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02-19-2008, 10:26 AM | #1 |
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| Confused! Please offer your advice I could really use all the advice I can get right now. I am so confused and just don't know what I should do with my life. I am a senior in college majoring in Animal Science with a business option. Here's a little background info over the past 4 years of college. I grew up a farm girl and I will always be a farm girl at heart. That said, when looking at colleges, I didn't even consider anywhere other than Kansas State Univeristy and the college of Agriculture. At first, I chose the Agricultural Communications as my major as I have a love for public speaking and promoting agricultural to others. I felt like this would be the only degree that would allow me to do this. After the first year, I realized that there was more journalism involved than I wanted...I am not a writer! So, I switched to Agricultural Education because, yet again, it allowed me to promote ag., public speak, and even better, take hands on courses. Just last year, I really began thinking about my life and realized that teaching was not something that I wanted to do. By now, I'd already been in college 3 years and I just wanted out of school! I looked through the courses I had already taken and picked a major that would just get me out of here the quickest, which is how I wound up Animal Science. I guess here would be a good place to throw in the major source of confusion. For a little over a year, I have worked as a floral designer. I absolutely love it! It is the most rewarding job, I look forward to going to work and I truely can see myself making a career out of it. I am currently taking an online course to become a certified floral designer through the Floral Design Institue in Portland, Oregon. I have come to face the realization that this certification will probably be more benefical to me than an animal science degree ever will be. I do want to finish my degree though. I think that it is important for me to have it, even if I don't think I'll use it. Here's what I need advice on...I HATE my classes, I have absolutely no interest in them, I have to force myself to go to class everyday. I have been doing some thinking and research and have found a major that I actually have interest in! Yay! Finally 4 years later Family Studies and Human Services. I would be taking courses about family relationships, gender roles, raising children, etc. Ideally, people with this degree go on to work at counslors, social workers, etc. These topics fascinate me and really think that this would be something to help me in everyday life as well. Here's a couple of options I'm debating: 1. Suck it up and finish my Animal Science degree. I have about 20 hours left to graduate so I will need to finish this semester, take a full course schedule over the summer, and a full schedule in the Fall. I would graduate in December. 2. Drop out of my classes now, take the rest of this semester off to work full time as a florist, make sure it is what I want to do. Go back to school in the fall as a Family studies and human services major. I would have approximatly 40 hours to take ~ 2 more years. I'm sorry this is so long, but I hope I gave enough background info to explain what's going on in my crazy mind. Please post your thoughts and give me any advice you can.
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02-19-2008, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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| JMO i think you should finish your degree then pursue your floral designing. Your degree will help you in the long run. Its good that you have found something that you truly enjoy though and i think you should continue to do that, with your degree.
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02-19-2008, 10:30 AM | #3 |
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| I have a good friend who has degrees in law enforcement (im blank on the degree names right now, its just that kinda day today) and she works at home depot. She just finds it more rewarding and the money is good.
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02-19-2008, 10:42 AM | #4 |
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| If I were in your position I would not let all the hard work I have done go to waste. I would finish my degree, graduate in December. I don't know about Kansas but in NY you get higher pay as long as you have a degree doesn't necessarily have to be in the job field you are applying for. I do however think you should pursue your career in floral design, theres nothing better than actually going to work and loving what you do with your degree you may even be qualified for a higher pay rate. You are also minoring in business which will come in handy as well. Do the floral design after you graduate full time and if you find that it isnt what you want to do then you can go back for human service good luck in what ever you decide
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02-19-2008, 10:52 AM | #5 |
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| Hi Even though you hate the classes, you are so close to the degree. It's something you will always have, and in my humble opinion , would be a real shame to give up at this time. Do you think maybe you could just grin and bear it for the next couple of months? I know it probably seems like an eternity.It's really hard to have to do something, when your heart just isn't in it. But as my Mom used to say, it would be a real feather in your cap. Good Luck Janelles |
02-19-2008, 11:01 AM | #6 |
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| my advice would be to finish up your degree. Work at what you love (floral arranging) and if you decide you want to become a family worker, go for a Masters in that field at your leisure. Do not put so much pressure on yourself. (JMO) MyBabyBoyMax is right, you usually get paid more if you have a college degree. And it also shows potential employers that you have accomplished that much. Life is short, make fun of it. Good luck! check out the happiest nation in the world ... http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06...ideShows_ssi_5 why are they happier? Because they do not put a lot of pressure on themselves.
