what bitty is telling you to do is to take some time off and try to become paris hilton's new BFF...

Kinda weird but in the other direction...

In response to what Bitty said.

Posted by bitty41:


I think going from one job to the next job into a career sometimes we put ourselves in a position in which we might have missed out on something (whatever your something is).

I feel like I'm in this situation.. I don't especially like what I do (IT work) but I'm 26 and it's what my degree is in. What I really want to do is goto grad school and get my masters and teach elementary school or middle school. This is something I should have just studied in college but my parents were stupid and made didnt want to send me away to school to "be a teacher." So I was laid off in January, was serious about going to grad school and after listening to everyone tell me how it was a dumb idea, I decided to look for a new job in the same field. So now I'm stuck at this job, it's like every other IT job I've had and I dread going to work everyday like I did in the past. Sucks.

I just wanna quit and go back to school like today lol.

[Edited by - nyk4ever on 03-27-2009 12:56 PM]

How many dudes here are on unemployment?

Is that money taxed? If its 425 a week, that's not bad. If i take home 1200 every 2 weeks, thats not that far off.

If I quit, can i still collect unemployment? There is no one here that hates there job as much as me.

Posted by Starks1994:

How many dudes here are on unemployment?

Is that money taxed? If its 425 a week, that's not bad. If i take home 1200 every 2 weeks, thats not that far off.

If I quit, can i still collect unemployment? There is no one here that hates there job as much as me.

You can't collect UIB if you quit so don't quit unless you have some savings to put you through a year and a half.

Posted by bitty41:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Kinda weird but in the other direction...

In response to what Bitty said.

Posted by bitty41:


I think going from one job to the next job into a career sometimes we put ourselves in a position in which we might have missed out on something (whatever your something is).

I feel like I'm in this situation.. I don't especially like what I do (IT work) but I'm 26 and it's what my degree is in. What I really want to do is goto grad school and get my masters and teach elementary school or middle school. This is something I should have just studied in college but my parents were stupid and made didnt want to send me away to school to "be a teacher." So I was laid off in January, was serious about going to grad school and after listening to everyone tell me how it was a dumb idea, I decided to look for a new job in the same field. So now I'm stuck at this job, it's like every other IT job I've had and I dread going to work everyday like I did in the past. Sucks.

I just wanna quit and go back to school like today lol.

[Edited by - nyk4ever on 03-27-2009 12:56 PM]

I totally think that times like this is when people should take stock and really decide what they want to do. Everyone is going to tell you start look for the next job but sometimes it's worth taking the time to get into what you really want to do. NJ has an alternative teaching program that you could look into. It's for people who didn't formally study education.
Here's a link

http://www.state.nj.us/education/educators/license/alternate.htm and there is Teach for America which provides all kinds of services for Student Loans and Grants.

I forgot to link there website.

http://www.teachforamerica.org/corps/financial_arrangements.htm

This is the time for a change and remember the only person whose opinon matters is yours. At this stage in your life this the time to make changes before you get boggled down with a family or other responsibilities.



[Edited by - bitty41 on 03-27-2009 1:45 PM]

Thanks for the thoughts Bitty..

I know what I want to do (quit and goto grad school) but it's doing it, that is the hard part. I'd obviously have to pickup part-time work in the meantime, but selling it to my parents is a whole different story. They don't control me, but they do provide me with a place to live. lol.

Posted by martin:

and for those of you who get fired OR quit, make sure you continue low cost health insurance like COBRA. Look it up if you don't know what it's about.

cobra just got a big uptick thru arra to which Supreme should be eligible for. here's a link - from now till 2010 cobra will be much cheaper. this is one of the good things to come out of the stimulus package which actually helps the little people instead of corporate ceo's:

http://www.dresserassociates.com/human-resources-cobra-stimulus-plan.asp

I've been reading this, thanks everyone. Tough to respond to individual points because I'm not sure of what I actually am going to do, although all this advice has been great. As of right now, my sister is transferring her lease to a cheaper apartment/building, and I'm going to my parents' in Texas for a few weeks. I'm going to think things through and decide what's next there. I'd like to work sooner than later just because I'm used to working and it took me months to find a job. Unemployment numbers are climbing daily. I'm considering learning a trade because I feel like I could get work now if I had that skillset and I'm not sure if I should continue with the financial sector. But that's what I'll think about in Texas.

damn, I work my ass off and I'd kill for 425 a week right now.