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BOB4N
My friend thinks I should go to uni?
Hi. So im not new to reddit but im new to this sub I guess? Sorry if im doing this wrong.
So a few weeks ago my friend and I (M25) got a bit buzzed over dinner and he started chatting shit about how im not pulling my wait with our business or whatever. I can't even be mad at him because he's not wrong. Its not even that I dont love working with him and our business but the part I loved most was helping him out of a bad place and watching the smile get bigger every time we took a step forward with it. This whole thing started as a way to give him something to focus on, sure it was good for me to get out of DJ'ing for minimum wage and like I said I do love working with my best friend but it was never about me.
Anyway i ended up telling him exactly that (blame the alcohol.) and suprislingly he wasn't even angry. He actually ended up understanding perfectly what i was trying to say ??? Apparently I'm a “natural mentor” whatever that even means. He thinks that the reason im so dissconnected from work is because MY job is finished now that he is doing better?? Honestly by this point we were pretty drunk but it made sense at the time.
Basically he thinks I should think about doing some kind of mentorship degree and make this my actual job . I dont hate the idea..well actually I looked into it more the next morning and I think I actually love the idea but its stupid right? I was shit at school, never really got a grasp on the whole reading and studying part of it. I got out of there as soon as possible and turned a hobby into a livable wage and never looked back. None of my friends went to uni and looking back I think I thought a lot of people who did were just going to say they went you know?
I guess what im asking is if there's any point in trying this if ive given up almost every hobby and passion project I have ever had. What if its just another whim that I get bored of? Or worse what if I love it and my stupid brain lets me down?
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WANDERINGELF287
Not to be rude but don't you think you should focus on your grammar skills before worrying about getting a degree? I was a classroom assistant for a while and time and time again I saw good work being failed for bad grammar.
GINNYBR_40
Professor here and I cannot stress this enough- do NOT commit to something on a whim. I can always tell when my students have signed up to classes because they “sound cool” and it always goes badly when the real work starts. You said it yourself you never stick with anything for long and higher education is a serious commitment. In my opinion it doesn't sound like a good fit for you.
BLUEGREEN5
If you have to ask then you already know my friend. Stick to DJ'ing.
OSCARJP81
It sounds like a good fit for you! Admittedly I don't know a lot about the UK education system but I am studying social work right now down in Australia and if it's any consolation I've found that universities have WAY more leeway than schools when it comes to support with written work. So if that's the main thing holding you back then I say give it a go…the world needs more people like that out there.
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