I have a question for you all that could ultimately decide my career path, please answer with seriousness.?

Question

Alright let me start it off with a little background information:

I just graduated high school and am now currently going to community college. I decided to go there not because i couldn't get into a university, in fact, i could have got into an ivy league school if i wanted to, but i decided to go the thrifty way by saving money and giving myself a chance to decide what career path i would like to take. So far, a few weeks have passed and pretty much all my classes, which are thought to be rigorous classes, are cake, just easy assingnments and easy tests. I like it a lot here because i don't have to be stressed out all the time like i was in high school. Now my original goal path was to become a lawyer by collecting cheap undergrad credits and then transferring to a competitive school, then going to law school, it still is the plan, but i just had a revelation about something i didn't forsee.

Alright now right about here is about the time i discuss the issue that i'm currently dealing with. The thing I didn’t realize is that I’m not going to have money at all for law school and there could be a high probability that I don’t get a good job right away. I mean, I know they’re scholarships and everything, but those are never a certainty. And now I have to find a fallback plan. The tentative fallback plan was to go to a two year vocational school to become an x-ray technician. But now, I want to become an x-ray technician before continuing my undergrad schooling for credits so that I can make large amounts of money to pay for law school and pay for the essentials. But now my plan doesn’t seem at all feasible because of all the schooling and I’m going to obviously need time to study for classes while actually being an x ray technician. What is your suggestion that I do?

Answer 1

The fundamental flaw to your plan is that studying doesn't earn money. For instance, you could study for two years to be an X-ray technician and make a fair bit of money once qualified, but you've wasted two years of potential earning power in the process.

You need to turn your plan upside down. Go out and find a job, and study whatever you can in evening classes. If you're as intelligent as you sound, the evening classes will be a snap and you won't need much home study, so they shouldn't invade your life too much.

Don't have too much ego about what kind of job you do. Obviously getting into a lawyer's office would be great (think Erin Brokovich), but it doesn't really matter - the main thing is to get into the workforce, and you never know what might happen.

My sister is a good example. The university course she enrolled in was cancelled at the last minute, so she went to work in a jeans store. Within six months she was store manager. She left when the course was due to start and, guess what, it was cancelled again. So she went to work in a hotel. Within six months she was hotel manager. She never did get to uni, but now she holds a very high-powered job in industry.

She is smart but not a genius. It's just that she stood out, because she was smarter than the average person who takes that kind of job. So don't think that it's beneath you to take a relatively unskilled job, because you never know where it may lead, and it may get you the money to further your studies faaster than you think.

Answer 2

It seems like you are taking a really roundabout path to becoming a lawyer. I know law school is expensive, and you don't have enough money, but I think its better to get your ivy league degree, then doors will open up for you that will be truly amazing. Get out of the community college. That's a joke. My friend, you are a very misguided individual, and I would guess you have some hippy parents that have neglected you, or are completely clueless about your career goals. You need some serious career counseling from real people in the law profession.

I think if you get a bachelor's from an ivy league school you could get a paralegal internship that could probably pay for your law school. You could probably work at the firm and earn your law degree at the same time.

Get out of the stupid community college, its a waste of time, and humiliating for an intelligent person.

I can relate to your situation, because I was a very smart kid, and I had no people around me who could advise me about academics or career, and frankly everyone was jealous and they are all glad that I am broke and never found a good career. I hope you don't end up that way.

Answer 3

Okay, you left alot of issues to be tackled. You are at a CC, take easy classes and want to go to law school. If you do want to go to law school, racking up cheap esay credits is not the way to go. You may want to transfer to a 4 year public college. That way even if you decide not to go to law school you will have a good education that will take you anywhere you want to go.

A 4 year public college is cheaper than the private colleges. You can see if you will qualify for any scholarships or special loans. Finances are a big concern everyone is school, except those with Daddy Warbucks in their arsenal.

An x-ray technician is a very different line fo work from law school. You sound as if you may need to get some real world exposure to the various fields that you have picked out through volunteering in a hospital or law office for example, and see if those are really fields that you like.

Answer 4

Out of high school for a few YEARS? And you still don't know what path you'd prefer? Then aptitude will have little meaning, because you lack the drive, the ambition, to make any job worthwhile. Yes, this IS a serious answer. If you haven't decided at this point what interests you more than others, then nothing is going to do so. Even at a job for which your aptitude seems most suited, you'll still just drudge along, doing a minimal or mediocre job, and all it will do is pay the bills. If you aren't willing to go through exquisite and intense pain to be the best that you want to be in your field, you'll always be just a drone and paid accordingly for the lacklustre performance. Like talent, aptitude tests only show what you're able to learn easier, but learn you must. And since everyone else is also learning, you must learn MORE to get paid better than them. Talent doesn't make your career, only gives you a little headstart.

Answer 5

First of all, I think you should seriously decide which direction you want to go, either the medical or legal field. If you start out in the medical field, in radiology, a lot of your courses will not be relevant to your law degree later. I am an x-ray tech, and wish I had went to school for it early on instead of waiting 10 years after high school. Once you are a registered tech, you can go on into other specialties such as radiation oncology, mammography, CT, MRI, etc. These positions pay more and don't necessarily require additional class work. Also, there is a new need for Radiologist Assistants. I believe you have to work as a tech for at leat 5 years before being beginning the program, but it is basically one step below a Radiologist (the doctor who reads the x-rays).

If you truly have a desire to go to law school, I think you should start out in something like a paralegal program and at least get your feet wet in the legal field. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Get all the education, that you can, Knowledge is power. As far as a job or a career, Find some thing that your good at. Above all find something that you LOVE, really LOVE to do. That would 99 percent of the deciding factor. If you have a job or a career that you really love, you can't help but succeed. Seams like your are a pretty smart cookie, so take your time and think everthing through and remember we only go around once, Make the best of it.

Answer 7

You should finish the schooling.
The money will always be there in the future after you achieve your degree. Even if it's only for a couple years before law school.

You've made a great choice be going to the community college first. It allows you to make a choice like this without wasting time and money.

Answer 8

Well just so you know, any idiot can become a lawyer... school will get harder. And if you think all this schooling is going to be hard, think about going to an Ivy League college. I think you are being kind of lazy. Make the classes, get money, and become a lawyer if you want to.

Answer 9

X-ray tech sounds like a nice path to start. Earn some money and go to Medical school later. You're still young, you have your whole life ahead of you!

Answer 10

those easy classes wil eventually get harder...the first semester is always the easiest...