrees with this. I've been in college for a little over four years, I'm good at school, and I don't know what the next step to take is so why not just continue to educate myself and give myself a better opportunity for a higher paying career that I will enjoy? With this mindset it would be the safe, and possibly better option. The other 35% of me gets completely freaked out by the idea of grad school for a few reasons, loans and time. I already have a crap ton of loans that are my responsibility to pay back. Grad school would almost double the amount of loans that I already have which is super intimidating. Then there is our "never ending" supply of time. Grad school will take at least two years of my life. Doesn't seem like such a commitment in the long run but when I think about how I would be super satisfied being a head teacher at a daycare or an enrichment coach at a pre-school, jobs that I could get directly after graduation, grad school starts to seem rather pointless. So yet again the question is do I wait?
In another article writer Jackie Tempera writes about other possible options for after graduation with a more then truthful title. "Not ready to grow up?" Well no, not really. All my life I imagined college and adulthood to be this awesome thing and now that I'm almost done I'm realizing how good I had it. Being an adult is no fun! I cant even deal with going to the dentist alone let alone having a full time job, loans to pay off, and way more bills to pay. So what can we do to give ourselves fun experiences and more time before we really have to grow up? Travel, join programs that involve education and will add more to our resumes, get involved with more intense internships, or do the less appealing option and go to grad school. All of these options are doable and seem to be a good way to spend my post-grad time, but how realistic are they for my particular situation? As I said earlier, I have a crap ton of loans. Loans that will not go away if I decide to travel for a year. Honestly, I always wanted to travel after college but I wanted to have my education completely finished before I went on that journey so I could come back and jump right into my career.
After reading this I am sure that I have confused you, or at least given you a moment of stressful thinking, just as much as I am confused and stressed (welcome to a day in my mind!). When it comes down to it I think the best option for me is grad school. Grad school will offer me a chance to become more educated in a field that I believe I will enjoy and will provide me with the education to obtain the job that I'm sure (pretty sure) I want. AHH! Adulthood. How am I graduating already?