Would you spend 5 years in school for a dream career, if..?

Question

You hated every minute of it? Right now I am getting my diploma so that I can go to university so I can go to teachers college. Its a long road and a complicated and tough one at that - you need very high grades, tons of volunteer and competition is brutal. I would love the job, but would you stay in 5 years of school when you hate every minute of it? I am getting married and it seems much more appealing right now to take a program that takes less time and is less competitive and allows me to start working sooner - therefore paying down debt (and less) quicker, able to buy a house quicker and able to get married quicker! Not to mention I am 5 hours from home right now and feeling quite homesick, I just dont like it here anymore. So the question is - would you endure 5 years of very stressful school and hating every minute of it for a job youd really enjoy? Thanks.

Answer 1

personally i wouldn't put myself through it if i didnt like it, even for my dream job, i quit walked our of enrollment for college this morning even tho i really want to be a coat entertainer  

Answer 2

easy choices usually don't give the best results.  I would stick it out.  It appears that the homesickness is what is causing the indecision.  Stay the course until at least until the end of the year and then see how you feel.

Answer 3

yes, stay in schoool, get your teachers.

Answer 4

in many states, it you teach 3 years or more, they forgive your student debt.

what makes it stressful?

maybe there's an easier college?

around here, they don't much care which college you went to.

in addition, private schools have considerably less stringent standards.

not that you shouldn't finish.

but maybe you can be working some at the same time, and get credit for that work.  

Answer 5

if you hate every minute of the training, of learning the tools that are necessary to do the job then what makes you think it's your 'dream job'? I'm not saying you should love every single minute but to hate every single minute? There's a reason for all that education and the career isn't going to be easier than the training. If it were me I would most definitley stop calling it my 'dream job' if you're not willing to do the work then it's not something that you want to do.