Getting out of the marine corps in a few months and here’s my plan. I will attend a local community college called Palomar to study Physical Education. After my 2 years I will transfer to UC San Marcos to finish up to get my 4 degree in Physical Education. Now the reason why I am studying Physical Education because I like to coach and I wouldn’t mind being and Athletic Director. I am a High School Freshman coach and it is an awesome job during the fall.
In the mean time I also enjoy and like what a Physical Therapist does. I wouldn’t mind being a Physical Therapist helping rehabilitate injured athletes.
How should I go about doing these 2 careers? Now I know in the end I would have to make the decision but what would you do and how would you do it?
Do I get my 2 year degree in P.E. transfer and study in the Kinesiology field and take the Physical Education Option? Which I will graduate with a B.S. in Kinesiology. I can become a teacher and a coach or skip the teaching thing and coach. Which is what I would want to do so I can become a Physical Therapist.
Now how do I some what go back to school to become a PT? Becoming a PT is 1 of the options in my degree program. (Pre-Physical Therapy) I would have to further my education 2 and 1/2 more years but I will be doing what I like to do.
Or should I become a P.E. teacher to have a job and work towards my new degree to be a PT. Put in a lot of work at a school to become and AD. When the summer flies around and I’m not working being a full time PT would be my summer job??????
Thanks for the help…I see the school counselors in a few days. Just want to see what the world of answers/yahoo/com thinks?????http://www2.csusm.edu/kinesiology/ for more info….
#1 by taz r on January 31, 2010 - 11:24 pm
Coaching is more of a community service than a job. Most people do this outside of their work hours, like in the afternoons / nights and weekends.
You have to think about money and how you’re going to support yourself and possibly a family. It’s sad to say but teaching just doesn’t put shelter above your families head AND food on your families table in most towns.
Becoming a physical therapist will require much harder classes and many more sciences than becoming a Physical Education instructor but the pay will also be much better. And like I said earlier, you can always coach after work and on the weekends.
And we’re proud of your decision to protect our country!
#2 by richard on February 1, 2010 - 1:56 am
Thanks for serving, Marine.
PE – summers off.
PT – helping injured people, period.
I am in PT right now. Better money I think.
You can always be a coach anywhere.
Good luck!!