by d 22 Replies latest jw friends
I am a college trying to maintain good grades.College is stressful especially this year.Have any of you who are still in college, or went to college found it to be difficult in any way shape or form?.For me I am worried about finding a good career after I graduate.Since the job market is still slow.
Thanks
d
I'm sorry you're struggling.
College classes were a breeze for me; maybe, that's partly why I fell for the WT and ended up dropping out to preach the "warning message."
Hang in there.
Syl
What are you majoring in? That might have a lot to do with your job market when you graduate.
I sent my essay in today for my uni course. I am not happy with it and hope it magically transforms into a work of genius as it travels through the ether. It is a struggle keeping all the balls in the air and keeping on top of work family and uni. I try to get ahead to allow for time to do other stuff but usually fail.
Use the careers service at the college they will help you to get thinking about the jobs market and opportunities. Good luck it will be worthwhile in the end.
Working a full time job 50 hours a week. Taking 12 hours of online classes. Scheduled to graduate this fall.
Sometimes, I am so busy I forget which day it is. It takes discipline, but, it can be done. I am hoping it will pay off big time for me later.
If you're a freshman in the true sense of the word, meaning 18 years-old, I wouldn't worry so much about the job market in your given career. I would worry about getting the best grades you can and staying off of Facebook. Meaning don't post anything you don't want your future employer to find in a background search. No beer drinking, no naked pics, no stories of drugs. No stupid sh%t you wouldn't tell them about. Facebook and every other social networking site will be looked at by every company doing a background search. Any, and everything you post is fair game.
I would try to get a part-time job. Even serving coffee. Internships, volunteer, etc. Anything to show an employeer that you are willing to be a team-player and you work well with other people and are willing to do crap as well as your given *career*.
If your career is engineering, you have a much better chance of getting a job than if it is in, oh, say Art Appreciation.
College can and should be fun. However, if it is too much fun, you'll be there for 5 years which not only adds to the cost but puts your career on hold. Plus, you are there to learn not party. (speaking from experience. )
College degrees are respected because they are generally not easy to get. They demand effort and commitment and in the end only demonstrate that you have proven your potential to grow. This is something most secondary school graduates lack and why they are seldom considered for positions demanding a proven track record of learning and self discipline. Nobody who goes successfully into the workforce after graduation stagnates and much of what you will learn you will either never use or will be the foundation for future learning. Bear in mind that you will likely change your career path half a dozen times before you retire many years from now. Lesson is, focus on how to learn, not so much the material you are learning.
I graduated with an honours bachelor's degree in science 35 1/2 years ago. Less than half the people who started out with me in first year graduated with me after fourth. We called it educational Darwinism. The feeling of finally having completed my education was euphoric, like having a millstone removed from my shoulders. It is something for you to look forward to, but you're going to need to be strong and persevere, sometimes keep on going when you think you're going to drop.
I worried about the job market, too. There was a major recession in 1974-75 and jobs were scarce, like they are now. I took a logging job in northwestern Ontario. They made me a supervisor. It was a good job but tough and dangerous. Home only on weekends, blood sucking insects, baking heat and incredible cold but it opened the door for the next, better, job. And so on.
Advice from an old man whose been where you are: Get plenty of sleep, make sure you eat well, take it easy on the partying (but by all means party), exercise often, don't blow classes and put every ounce of your brain into it. After this, it gets easier and a lot more fun.
Thanks for the encourgement.I am in my third year of college and I am majoring in General studies.I might major in Political Science or Sociology.I hope college helps to get a job soon.I am 20 yrs old by the way and still looking for a job.
Good advice from everyone. I say hang in there d and keep on persevering. It is challenging and does require great self-discipline, but so worth it in the long run.
It was a very painful adjustment for me socially. I jumped up several classes to attend an elite school. They welcomed me but everyone always mocked these people for not being nice. They were so nice. It was an adjustment after the constant criticism of the Witnesses. My big mistake was not sharing my feelings with anyone. It was hell first year. I persevered b/c no one was I going back to my former life. There was no safe harbor for me. I can't describe the pain. Gradually, I adjusted. My first year grades were ok, not spectuclar. I decided to go to law school b/c my classmates were certain they could. Finally, I graduate magna cum laude with Distinction in Political Science and received a full merit scholarship for law school at the 3rd ranked law school in the country.
The class differences were stark. I thought it was only me. Last year I was driving with NPR on. They hold symposiums on the transitions working class and poor students face at elite schools. I discovered that people love to mentor others. It is so much better than my Witness world. You have no idea what college opened for me. I earned the equivalent of $250,000. out of law school.
We were told this economy could not happen. Education is the best place to be now. No one find a dream job right out of school. The jobs that will open will be highly skilled. I graduated in 1975. The Viet Nam War was bad. Men lingered in college to not be drafted. Men with no interest in going on got PhDs. It is not a bad choice.
I now watch TV, see movies, read books for fun - - even at a top Wall St. law firm that ran 24/7. It is a concentrated time. Not all Norman Rockwellian but worth the effort. You do graduate. Hence the question, is there life after Harvard?
