As annoyed as it made me for having to question my decisions for going to grad school, I found that the article “Why You Shouldn’t Go to Grad School,” was super convincing. The author was spot on about the reasons why everyone wanted to go to grad school and shot them right down with facts. It was like she was taking the reasons I had in my head to attend grad school and proving me wrong. Right now, I’m currently taking two classes that are making me think more into my future after college: this class (Professions in Writing Arts) and The Publishing Industry. The Publishing Industry has had guest speakers coming into class to speak about their experiences in the publishing world. One of the main things I have found in that class in particular is that most of the speakers had no experience with Master’s degrees and didn’t even have a degree in anything that was related to writing and/or journalism at all.
It doesn’t help that I really don’t have a definite reason on why I would want to attend graduate school anyway. Lately, I have been reconsidering my decision to attend grad school. My heart was previously set on it, but the more information I have been gathering from these classes, the more I’m rethinking.
I happen to identify myself with her reasoning number 4 – it’s a wimp refuge.
Unfortunately, I’m really nervous about the real decisions I had wanted to execute after a graduate college. I wanted to go teach abroad in South Korea for a few years, but now that the time is quickly creeping up on me, I feel that I am still too immature for such a big change. Then came my decision to just attend grad school, hoping that I grow a bit in the meantime. It’s unsettling to think about not having that as a backup plan, but it’s starting to become a possibility that’s becoming more and more real.
It doesn’t help that I really don’t have a definite reason on why I would want to attend graduate school anyway. Lately, I have been reconsidering my decision to attend grad school. My heart was previously set on it, but the more information I have been gathering from these classes, the more I’m rethinking.
I happen to identify myself with her reasoning number 4 – it’s a wimp refuge.
Unfortunately, I’m really nervous about the real decisions I had wanted to execute after a graduate college. I wanted to go teach abroad in South Korea for a few years, but now that the time is quickly creeping up on me, I feel that I am still too immature for such a big change. Then came my decision to just attend grad school, hoping that I grow a bit in the meantime. It’s unsettling to think about not having that as a backup plan, but it’s starting to become a possibility that’s becoming more and more real.