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Ok here is my situation as it is right now. I am 16 years old, male, opinionated but not very smart so I can't articulate myself well and I have many different paths I wish to follow for self improvement. I am currently sitting 5 Highers (A Levels) at High School and once I have finished high school these are the choices I am struggling to make...
Choice A) Go to university to study Film And Media or Journalism. I think this would be a great experience that would obviously further my education and also let me progress leaps and bounds socially. After that though my career path is pretty much entirely set out within the media and I don't like sealing my fate like that for some reason.
Choice B) I don't go to university, instead I leave school at about 18 and take a year out to go see the world. I wouldn't do that if I knew uni would be waiting when I got back but I would if I felt free from responsibilities at home. That would definitely be a positive experience socially and probably more spiritually than anything else. I am a sucker for going to all the major cities like NY and so on but I also find the more cultural and historical parts of the world like the great pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall Of China immensly interesting and the history behind it all is fascinating.
Choice C)This could happen after Choice B however I am not sure. I do really want to help other people. I think that's probably because I don't feel I've had much help throughout my life but either way I do want to get out there and physically help people. Therefore I am seriously considering joining the police. Of course not on the desk job level but actually going out on the streets and helping people. I think that would definitely make me feel good about myself and I'm sure I could pass the entry tests just I'd need to really get fitter. I am currently well I'd say about average weight but I have seen the physical exam and I think I'd need to really train to make a good enough impression. This would benefit my physically too but I'd regret missing out on Uni really. I mean not one of my friends is doing something other than it and I'd just be alone and out in the big bad world while they are getting drunk and arrested by me.
As you guys and gals can see I really need some direction in my life. What do you people think i should do? Can any of you relate? Any advice or information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :D
Choice A) Go to university to study Film And Media or Journalism. I think this would be a great experience that would obviously further my education and also let me progress leaps and bounds socially. After that though my career path is pretty much entirely set out within the media and I don't like sealing my fate like that for some reason.
Choice B) I don't go to university, instead I leave school at about 18 and take a year out to go see the world. I wouldn't do that if I knew uni would be waiting when I got back but I would if I felt free from responsibilities at home. That would definitely be a positive experience socially and probably more spiritually than anything else. I am a sucker for going to all the major cities like NY and so on but I also find the more cultural and historical parts of the world like the great pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall Of China immensly interesting and the history behind it all is fascinating.
Choice C)This could happen after Choice B however I am not sure. I do really want to help other people. I think that's probably because I don't feel I've had much help throughout my life but either way I do want to get out there and physically help people. Therefore I am seriously considering joining the police. Of course not on the desk job level but actually going out on the streets and helping people. I think that would definitely make me feel good about myself and I'm sure I could pass the entry tests just I'd need to really get fitter. I am currently well I'd say about average weight but I have seen the physical exam and I think I'd need to really train to make a good enough impression. This would benefit my physically too but I'd regret missing out on Uni really. I mean not one of my friends is doing something other than it and I'd just be alone and out in the big bad world while they are getting drunk and arrested by me.
As you guys and gals can see I really need some direction in my life. What do you people think i should do? Can any of you relate? Any advice or information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :D
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I wish I had all this time to get a job and work and so on but my wee brother is about 3 and a half years younger than me so if I left highschool and went into uni straight away my parents are willing to pay but I have to get done ASAP as my brother will be starting uni about the time I'm ending then he'll get all the funding for those years. I can't take too many years out because I can't go to uni while my wee bro is taking up all the money. My parents just can't afford it. If I didn't go though and just went round the world and got a full time job I wouldn't have to worry about getting money through uni. I know lots of other people get jobs through uni but that's just another thing I'd just have to sort out.
My advice is a secret option, choice D) You are not sure what you want to do and as Snuggly said, sealing your fate for the next few years on something that you’re not sure of would be idiocy. Take a year out, get a job, any job, (if it is vaguely related to the field you’re interested in that would be good), then spend that time figuring out what you really want to do with your future.
Teaching is stupidly hard. Just thought I'd warn you. I considered it for years, before my sister went and did it. The uni work, the training, the job itself - all a nightmare.
Most college/uni tutors have no teaching experience, they just do whatever field it is they end up teaching, be it media or whatever.
Get a job, get some money behind you. You can save up at LEAST 5 or 6 grand with almost any job within a year. That'll help you go through uni later on (unless you're lucky and your parents will pay for it) so you can concentrate on that instead of worrying about cash.
Most college/uni tutors have no teaching experience, they just do whatever field it is they end up teaching, be it media or whatever.
Get a job, get some money behind you. You can save up at LEAST 5 or 6 grand with almost any job within a year. That'll help you go through uni later on (unless you're lucky and your parents will pay for it) so you can concentrate on that instead of worrying about cash.