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02-19-2008, 11:11 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Lover Donating Member | From someone who has been in your shoes...let me tell you to FINISH your degree. I just graduated last August with a degree in Economics and Management and always thought that was something I wanted to do...but then I got a job in the education field and fell in love with it. It has nothing to do with my degree but it is something that I like doing and find rewarding, but I stuck with my degree and got it but have interest to ever do anything with it but it is there to fall back on if I were to need to. I hated taking those last couple of classes, esp. once I decided I didn't want to use my degree but I didn't want to waste all that work that I had put into it and esp. all the money that my parents spent. Now I am glad b/c I have a degree I can hang on my wall...b/c most people don't care what it says for the degree they just want to know that you can stick to something!! If after you have finished your degree you want to pursue something else you can do that...I have found that I have other passions that I am striving for that dont' even require a degree but I am glad that I stuck with it and finished up!!
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02-19-2008, 12:38 PM | #8 |
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| I know that I WILL finish school. I have heard from so many people that it doesn't matter what your degree is in, just as long as you have the piece of paper. I guess my biggest problem now is just that I have no desire to learn about the things I'm studing in Animal Science. That is not a good thing, because the classes I am taking need my full and undivided attention. Almost all of the classes I have left are geared toward preparing students for vet school..I've finished all of the business courses. I am just not crazy to learn about how to manage a feedlot or know the scientific terms for a cows anatomy.
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02-19-2008, 05:06 PM | #9 |
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| I think YOU need to do what YOU want to do. The most important thing is to finish a degree, any degree, because a college degree is extremely important. You've answered that - you say you WILL graduate. You are asking should you finish a degree that you hate or switch to something that you think you will like and might want to work in. This switch will take 20 more hours than the Animal Science degree that you hate. I say, do what your heart says to do. If you don't want to finish the Animal Science degree, then don't. But only if you are really committed to finishing the other degree - if you are in any way wishy washy about that, then just go ahead, suck it up, and finish the AS degree. You are already working in floral design - you can continue to work in that while you finish the other degree. Of course, there may be financial constraints that may be in play. Do you need, financially, to get out of school? If not, then my advice is to follow your heart, which I can see is aimed toward the second degree. Good luck with your decision! Let us know what you decide. Have you talked with your parents?
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02-19-2008, 05:38 PM | #10 |
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| Just finish the sucker. In my experience the specific area of a bachelors degree means squat. It's only once you get into grad and masters courses that 'areas' of study count for anything in the world of employment. To switch now will only prolong your annoyance of schooling in general. Get it done and get out. Then you can devote the time to what you actually enjoy. Last edited by YubYub; 02-19-2008 at 05:40 PM. |
02-19-2008, 06:48 PM | #11 |
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| I agree. I would go ahead and finish the degree. It's tough to know what you are going through...from this perspective I would say that because you took all of those classes, you dont want to feel like you wasted time and money. Might as well finish it up and then go on to what you really want. Good luck with whatever you choose to do. It will work out in the end.
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02-19-2008, 10:18 PM | #12 | |
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| Quote:
Thank you! This is exactly what I have been wanting to hear all day. Blake (my BF) and I have been discussing this all day. I really think I have made up my mind to switch majors. I know I'm crazy for staying in school longer when all I want to do is be done BUT...2 semesters in courses that I hate and have to struggle through will seem like an eternity as well. I enjoy working with children and can really see myself working with youth some day. Even if I don't ever use the degree, I know that it will help me with my own relationships. Thank you everyone for your advice. I really do appreciate it.
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02-21-2008, 12:47 PM | #13 |
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| Well, I did it! I just spent the morning running all over campus to get everything worked out. I have offically withdrew from the university for the remainder of this semester. When enrollment for next semester begins in march, I will enroll as a Family Studies and Human Services major. I am so excited. This really is what my heart is telling me to do. I am going to enjoy these couple months off. I'm going to use it to complete my floral design certificate, spend some time getting my jewelry business underway, and just relax!
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