I have been struggling lately with thinking about the degree I am pursuing and what it's going to mean once I finally finish. I am very worried that because 95% of this degree is online that it's not going to do me any good once I graduate. There's just so little real experience that is involved with this degree that I'm starting to freak myself out about it. And, yes, I knew that going into it. It is an online degree, after all.
My fear is greatly stemmed from my experience getting my bachelor's degree. Even though that degree was in person learning, it did me no good upon graduation. I was not able to use it at all to get a job. And I felt like I had, in some ways, wasted 3 years of my life. I was proud that I went back to school and got a degree and that my dad was able to see me do that. But now I have a $40,000 piece of paper somewhere in the house and that is the only thing I have to show for those 3 years.
That is what I am really worried about right now. That I am not going to be able to use this degree at all once I graduate. And I like what I am studying and would love to make a career out of gerontology. But is that possible? I don't know. That is one of the major reasons I am putting my capstone off for a year. I do not want to waste that opportunity to learn in a real environment that may change the course of my career. I need to really find what I want to do.
Ah, well. Only time will tell. I will keep going forward and get this degree eventually. We shall see what happens.
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