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RANT WARNING:...Is anyone else having second thoughts about their degree
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well i am. I've just started a BA Sociology at birmingham uni and im hating it. I just dont see the point, its a subject in such turmoil, no one agrees on anything.
He said, she said, but this is disputed by, which is contested by....ARRRGHHH! FUCK OFF!
Whats the point?
i desparately dont want to sit in an office for the rest of my life, or do some other research based pursuit only for someone to come along with some grandiose theoretical challenge and knock it down and what have we achieved; NOTHING!.
its like kids with Lego.
I would love to have gone to Med School but i fucked about too much in school and the first year of college.
Thats something i'd love to do. I'd even consider redoing A Levels for it.
He said, she said, but this is disputed by, which is contested by....ARRRGHHH! FUCK OFF!
Whats the point?
i desparately dont want to sit in an office for the rest of my life, or do some other research based pursuit only for someone to come along with some grandiose theoretical challenge and knock it down and what have we achieved; NOTHING!.
its like kids with Lego.
I would love to have gone to Med School but i fucked about too much in school and the first year of college.
Thats something i'd love to do. I'd even consider redoing A Levels for it.
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Loads of room for study.
i cant see why someone would go to uni just to avoid working, im going to learn, not needing full time work is just a bonus:p
You went to uni to work? What a curious concept.
oh undoubtedly. I mean philosophy i find extremely interesting, and that is an area with perhaps the least academic consencus!
I guess what im after is instant gratification; 'I did something worthwhile today' or 'i helped do that today'. Y'know, something like that.
Its a simple and fairly restricted mode of thinking but one that i cannot deny that i subscribe to. I think its a compulsion rather than a decision.
yeah guess so, just dont think i'd enjoy it much or be particularly good at it.
I always wanted to do something in the medical profession... oh well i'll work it out at some point.
I used to be the opposite. I loved maths because there was only one right answer.
But in relation to the thread ... I think alot of people do have second thoughts. Over half of my friends from uni are not doing the degree they originally started. Look at all your options. Are you doing any outside courses?
Give it a bit of a chance, you've not been there long too
smartarse :yeees:
I really don't know, I'm so confused about the whole thing. I don't want to leave but I don't want to stay. I'm such a nightmare.
i think we all need to get together and have a damn good cry...
Isn't there any other way you can work with animals without doing a degree?
I know exactly how you feel about being confused, I just don't know what is the right thing to do.
Is there anyone who felt this way when they were in the second year? What did you do and do you regret it?
I think so too :crying:
i think that we might just be one of the last generations who are the output of a school system which, for the last 10-20 years has been hell bent on keeping students in academia (incentives, grants, the tories changing all the Polytechnics into Unis...).
Now, it seems that government is starting to realise that not everyone wants this academic life, with these proposed reforms of the state education system.
I wonder how many have had their choices and opportunities restricted by the current system that disproportionalatly favours academic study.
Ive got the case of second year blues, all the work is literally piled in front on me and im struggling with the course. Im doing Sociology and dont want to do aynthing research related or office work when ive finished. Im going to do more training and hopefully do something within teaching or health profesions. Did you know that if you do sociology Martin that you can in some cases do accelerated courses in some health proffesions eg occupational therapy as it is classed as a science subject at some uni's. Im hating my degree right now but I know I can always go on to achieve what I really want when ive finished and still have a degree to fall back on so to speak.
Im hoping the year settles down soon though!
yup. i changed courses 4 weeks into the start of my second year, which meant starting again from scratch.
but generally i think everyone hates the start of their second year. especially for us, cause our second year marks counted towards our final degree classification, so it was like a lot of pressure all of a sudden, and then after 4 months off. it's never a fun time.
i like my 2nd year it sactualy challenging and the work may be laods but ive a reason to work for it, if that makes any sense
Anyway, I am currently doing a degree with the Open University and I do sociology. I love it because I can see it in action everywhere I look. Perhaps your course is too theory based? Anyway, I agree there are a lot of areas and a lot of theorists, but you don't have to remember them all to get good grades in the subject. I think the diversity of the subject is great... you can pick and choose so many areas to study!
I work for the NHS, albeit in administration but my degree certainly helps (particulalry bits about social policy, welfare and exclusion) and I know fine well that it would give me a step up if I ever choose to go into the healthcare side of the profession.
Have you ever thought about being a nurse? You don't need grades as high as you would to be a doctor. In actual fact there are many courses where you don't even need A-Levels, but if you can show some experience (working in a nursing home for example) then you can be accepted. Just an idea.
I may join a debate society or something.
Ive just been accepted on a nursing course, and I dont have any A levels or care work experience. I just needed my 5 O levels.
if you hate it, pass the first year and see what you can do in terms of changing course. second learn to skimread everything so you have more time to socialise. umm otherwise, get the help you need from the tutors and knuckle down. get a job too, this gets you into more social circles.