Argh!
Okay, so I had a bit of a crisis yesterday.
My major as it stands right now is International Relations, double major in Education, and a minor in Spanish. I have just discovered that with the Study Abroad program I have picked out, it is physically impossible for me to graduate on-time unless I take 18 credits each semester and then 18 credits in one summer semester. I freaked out after I talked to my adviser about my classes because I waas sitting there thinking, okay this isn't gonna work. Maybe I should take some summer classes this summer? No, then I can't work and I'm still trying to pay for school with money I'm not making....
I'm paying my own way through school now, by the way. My parents have no more money to give me so I'm trying to work, go to school, get scholarships, study abroad, get loans, on my own.
So that being the case I looked at my schedule. After I graduate, if I still do all these things, I have a year-long internship with the Education department. I would live at home, commute to the school I'm teaching at (which cannot be Brighton) 4 days a week, commute to State once a week, and they will not let me work more than 10 hours a week on top of that. During my one day a week at State, I would be taking 12 credits and paying Masters price for them, seeing as I would be officially graduated and so $434 per credit hour. I do NOT have this kind of money, nor do I think I could get a loan for that and pay for gas money if I can't work. It's insane.
So I decided to cut out teacher ed. I simply cannot do it without half killing myself and drowning myself in debt. So now I'm trying to schedule International Relations with a double major in Spanish for the 4 years. It so far seems much more manageable. I'm on my way to the College of Ed now to submit my formal withdrawl forms.
It kind of makes me sad because I would love to teach, but the wage isn't worth it and the time isn't worth it. I just hope that by withdrawing from the college of ed I don't forfeit a job in the process. I don't know how marketable International Relations and Spanish are these days...
My major as it stands right now is International Relations, double major in Education, and a minor in Spanish. I have just discovered that with the Study Abroad program I have picked out, it is physically impossible for me to graduate on-time unless I take 18 credits each semester and then 18 credits in one summer semester. I freaked out after I talked to my adviser about my classes because I waas sitting there thinking, okay this isn't gonna work. Maybe I should take some summer classes this summer? No, then I can't work and I'm still trying to pay for school with money I'm not making....
I'm paying my own way through school now, by the way. My parents have no more money to give me so I'm trying to work, go to school, get scholarships, study abroad, get loans, on my own.
So that being the case I looked at my schedule. After I graduate, if I still do all these things, I have a year-long internship with the Education department. I would live at home, commute to the school I'm teaching at (which cannot be Brighton) 4 days a week, commute to State once a week, and they will not let me work more than 10 hours a week on top of that. During my one day a week at State, I would be taking 12 credits and paying Masters price for them, seeing as I would be officially graduated and so $434 per credit hour. I do NOT have this kind of money, nor do I think I could get a loan for that and pay for gas money if I can't work. It's insane.
So I decided to cut out teacher ed. I simply cannot do it without half killing myself and drowning myself in debt. So now I'm trying to schedule International Relations with a double major in Spanish for the 4 years. It so far seems much more manageable. I'm on my way to the College of Ed now to submit my formal withdrawl forms.
It kind of makes me sad because I would love to teach, but the wage isn't worth it and the time isn't worth it. I just hope that by withdrawing from the college of ed I don't forfeit a job in the process. I don't know how marketable International Relations and Spanish are these days...