Going Back to School

There are a lot of places, a lot of jobs, that require you to have a higher education before they can give you a position. There are also plenty of jobs that have continuing education requirements where they make you take more courses even if you have a degree. Honestly, as long as my job is going to take care of the bill for me to take those extra courses, I will more than gladly go and get more certifications that can help me succeed and help me to go further in my career. But that is not the case for everyone.

School is not for everyone. Some people just do not learn well in an academic setting, they need to get that hands-on experience instead. And that is more than okay! There have been plenty of people who have excelled in life-based primarily on their experiences and their own can-do attitude.

When I was in high school, I could not see myself going straight into the workforce. I only ever really knew my academics and that was what I wanted to continue to do, go to college. But then I started to realize that I had it easy in high school and that my senior year of college was just a little more than I could handle. So I thought that I would stop there. But then I applied to graduate school of all things. And a double major of all things. With an overseas program! Unfortunately, I did not end up getting to see that program because of a global pandemic that decided to halt all of our lives, but that is what happens sometimes, life happens.

Now I am presented with the opportunity to continue my academic studies and have my job reimburse me for most of the costs that I put out for certifications because it helps their department too. The problem is just having that money to begin with and also finding programs that are closer or can work around my work because I really don't want to end up missing out on any opportunities on either end.

Would you go back to school if you had the choice? What would you go to school for?