These past two weeks have been kinda insane on me mentaly. I’ve gone from wanting to study via corrospondence and work part time, to taking a “gap year” and just work part time, to working full time and do nothing else or, go to Uni.
And guess which I’ve picked? Uni. Yep. I’m going to get a huge arse student loan and do a bridging course1. The thing is, that I can’t pick what the fuck I want to do!
I’ve always wanted to be a farmer, a teacher or a nurse. Obv I’m working in Dairy atm, and I love it! But I’ve only been here a year, I don’t want to waste my “young life” doing something I may not end up liking in a few seasons. I can always come back to farming.
Yes, I can always go and study, but I want to do it while I’m young! I’m feeling really left out because this year is the year my “age group” has gone to Uni or Tech.
I don’t want to study Ag anymore. So I’ve got teaching and nursing left. But which one to pick?
My mum is going to study to be a nurse, and my aunty is already a nurse, she says I’d make a good nurse because I’m caring and nice.. and crap. 
My grandma also says I should do nursing and not teaching, she didn’t say why, but my mum said it’s because I’m not patient with kids. GAH. I LOVE kids! And ECE2 is little kids, I love little kids more. I would lose patients with kids over 7 I think. Little smart arses! 
The thing with teaching is that it looks bloody hard to get accepted into the Collage of Education. Check it out.
Entry requirements
A separate Application for Programme Entry to the College of Education is required, in addition to the standard Application to Enrol.
Selection for entry is not automatic and is based on academic ability, involvement and interest in working with children, community involvement, communication skills and other personal qualities. Applicants under 20 must have University Entrance. Applicants over 20 must provide evidence of recent, successful tertiary study.
The selection process includes a police check and may include an interview. International applicants for whom English is a second language must provide evidence of IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with no individual score below 7.0.
As places in the BTchLn are limited we strongly recommend that you apply for programme entry as early as possible. Applications are due three weeks prior to the commencement of the programme or when places are filled (whichever comes first).
The bolded type is the issue. I don’t have any community involvement! And how do I show I have an interest in children? Aside from the fact that wanting to be a teacher all my life, I can’t prove it! Do I go and hang out randomly with little kids? BAH.
And nursing… argh. The pre-course I need to take to get into nursing is full! My fault for taking so long to decide. But as Nellie said, there is no rush! She started when she was 213. And my mum is 40 and she started this year! So ye! I have plenty of time! It’s just mentally, I need to be challenged. I want to start my career.
- a course to prepare me for Uni and give me the “credits” I need [↩]
- Early Childhood Education [↩]
- If I recall correctly [↩]
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Ughhh uni! Let’s do it!