How did you figure out what you want to do in life?
I've finished college with a Bachelors of Science. I've gone all over the map from wanting to do med school, nursing school, teaching, and speech pathology. How do I stop caring about the money enough to figure out what I really want in life? I do community theater and I love it, but that doesn't make money (plus with the pandemic right now I can't do it at all). I want to be able to have babies (I'm in my mid-20's) and do theater year 'round when everything opens back up. I really want to go to further schooling, but I need to figure out if I'm studying for GREs, MCATs, or just taking some classes and getting a degree in nursing. Too much time to think in this pandemic I swear.
jannsody2020-08-17T15:01:00Z
With regard to a career path, they say "if you love what you do, you'll never have to work a day in your life." I'd heard a life coach on a tv news segment that suggested asking oneself, "What would I do for years and years to come and not have to get paid?"
If you haven't done any "job shadowing" (with prior staff approval), then please consider doing so in each field that you'd mentioned.
For instance, pertaining to nursing, medicine or SLP, perhaps you may consider observing at a *physical rehabilitation hospital* that treats patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), spinal cord injury/paralysis, stroke ("brain attack") - which is a type of brain injury - multiple sclerosis (MS), other neurological disorders, amputated limbs, hip/shoulder/knee replacement or such - *pediatric hospital or clinic* - *nursing home or long-term care facility* or such.
With regard to teaching, how about observing in classroom setting. One may consider volunteering too. It should be noted that a teacher not only needs to be able to teach from the required curriculum, but he or she needs to be able to handle students with challenging and/or disruptive behaviors.
The medical, nursing or SLP student is usually required to receive a passing score for the clinical fieldwork, internship and/or residency while having an actual patient caseload.
An "education" student is supposed to receive a passing score for the "student teaching" component in a classroom setting while under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher. Just an fyi that others who'd done "student teaching" had mentioned that a parent may observe you teaching in the classroom, school principal may observe, and/or the "education" student coordinator may observe, for instance.
For more general career info:
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ and can type into search.