i really should go back to school

i've matured - i know i know i really have, for realies

i'm having a helluva time finding any meaningful work - though, i do have a wonderful opportunity with a job interview this may 20 - everything outside of that interview has been quite a dissapointment. and finishing up a degree will allow me to compete on a higher level than i am now.

if i can get financial aid, i'll be able to get through the recession while earning a degree, so when i do finish, i'll be in a better place and be able to leverage my skills much more better.

plus, i just want to finish it. i already spent 4 1/2 years worth trying to get a degree - i fucked up - now i want to finish, in a totally different major now.

 

What do you want to major in,? I am going to guess sport's medicine, which would be bad ass for you.

 

close, i'm going to try exercise science

 

You should go for it. I've been thinking about going to a tech. school to be a medical coder....then I'll go back and finish my degree. I just want that damn piece of paper to shut my mom up. haha

 

wait wtf when did you quit school?

 

i stopped may 08 haha

haven't really done much of anything since

 

Pfft all I've done is get turned down for every job I apply for. Damn job market. haha

 

Do it!

Later on in life, a degree can be helpful for any number of things, from getting working permits, residential visas, higher salaries and most importantly getting interviews.

The degree itself doesn't really matter too much, but if it's something that you are interested in(like exercise science), you might actually get something useful from it other than just the slip of paper at the end.

Go for it!

 

I agree with this 100 percent. Some people at my work have some weird degrees like dental science and art history, but they work as counslors. The licensing board says you just need a degree, they don't care what it's in.

 

It's never too late to learn.

 

Go for it, excercise science sounds just right for you. Good luck!

 

In general terms a degree can be a good thing.
And in specific things - law, medicine etc.

But for alot of people in Britain a degree was/ has been an expensive mistake.
And for Bill Gates etc it was sthg good to drop out of.

On balance, I'd say "if in doubt, better to do one".
Altho alot of British people would disagree.
Like the grads who wound up in McDonalds while non-grads their age earned 3 or 4 x more.