Anxiety and studying right career path

[cookiesandcream]

Hi All,

I just need some general advice. I have such anxiety about my chosen study career path. I'm currently studying a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and am just about to go into 2nd year. However I really don't see myself in the long term being a teacher. I guess it will suit school holiday's with my family and grandchild and any more future grandchildren. .

However my heart is really in studying Law. I have also been accepted into a Bachelor of Laws, but I know that I can only study one degree. Law is really what I would like to study, but I know the hours etc will be ridiculous. And hubby probably would hate that. Plus I know the study for Law degree is very full on, lots of reading (don't know if my family would support me on this decision). It gives me such anxiety, that am I wasting my time with teaching, or should I just finish the teaching degree, then later on do a Juris prudence (law postgraduate). I just can't wait to study law, it really, really interest me.

The only other alternative would be to change to Secondary teaching and add legal studies on as my major.

help and advice anyone please? my head just can't shut off.

[white knight]

HI, welcome

Ive has a life of law enforcement (not police but ranger, warder, investigations) and I found it a good interesting career. My daughter chose secondary teaching and at 27yo a few years after finishing uni, she fell in a heap and cannot work.

The pressure of teaching is enormous now even from other teachers keen to reduce their workload,from parents that are confronting and now children making teaching difficult. If you do teaching and add a major to it you are stretching your time away from family anyway.

So although I’m suggesting law, I think strategies to protect your family needs to be introduced. Quality time with them individually and collectively must be planned by yourself as insurance to hidden anger. Moderation is the key.

Add to that regular acts of showing appreciation.

TonyWK

[Croix]

Dear Cookiesandcream~

I read in your other thread you have adult children, which points to the fact you are not a young undergraduate starting out in life. This of course raises the question of why you are studying. If it is for self development and not for a career then then that puts a different complexion on matters.

I'd imagine you have 3 years left in a BPrimEd full time, going over to a LLB would add an extra year.

So all things being equal it might be that switching over, if it is just for personal development, would seen to be the way to go.

If however you are going to use a qualification to gain employment I'd imagine at your age education might be easier to enter and a year nearer. I've no stats for this, just a general feeling.

There seems to be a great deal of difference between primary and secondary teaching, I guess you might need to know what you will find most satisfying before even considering a change to secondary with legal major.

All of the above would be a good reason to visit to a student advisor at your uni to see exactly what you can and can't do, what credits you can carry over and time taken. Also what is possible if you have started employment in education.

The only other thing to say is the concept you may have of what is involved in studying law may be very different from the actuality. Just the list of units does not really give you the idea.

I've not tried to give advice, just tried to set out options depending on your reasons. Such things as family play an enormous part in study (and subsequent career) so must be taken into account too.

I wish you good luck whatever you decide

Croix.