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I'm a good student when I apply myself. I was on the honor roll and principal's honor roll all throughout grade school. I was a member of Beta Club, National Honors Society, etc. However, college has frustrated me. It's not that I can't do the work, but a combination of me being indecisive about my career path and constantly trying to grasp the concept of WHY I have to take so many courses unrelated to what I actually want to do. It just seems like such a scam and waste to devote time and money on subjects and books that I have no interest in. With this in mind, I decided to pursue career options that only require 2 year, technical college training. The problem? Those SAME issues come up. I still have to take unrelated "electives" before I can get into the "major." I'm asking myself, again, why am I spending $400+ on books about things that have nothing to do with what I want to do? To make things worse, if I change my mind even within the technical college system, something always comes up such as, "well you have to take English AGAIN because the class you already MADE AN A in is on "different level" than the courses for the "new major" or "your credit expired, so you have to take this over. I'm so sick of this crap and games. So, I'm just wondering what career options are out there in which I can go to a certain training center, school, and get DIRECT training on the JOB/CAREER THAT I INTEND DOING. I know the military but what other options are there? I know I see schools where you can supposedly go to be chef, mechanic, bartenders, etc. but what else? Maybe someone else out there has felt similarly to the way I have and took another path other than the standard 4 university route and found success or stable job/career to live off of. Any advice and tips are welcome. Thanks.
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Reason: fixed typo - devote, not devout
I don't have too much experience when it comes to technical training programs, but what I would do in your situation is check your local community colleges and see what technical training programs they offer for students. Where I live, we have to take general courses as a pre requisite before being able to take a main course, it's just a fact of life. For example, I had to take a First Aid and Safety class when I was planning on becoming an EMT. Make a phone call or email a college advisor about setting up an appointment about training programs their college offers. Then see if you can talk to the professors or trainers about those training programs, see what is a good fit for you, how long the process takes, etc. You can focus on working part-time while taking these classes, so you can make extra money. CC are also generally not expensive, so that's another plus.
I don't have too much experience when it comes to technical training programs, but what I would do in your situation is check your local community colleges and see what technical training programs they offer for students. Where I live, we have to take general courses as a pre requisite before being able to take a main course, it's just a fact of life. For example, I had to take a First Aid and Safety class when I was planning on becoming an EMT. Make a phone call or email a college advisor about setting up an appointment about training programs their college offers. Then see if you can talk to the professors or trainers about those training programs, see what is a good fit for you, how long the process takes, etc. You can focus on working part-time while taking these classes, so you can make extra money. CC are also generally not expensive, so that's another plus.
So I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up and deal with it huh.
So I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up and deal with it huh.
Pretty much. Doing what you don't like to do, to get to a goal is pretty much how life works. I remember when I was in college I had to take two classes that I thought were stupid and that I wouldn't use. Turns out those were pre-rec's for my first real job after college and I did need them. There are some posters on this board that talk about how kids feel entitled, this would be a good example of that.
If you can clearly decide a career path, it will make it easier to suck up the the unpleasant stuff and realize that EVERYONE is doing the same. Get a goal and than do whatever it takes to attain it.
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