Posts Tagged Advice
Advice On Going Back To School?
I have a two month old son and would like to better myself by going further with my education. I made good grades in school but got into the partying scene and did not graduate. I did get my G.E.D. I am 21 now and am raising my son by myself with no father in his life so I would like to financially be capable of doing it alone. I am interested in physical or occupational therapy assistant and possibly down the road a physical or occupational therapist but need to now how to get started and make it happen. Maybe online courses with having a baby even though I know alot of it will be hands on training. Advice please?
Ok, So A Little Bit Of Advice For A High School Senior Please?
OK, well i’m 17 and at the point in my life when I have to figure out what I want to do with my life. I’m technically a senior high school, but I’m dual-enrolling full time at the community college (been homeschooled since Kindergarten, dual-enrolled since the 10th grade). I’m working on my 2 year A.A. General Transfer degree. After I get that here, I want to transfer to a 4 year university to get my Bachelors in something. The thing is, i don’t know what to get it in. I like math, so I was thinking accounting, but my dad says “you don’t want a desk job, too boring, doesn’t pay much” (he majored in accounting). i’m taking intro to Psychology now and I’m at the top of my class, it’s interesting and I like it, but dad says “you would have to get your Masters in it and then get a teaching job, not many other choices for that, but it would make a good minor”. he thinks i should go to a tech school (like my older brother and sister who are now in tech schools becoming a fire fighter/EMT – bro and LPN – sis), or go into a profession like Physical Therapy (pays great) or something media related (many job openings). also going into the Air Force is something he’s wanted all 3 of his kids to do.
i mean what do i do? the only thing i really want to be in life is a wife and mother (which is when he mentioned Southeastern University “bridal college”. we personally know over 20 people who have gone there and came home with a wife/husband).
so i’m kinda at a loss here. i want some kind of degree but don’t really know why or how I’ll use it. and i don’t want to go to college just to get married.
other people have told me “you’ve got time to figure it out”, my parents tell me “they aren’t the ones paying for your education you need to figure it out and soon”
HELP!!!!
Life/career Change- Need Advice, Please. Should I Venture Into A Small Business Or Go Back To School For Pt?
I am 43 yrs. old. I have a BA in Linguistics and a Masters in Special Education. I have worked in the school system for 10 yrs. in the field of Special Ed. and am completely burnt out…too much paperwork and politics. I need to earn a living, but can not see myself teaching long term. I had thought of doing some type of small business (health products, maybe) but don’t know where to start. Also have considered returning to college to get a degree in physical therapy or the like. But, I do not really want to spend the time and money getting another degree. I am a natural writer …but not sure if that can sustain me in the present. Any suggestions or helpful advice….thanks in advance for your comments!
I Need Advice I’m Moving 1300 Miles Away And I’m Only 13?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on February 6, 2010
ok i just been told by my parents that we are movin to pennsylvania which is over 1300 miles away from my home in oklahoma i’m nervous cause i’m 13 and don’t know anyone…and i love my school and my friends and my church…ugh..but also i’m nervous cause my parents bought a townhouse that is nice in a gated community with pool, work out place, golf course and other things but we only saw drawings of a floor plan and a picture of the outside and of the pool and stuff we are staying in this town home till we find a house in a town we like cause we don’t know anything about this town I understand my dad wants to move here because he is a doctor of physical therapy and they offered him a directors job of a big clinic and my grandparents which i have only seen 2 times in my life live an hour way.. But we love my house and town and school and church here where i live i’m scared and nervous and ugh….any advice or help would be great thank you! 
Need Advice On Finding A College?
I’m really interested in cosmetology, but my mind is kind of telling me to go with something that will better me in the long run. More along the lines of educational, or medical. I was very interested in athletic trainer/physical therapy. . now i’m thinking about physical education being a PE teacher. But that wouldn’t be fun to me, cosmetology would. I think its more along the lines of what college to pick. I’m thinking more along the lines of boston, or montreal, i want to get away from my woodsy area of maine.
Have Any Advice On A Career In Physical Therapy?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on January 10, 2010
Might look at getting a degree to work towards that..how long does it take? Is it worth it? Pay well?
Need Advice On A New Career?
Here is my dilema: I am burnt out, I need a new job, and I also need to find a career.
For ten years, I have been at several jobs, all of which involved appointment setting, the call center and telesales (to various degrees). Talking on the phones all day long and dealing with demanding and unreasonable people has finally taken it’s toll. I have been in my current postion as a mortgage loan officer for over five years and there is the constant threat of being written up or fired for not meeting sales goals and the ever constant change in the compensation (my income has dropped drastically to the point that I am beginning to live from paycheck to pay check–and I have always lived within my means).
I have a BA in English Lit. I really do not know what kind of field I want to go into, but I have to get out of the mortgage business. I really do not want to teach because the Michigan Public Schools are horrible: the teachers are always getting laid off and the pay is ridiculous. All I know is that sales is too stressful for me and I need to find a new position–but more importantly, a new career.
The problem is that I do not know what I want to do with my life. I am in my 30′s and feel like I am having a mid-life crisis. I have researched positions like becoming a professor (takes too long and not enough pay), Med or Vet school (I don’t think I am smart enough), Financial field (hate Corporate America), Physical Therapy (Michigan market seems to be flooded with outsourcing agencies; job market does not seem to be stable), and working with animals (I would love to do this, but not enough pay).
If someone could offer some advice–any advice–I’d be grateful. Right now, I feel totally worthless and clueless. Or even if you are in the same position as I, please write back. I need to feel that I am not alone (misery loves company, I guess).