Hmm good advice Snuggly...not so good advice Mojojojo but Snuggly has cancelled you out. I am still unsure though. As you say money is a factor/problem. I am really going to have to put some thought into it...one of my mates suggested I became a Film And Media Studies teacher. That way I could go into journalism and so on and then go back and teach later so that I get the exp of uni, media work and I get to help people...just small people who I'd have to educate lol.
My advice is this; if you really, really want to go to Uni, then do it. I'm hoping to be accepted this year and start in September, but I've been kicking myself that I didn't do this five years ago (I'm 23). However, if you're not sure if you want to, then don't. Once you're in, you're there for a good few years, and you'll come out skint.
Choice B is probably, sadly, wishful thinking. That is, unless you're a 16yr old with a job that pays a gargantuan wage which would allow you to travel to New York, Egypt etc. on a whim. Perhaps you could combine a little of choice B with choice A - take a year off, get a job, save some money, have a cool 12 months knowing that you won't be stuck in a crappy job forever then apply for Uni if you think you want to.
Don't listen to me. I'm rubbish at everything. Even now I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing, but I'm forging ahead nonetheless.
Choice B is probably, sadly, wishful thinking. That is, unless you're a 16yr old with a job that pays a gargantuan wage which would allow you to travel to New York, Egypt etc. on a whim. Perhaps you could combine a little of choice B with choice A - take a year off, get a job, save some money, have a cool 12 months knowing that you won't be stuck in a crappy job forever then apply for Uni if you think you want to.
Don't listen to me. I'm rubbish at everything. Even now I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing, but I'm forging ahead nonetheless.
My advice? Don't be such a girl all the time. Stop being annoying. And get a job.
Ok here is my situation as it is right now. I am 16 years old, male, opinionated but not very smart so I can't articulate myself well and I have many different paths I wish to follow for self improvement. I am currently sitting 5 Highers (A Levels) at High School and once I have finished high school these are the choices I am struggling to make...
Choice A) Go to university to study Film And Media or Journalism. I think this would be a great experience that would obviously further my education and also let me progress leaps and bounds socially. After that though my career path is pretty much entirely set out within the media and I don't like sealing my fate like that for some reason.
Choice B) I don't go to university, instead I leave school at about 18 and take a year out to go see the world. I wouldn't do that if I knew uni would be waiting when I got back but I would if I felt free from responsibilities at home. That would definitely be a positive experience socially and probably more spiritually than anything else. I am a sucker for going to all the major cities like NY and so on but I also find the more cultural and historical parts of the world like the great pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall Of China immensly interesting and the history behind it all is fascinating.
Choice C)This could happen after Choice B however I am not sure. I do really want to help other people. I think that's probably because I don't feel I've had much help throughout my life but either way I do want to get out there and physically help people. Therefore I am seriously considering joining the police. Of course not on the desk job level but actually going out on the streets and helping people. I think that would definitely make me feel good about myself and I'm sure I could pass the entry tests just I'd need to really get fitter. I am currently well I'd say about average weight but I have seen the physical exam and I think I'd need to really train to make a good enough impression. This would benefit my physically too but I'd regret missing out on Uni really. I mean not one of my friends is doing something other than it and I'd just be alone and out in the big bad world while they are getting drunk and arrested by me.
As you guys and gals can see I really need some direction in my life. What do you people think i should do? Can any of you relate? Any advice or information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :D
Choice A) Go to university to study Film And Media or Journalism. I think this would be a great experience that would obviously further my education and also let me progress leaps and bounds socially. After that though my career path is pretty much entirely set out within the media and I don't like sealing my fate like that for some reason.
Choice B) I don't go to university, instead I leave school at about 18 and take a year out to go see the world. I wouldn't do that if I knew uni would be waiting when I got back but I would if I felt free from responsibilities at home. That would definitely be a positive experience socially and probably more spiritually than anything else. I am a sucker for going to all the major cities like NY and so on but I also find the more cultural and historical parts of the world like the great pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall Of China immensly interesting and the history behind it all is fascinating.
Choice C)This could happen after Choice B however I am not sure. I do really want to help other people. I think that's probably because I don't feel I've had much help throughout my life but either way I do want to get out there and physically help people. Therefore I am seriously considering joining the police. Of course not on the desk job level but actually going out on the streets and helping people. I think that would definitely make me feel good about myself and I'm sure I could pass the entry tests just I'd need to really get fitter. I am currently well I'd say about average weight but I have seen the physical exam and I think I'd need to really train to make a good enough impression. This would benefit my physically too but I'd regret missing out on Uni really. I mean not one of my friends is doing something other than it and I'd just be alone and out in the big bad world while they are getting drunk and arrested by me.
As you guys and gals can see I really need some direction in my life. What do you people think i should do? Can any of you relate? Any advice or information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :D
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