returning to school-grief
I'm 27 & recently decided to return to school, I'm pissed off at the reaction I'm getting from my extended family. They repeatedly say to my face that I should go out and get a job, and stop living off the fat of the land (I'm not on loans, I'm paying for this out of my savings). They haven't been to university/grad school and I actually view school as being work!
Some background, I was unemployed for about a year before deciding to return to school, I did make the misdecision to not just get a temp or retail job, instead I assumed that hey something is going to come up. Having all that time I realized I wanted my job to be meaningful & soo here I am back in school, this will help me transition to the career I want. The average age of people in the program I'm taking is 25 with about %20 of students over the age of 30.
Have any of you had this as well? Do people claim that you're returning to school to avoid working? Does this sound as ridiculous as I think it does?
This is really stressing me out, recently my so-called cousin told me that I'm the topic of conversation at family get-togethers (I didn't go to the last couple)! And that according to her everyone thinks I'm being lazy and should work. The ironic part of this is I have worked through most of my undergrad, and in fact took a couple more years to finish so I wouldn't graduate with debt, again during that time all I was asked is when are you finishing and getting a job?
Soo, I'm frustrated, angry, hurt and on the verge of just cutting them out of my life, who needs that crap!@
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