The Truth About My Education Experience...

Hello guys...

By now you have probably realised that I only return to blogging when I am going through a bad time within my life and feel the need to rant and get it out. That time is now.
As a recent graduate, I have had to face the facts of life after university and all of the crap life throws at you. School/college/University do not prepare you for life at all, I have went through life thinking to myself, 'after this, I will go onto higher education and then I'll find a good job and my life will be set out for me'. Not true.

Throughout University and any course that you choose, there are always statistics telling you "99% of students were in a job a week after graduation", I would love to know where they get their statistics from.   For me personally, I have always worked and always wanted to better myself with my education and was always told "if you want a good career, you have to work for it". So after graduation I assumed that with my degree, I would be able to go into the profession that I wanted however, I later found out it is 100% not what you know, more like who you know.

It does not matter if you are the smartest human in the world, you may not get the job that you want, within many industries it is simply all about the contacts you have within the business. Which truly is upsetting.

Within School, it was all about the grades of your GCSE's and what you got, "you won't be hired with E's" they said. But tell me, how many times have you had to show evidence of your GCSE certificates to get the job you want? For me it's 0 times.

We set out through life thinking we must do the best within everything or we will fail. If you don't get into University then you must be "stupid" or "incapable of doing it". NEWS FLASH: This is not true. No matter what you do within life, as long as you are doing what you love, you're doing great.

If someone told me 6 years ago that I did not need to go to University to go into the profession that I want, I wouldn't have gone. I would have applied for an apprenticeship and worked my way up whilst making money and not getting myself into £30,000+ debt, experienced anxiety and stress.

I believe that I would have been happier if I actually did NOT attend University. But unfortunately, I have been stuck within a life of education which I chose to do and yet I am still not happy or proud of myself. To this day, I still have nightmares about being in College which makes me wonder; why did I put myself through it? For what? A piece of paper?

My advice for anyone right now is, do what you want to do. Do not feel like you are not good enough to get a job without a higher qualification. If you want to go to college or university, do it. If you don't well thats fine too. Either way, be proud of yourself because no matter what you choose to do in life, it does not matter if you do not truly believe in yourself.

Ciao for now...

Preparing For The End Of University...

Hello guys...

The time has come for the post to be made about the end of university. 3 whole years has gone before my eyes and I honestly never thought I would make it this far.

I thought I would make a post about final year and what to expect if you are about to start third year.

First of all, stay calm! This year will pass by so fast that you'll feel like everything is happening at once. Dissertation is a big stress but with the help of your friends and family, you will do it! Within the UK, at the end of university some courses do a 10,000 word assignment on a topic you want.
When I went into third year I thought that I'd have this whole time to do my 10,000 words in one go but it was not like that at all. I still had to do other modules alongside it and other assignments. This was quite daunting to come to terms with but it was do-able.

Supervisors were assigned which meant that I had someone to look to and ask advice from. I was also able to do parts of the dissertation within sections so it allowed me to focus on the methodology for a few weeks and then receive feedback before going on to do the next part. This completely helped and made me feel as if I could breathe.

Although it is now Friday and my dissertation is officially due on Monday, I am not finished university yet. I still have another assignment and presentation to do. (there is an end though!!)
When I started university, I wish I knew that third year would be like this and wouldn't just be based on the dissertation which is why I thought this post could be pretty useful.

One thing I must point out is that when it does come to dissertation season, put your all into it! And you can do it, even if you think you can't, there is an end and it will come quicker than you expect.

This quote helped me make it this far,  so I thought I would share it with you all!

Ciao for now...