I’m conflicted about my choices for the future and would really appreciate advice
As the title suggests, I finished secondary school and got decent grades to which I enrolled into a college around an hour away from me which was inconvenient and such a hassle. I picked my courses: English lit, English language, re and ethics, and psychology. I have wanted to study law for a long time and become a lawyer. Due to personal problems I dropped out of college just two weeks in and got an apprenticeship in early years, I hate it. The settings are extremely unprofessional and overall bad, an undermining word to say the least. I wanted to know how I could purse law from the position I’m in now. What do I do and how do I do it?? Any advice would be appreciated!!!
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Hi there, well just to give general advice then and good encouragement. I personally think it's a good thing if a person tries a fair few of their options out in life, everyone is unique, and as the process tends to produce well-rounded happy adults in the end, actually that's half of the goal and battle on some level, isn't it, I would broadly encourage a fair bit of creativity, as an approach. So, well done for going through that and assessing your way through those motions. If it is not for you then, on a more private level I would say to folks, don't try too hard to make something unpleasant which you don't like, palatable and likeable by you, do tolerate its various parameters, indeed do give it a good go though, don't cut yourself short but don't continue in what you dislike forever, sort of thing. Because, when we peel back many of the layers of the onion of life through honest analysis and open conversations, there are deeper personal reasons on a more spiritual level why some folks like something more or less and some folks just don't, and some things will resonate well with you, and in some cases even an instant rapport, and indeed not for others too. So it's a process I suppose we could say of finding yourself and finding your level in the world and what you like and don't like etc., and generally folks know they are allowed to maintain a difference of opinion, this is all fine.
To address the actual circumstances then, if pursuing law was an interest, certainly explore the thing, open it out for yourself, unfurl it a tad, and perhaps you could find some folk over here and there wherever along your way and journey who know about it, could find a good chat somewhere, do that certainly.
If you're taking it seriously, I mean when you do, or if you do, you want to be opening up the careers advice platforms to see what specific requirements there are, which will be changing too, just to give yourself some general ideas. And regarding which one's can be made flexibilised by alternative entry into it. You can always return to college and for instance take an access to higher education course, there are also further more specific tailored entry opportunities, such as working as say a typist or administrator for a firm, perhaps to cover maternity leave for instance, in a firm which deals loosely with law, or legal aspects of something, and then progressing up inside that or moving over to another place every couple of years.
I didn't want to write this at the top of my post here, but some people find that taking a gap year is the best thing they did in their circumstances, you might be the same I don't know. There are many working-holiday and youth-mobility schemes open to British passport holders for many countries, select one of them, and you could have a year there where you just concentrate on being a young adult, enjoying life, get involved in the more casual work trades, such as hospitality, hotels, restaurants, or fruit picking, wine making etc. And some nations, New Zealand for instance, you'll be nestled in amongst a stream of specific young persons, from all the advanced developed economies of the world, there will be lots of opportunity there for you to stretch yourself and get comfortable in life and all the rest of it. A year such as this, with adventure, and excitement, challenge and interesting aspects, could be what you need, for many it is. After this, which will be exhausting too, but good, folks tend to find it easier knowing what direction they want to go in, and the shear quantity of events of the year, when taken together, provides a sort perspective of cognitions that you may have needed. Perhaps you just want to really live for a while. There are many films made about this type of gap year, such as "Jungle, 2017" and "The Beach, 2000", which give you an idea too, providing sufficient stimulus and challenge, danger and excitement, that some young people just needed frankly.
Anyway, I hope this gives you some ideas if advice. Wishing you well.
To address the actual circumstances then, if pursuing law was an interest, certainly explore the thing, open it out for yourself, unfurl it a tad, and perhaps you could find some folk over here and there wherever along your way and journey who know about it, could find a good chat somewhere, do that certainly.
If you're taking it seriously, I mean when you do, or if you do, you want to be opening up the careers advice platforms to see what specific requirements there are, which will be changing too, just to give yourself some general ideas. And regarding which one's can be made flexibilised by alternative entry into it. You can always return to college and for instance take an access to higher education course, there are also further more specific tailored entry opportunities, such as working as say a typist or administrator for a firm, perhaps to cover maternity leave for instance, in a firm which deals loosely with law, or legal aspects of something, and then progressing up inside that or moving over to another place every couple of years.
I didn't want to write this at the top of my post here, but some people find that taking a gap year is the best thing they did in their circumstances, you might be the same I don't know. There are many working-holiday and youth-mobility schemes open to British passport holders for many countries, select one of them, and you could have a year there where you just concentrate on being a young adult, enjoying life, get involved in the more casual work trades, such as hospitality, hotels, restaurants, or fruit picking, wine making etc. And some nations, New Zealand for instance, you'll be nestled in amongst a stream of specific young persons, from all the advanced developed economies of the world, there will be lots of opportunity there for you to stretch yourself and get comfortable in life and all the rest of it. A year such as this, with adventure, and excitement, challenge and interesting aspects, could be what you need, for many it is. After this, which will be exhausting too, but good, folks tend to find it easier knowing what direction they want to go in, and the shear quantity of events of the year, when taken together, provides a sort perspective of cognitions that you may have needed. Perhaps you just want to really live for a while. There are many films made about this type of gap year, such as "Jungle, 2017" and "The Beach, 2000", which give you an idea too, providing sufficient stimulus and challenge, danger and excitement, that some young people just needed frankly.
Anyway, I hope this gives you some ideas if advice. Wishing you well.
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