What do you think my friend should do?

Question

She told me that she has a BA in Spanish with no minor, & she graduated with a low GPA-2.3. Do you think she should go for a 2nd bachelor's in another major & start the curriculum all over again, try to get into graduate school, or try to look for a job? She also has a disability.

She asked me this & I don't know how to help her. She also has outstanding student loans & low income, & if she discontinues school, they'll make her pay her loans back immediately since she started back, taking extra undergrad courses to strengthen her GPA. There are no Spanish jobs available in her town, & she would have to have teacher certification in order to become a teacher. & she's not skilled enough in Spanish to become a translator/interpreter since the school she went to mainly taught medieval Spanish literature in the English language, which was no help at all. I'm a native speaker of Spanish myself. How else can I help her strengthen her skills in Spanish besides conversation?

Answer 1

There are jobs out there. Check out http://www.postlingua.com although it won't help her if she really can't speak Spanish

Answer 2

well, you know, not all people do the line of work they studied for..

most people I know have degrees in todally different fields, purely because they couldnt find the perfect job in the field they studied for.. I have also met people who became directors within 3-5 years of starting work, which is impressive.

I have always believed, you dont need a degree to reach your dreams, and I am glad I never went and studied because then I would have still been struggling to get to the point I am at now. The oportunity I got was at the right place at the right time, and studies would have thrown me off a few years and I would have reached the job market too late!

you must realise that in life, only a hand full of people reach the top.. there are millions of people in the world, and everyone wants to be the CIO/CEO of a company some day. The chances of that being you, him/her is less then 1% so I say you have 99% chance of making it in any other field, with or without a degree.

if you put your mind to it, set your goals (reachable) and start working towards it, you will get what you want!

so I would say, you should sit with your friend, and see what jobs are available, in any other direction, that pays well/enough, with a growth path for the future... ensuring that there is potential...

if there is nothing else, then studying further might be the only other option, however, that might put him/her in the same situation 2-3 years from now.

good luck!

Answer 3

I think conversation would be the best way to help her.

I don't think it is fair that she has to pay back the money if she stops school because of a disability; however if it is a traditional student loan I am sure she would have to start repaying.

Can she go to school and get a teaching certification to teach Spanish? Or is she not interested in that? Would her disability allow her to teach if she got certification?

If she is more interested into getting into grad school, can she continue with her undergrad studies and try to improve her grades?

In order to help her find out what she really wants to do and support that. There is no use for her to work hard at something in school and find out that she has no real interest in doing that for a living.

Bless you for caring about your friend.

Answer 4

Spanish conversation will be a great help to your friend, as long as it becomes more and more Spanish only.
As for school, I think her GPA may be too low for grad school, but if she finds a mentor at her current school who can help her choose undergraduate classes that help her GPA and help her B.A. in Spanish Lit become something she can make a living at, she will be halfway home. If she doesn't already have a mentor (or special counselor), she should ask one of her former teachers (presumably one she likes) to be her mentor, and together they can plan her academic career. She can perhaps go on to put the Spanish Lit with Spanish as a second language, then get a teacher's credential...or if she improves in school and finds she really likes it, she can go on to grad school and take courses decided upon by her mentor and herself. Meanwhile, I think you're doing fine by your friend... in Spanish, Spanish, Spanish!

Answer 5

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