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what should i do when im older ?
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no stupid answer plz ..
im struggling to work out what i want to do when im older ..
i love to be active
i love to be organised
i love to be creative
i love to work with kids..
my mum said that i should become a teacher as i get on well with children but i just dont know if i want to do that, i need science as GCSE A*-C but im rubbish at it and plus i woould hate it if all the people are looking at me to assess if im good enough. i did like the idea of working with cvomputers but i had some repiles saying that it horrible.
what is you job ?
what do u think i should do ?
thanxs
im struggling to work out what i want to do when im older ..
i love to be active
i love to be organised
i love to be creative
i love to work with kids..
my mum said that i should become a teacher as i get on well with children but i just dont know if i want to do that, i need science as GCSE A*-C but im rubbish at it and plus i woould hate it if all the people are looking at me to assess if im good enough. i did like the idea of working with cvomputers but i had some repiles saying that it horrible.
what is you job ?
what do u think i should do ?
thanxs
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Are you totally clueless? If so, the best you can do is keep trying your best with your exams and hopefully you will make your mind up.
I didn't have a clue either until it came to deciding whether to go to University or not and then I kinda had to make a snap decision.
No-one can tell you what to do. If you really are unsure, then you could get work experience doin different things adn see what that's like.
Do as much work experience as you can in loads of different fields. Work or volunteer as much as possible. Try anything and everything.
I've done work experience in various fields that I thought I'd be interested in. At one point, I was seriously considering applying for a PGCE, then I did some volunteer work in a school and although I enjoyed the time with the kids, I realised that teaching wasn't for me, so try to get work experience in anything you might be interested in.
If other people say such-and-such is bad, listen to them, but try it for yourself too. Everyone's different, so you might love what they hate.
Good luck :thumb:
Oh, and go on prospects (career info for uni students, but its really good) to look up careers you might be interested in. They also have a test to see what kind of work you might be interested in, which can give you some ideas for careers.
yeah.
you're very young and there's lots of things you can do, you don't have to have one job for the rest of your life.
are you thinking of carrying on in education or going straight to work? you could do a short vocational course like a btec first diploma, which is only a year but is GCSE standard and could help you get into a career like childcare. someone has suggested trying a nursery? i think that sounds like a really good idea for you if you really like children. you could get some work experience at the same time, like get some basic qualifications whilst helping out somewhere.
don't worry too much about deciding what you want to do, there is no real rush and if you make decisions too hastily you're more likely to get them wrong. it wouldn't be the end of the world if you just got a temporary job doing something like shopwork until you decide what you want to do in the long-term.