Personal Experience?

[macwilkin]

You don't have to start college knowing where you're going to end; part of a college education is to explore new things. There are a lot of careers that you don't even know exist yet, and others that may not exist until you create them! If you've got the chance to go for the degree, go for it! Explore your options while you can. The world is full of people who could've and didn't, don't be one of them.

Listen to this paragraph, Jewddha -- Iolaus speaks the truth here. I started university thinking I wanted to be a high school history teacher, then changed my BS in Education to a BA when I wanted to go on and get my MA in history so I could be a FT park ranger -- then I accidently stumbled onto the Library profession, and now I am looking towards a master's in library science as well as my MA in history.

As someone who makes their living in the education field as a librarian and a teacher at our local community college, I must say that education is NEVER a waste of time, period.

You might want to start out at the local community college first, and complete general education classes -- that way you can decide what it is you want to do and where to go as far as a major area of study -- and most community colleges also have technical programs as well.

My father has been a warehouseman for over 30 years. He went for two years at the local university, but didn't finish. I think now he wishes that he did -- that's why he insisted that I do the same. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with learning a trade, but an education is a gift that will last you a lifetime -- and whilst there are plenty of classes I took that I will never use in my work, I'm sure glad I took them, if nothing else, for the experience. I'll never regret them, even the classes that I did bad in, because of that.

Cheers,

Todd