I was raised by a single mother who never went to highschool, and we have a pretty strained relationship. I feel like I don’t have anyone to ask about school. I am a nurse assistant and I have been doing to community college to become a nurse. Unfortunately it just isn’t a good fit. I have developed tendinitis which makes my wrists very painful, and frankly I don’t feel safe in the hospital environment.
I still love healthcare and I really wanted to pursue a degree in public health. I think it’s a really interesting field and I find it important. However, I kind of gave up on it because I didn’t think I could afford to move and get the degree. I have also heard that it’s a hard job to get a degree in and that it doesn’t pay the best.
I decided to switch my major to accounting when I start at a local university this fall. I have taken a few accounting classes and while it’s not the most interesting thing in the world I can do it and it seems like there is decent money in it.
Today I went to an event for transfer students at the university I am transferring to and an advisor told me about how they just completed construction on a new building to house their new public health department, and that if I wanted to I could be apart of the first cohort at this campus to get this degree. She made it sound so amazing with brand new fancy labs and facilities. I just got so excited but I feel like deep down I know it’s a bad idea. I can’t just get a degree in something that I won’t be able to find a job with.
I grew up extremely poor. We moved almost every year, meaning I had to start out at a whole new school with no friends every year. We didn’t have a car, we frequently had our power and water shut off, and we were often short on food. I can’t live like that again. I don’t need to be rich but I want stability and comfort. I don’t feel like I’ve ever had that.
Thanks to anyone who made it through my wall of text 🙂 any advice or maybe if you have a similar experience hearing about it would be helpful.
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