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what to do after school
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I'm about to start y11 at school, and people keep asking me what im gonna do when i leave, and i have no idea. I've only got a year left and i need to decide if im doing 6th form/college and all that. I have no idea what kind of stuff i want to go into, i'm kinda confused. Anyone got advice as to finding out what i'd want to go into? I've done work experience and i enjoyed that cause i worked with 4/5 year olds, but i dont want to be a teacher or an assistant. I'm quite bright and i want to use my brains, but i just dont know what i can do.
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Do you want to stay on at school? yes/no?
Simple, what's going to offer you the best opportunities in life. School or no school?
Do something you enjoy, and it'll come out in the wash.
That's what I did when I didn't know what I wanted to do.
i'm doing something i'm interested in though and it's something i'd consider doing ish when i graduate.
i'd go to college and then see from there.
same here, I'm doing history and politics so my future is far from certain but I do enjoy them two subjects and I'm going to wait and see what job opportunities open up from there.
history and politics? :nervous:
i did a module of power and ideology for my social policy unit and :eek2: ..passed it though!
nah they'll not all be geeks. there will be people doing things like criminology and social policy who end up (for some stupid reason) doing a module of something completley random. and pants.
do you want to stay at school? Yes or No.
If yes, what A'Levels do you want to do? Choose what you're good at and enjoy.
If no, what courses do you want to do? IB? A'Levels? GNVQ? Diploma in golf course management?
As for careers, you're 15 ffs. Don't worry about that yet, think about careers when you're older. I don't know what career I want to do, and I'm 22. My boss doesn't know what he wants to do, and he's been a solicitor for 25 years.
Just carry on at school. Choose the subjects you are good at and enjoy. The rest will follow.
obviously because he didn't know what else to do..?
I get Kermit's point. Sometimes you just fall into a career that you think you might vaguely like. Perhaps that's what happened to Kermit's boss. Once you choose a field you often realise how wide it is and still don't know 25 years what you want to do within that field...like journalism it is so wide and I never thought I'd be a web journalist. Also sometimes the reality of what you want to do (i.e. work on a national newspaper) is not as nice as envisaged. Reality of careers are usually different from the hype. For example many doctors end up being GPs as they didn't push for a specialism early like say opthalmology (can't even spell that word), paediatrician (nor that one either) bones specialist (osteopathic doctor), cancer specialist, haemoglobinist or whatever on earth they call themselves. All more interesting than telling people to 'go home and take two paracetamol, you've only got a cold you hypochondriac) I'm sure...
If you're unsure your best bet is to get some A-Levels behind you and go from there!
It's not obvious at all, people fall into careers, often by chance.
One of the top barristers we use always wanted to be a vet, but failed her A'Levels. That would have been a better example, I expect.
I wanted to work in the law when I was 17, but lost all interest in it after doing a degree. I'm only working in it now because of fluke.
Now I can legally rent cars and adopt children! W00t!
My boss in Quito took me out for awesome sushi and then told me he´s giving me his flat until february. Flat is a bit of a misnoma. It should really be called a 3-floor penthouse suite with terraced roof and jacuzzi! W00t w00t!
Now if you´ll excuse me, I´m off to get pissed.
If I were you, I'd definitely stay on in sixth form - you're only giving yourself qualifications in the long run, and meanwhile buying time to think it all through. And your options will widen the higher you go up the career ladder.
this is def the way to go!!! i have just finished 6thform!i chose my a-level subjects based on what i enjoy and then chose my favorite subject (and also the one i thought i would suceed in) and chose it for my degree!
i found 6th form the best part of my life so far and im sure uni wil b even better!
i absolutly hated lowerschool so was very reluctant to stay on for a-levels! but im so glad i did because it was so much more relaxed, you have much more freedom! so def continue education! there is no need to know what career you want when choosing what to do after gcse's!