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I am a female in my 30's and just now pursuing an education. My high school experience wasn't the greatest. The example I like to give is that we had a packet of math not even an inch thick that I had to work through. Once I was done with said packet I was done with math for the 4 years of high school. I don't remember any kind of history class. You got to choose all your classes and barely any were required. We went 4 days a week 4 hours a day and one Friday class a month. They also did not believe in giving out homework.
Before high school I missed a lot of school. My mother did not want to take me and I'm not sure why my step dad or grandma didn't step in but that's besides the point. I never finished 6th grade and got held back in 7th. My mom tried to homeschool me less than halfway through 6th grade hence why I did not finish 6th grade. I have no idea how she got away with this but where I'm from the education system was not good. No one seemed to care and just wanted to push you on through no matter the situation.
Now that I'm in my 30's I realized I have so much potential. My husband has helped me see it. I am smart, just lacked proper education and structure. Now that I have this new realization I am studying high school material and plan to go to college afterwards. I have come to enjoy math. Like what?! Never thought I'd ever say that. I want to get a doctorate in something. I'm thinking in business and finance.
I talked with my boss at work about me wanting to go to school and found out they do tuition reimbursement. My boss told me that she'll help me move up the chain if that's what I really want. I am so excited I have a boss that wants to help me achieve what I want to do within the company. She is so supportive!
So, is it too late to pursue education and a new career. I think not! I'm excited for this new journey and I'll keep updates on how things are going.
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It is never too late!
You def GOT THIS!!!
It is better to be a late bloomer, than to never bloom at all!!!
Good luck & wishing you the best :)
Thank you! :)
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Definitely not too late... I don't know you, I just got a friend request today but we seem to run in the same circles on here, but good for you. Go for it. Even if you aren't sure exactly what you want to do, keep your options open, talk with career counselors and teachers/instructors/professors/etc. about your thoughts, and you'll figure something out. And as a teacher, I apologize for your negative school experience.
I went from high school straight to a four year university, not really having a career goal or even a major, although I had a general idea of what subjects I enjoyed most. I declared a major at the end of freshman year (mathematics, I bring that it up because you mentioned it), but I still didn't know what I wanted to do with that degree. I just assumed I'd stay in school forever and be a professor. Being a teacher was never on my radar. But during year 3, I started looking into careers, and there wasn't much for a pure math degree other than grad school, teaching, or being an actuary, which did not seem appealing. One of my professors set me up with an internship doing math research, and I hated it. Another professor asked if I had ever considered teaching, and set me up with an internship TAing in a high school classroom, and I loved it. I never looked back, and I started teaching right after graduation. I've gone back and forth between high school and middle school a few times over the years; I've been in my current position at a middle school since 2014.
Another related story... In 2003, I gave an F to a girl who never did her work. We lost touch, I moved away in 2005. I got a Facebook friend request from that girl in 2009. (This was not all that surprising to get a friend request in the first place. Two girls from her year stayed in touch with me continuously, from AIM to Myspace to Facebook and later Instagram, and every once in a while some of their friends would see me leave a comment and send me friend requests or reply things like "Mr. S! I remember your class! How are you?") Anyway, I sent her a message asking how she was doing. She was a community college student at the time, and she said, "Oh, yeah, once I started doing my work I discovered I really like math! I'm taking calculus this semester and I love it!" She's now 32 and teaching math at her old high school. And I love telling this story.
So I guess the point I'm trying to make is keep going through those steps. It's never too late. You already have a possible career goal in mind, so that's big. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing! That's awesome that she get's to teach at her old high school. It hasn't crossed my mind to be a math teacher. I'll keep that on the back burner just in case I end up loving all math. Right now I am studying algebra. I don't think I have done anything more than that.
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