I am currently a Biomedical Engineering student. I LOVE MATH, science, some physics, and all analytical things. However, I cannot stand engineering.
Why? I don't know. I don't want to work for a big corporation all my life. I don't want to work in a male dominated atmosphere (I had a job at a rapid prototyping center and the males were horrible to work with- i.e. "Oop, go do that with Sophie, she's a girl." "Why are females so ______?"
I always wanted to go into a field where I could help people who really need it (the underdogs)- originally I wanted to go to med school and work at a free clinic.
Money is NOT an issue.
I really want to work with kids who have special needs- give them the care and attention and good teaching they need.
But I am SO SCARED that I am going to miss calculus, and thermodynamics, etc, etc. How can I incorporate these things into my life without a career in them?
2007-03-28 06:09:35 · 3 answers · asked by Sophie 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
How refreshing that you would like to work with children that have special needs! And how awesome that you wanted to work as a doctor at a free clinic. You sound like a special person. Perhaps you can incorporate the calculus and physics into a volunteer position for a non-profit organization such as an environmental organization or such. I would also suggest that you work side by side with children with special needs to help ensure that you would really like to do that 40 hours a week or so. Perhaps getting a job as an instructional aide within the public school system where you may work one on one with a student that is mainstreamed in the 'regular' classroom.
2007-03-28 06:16:12 · answer #1 · answered by jannsody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can make an effort and end your engineering studies and then find a job and study something that you like or work as a teacher which is more human, or give up your studies and become a teacher right through, but if you're good at engineering don't give up, there are jobs related to third world and engineering that are quite fulfilling
2007-03-28 06:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try tutoring. Or perhaps you could teach a night class at your local or area college or university.
2007-03-28 06:18:35 · answer #3 · answered by Loves the Ponies 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